Cerro Paranal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cerro Paranal, Chile | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6,834 ft / 2,083 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°38′20″S 70°20′55″W / 24.63889°S 70.34861°W | ||||||||||
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  SCPA Location of Cerro Paranal Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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Cerro Paranal Airport (ICAO: SCPA) is a desert airport 6 kilometres (4 mi) east-southeast of Cerro Paranal, Antofagasta, Chile. It serves the Paranal Observatory and Cerro Armazones Observatory scientific complexes.
There is rising terrain west of the airport.
See also
References
- ↑ Airport record for Cerro Paranal Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-30
- ↑ Google (2013-08-30). "location of Paranal Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
- ↑ Airport information for Cerro Paranal Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
External links
- OpenStreetMap - Paranal
- OurAirports - Paranal
- FallingRain - Paranal Airport
- Accident history for Paranal Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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