Almirante Schroeders Airport

Almirante Schoeders Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto de Almirante Schoeders, (ICAO: SCDW) is a military airport on the northern point of Isla Dawson, an island midway through the Strait of Magellan in the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region of Chile.

Almirante Schoeders Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
ServesIsla Dawson
Elevation AMSL160 ft / 49 m
Coordinates53°36′40″S 70°28′15″W
Map
SCDW
Location of Almirante Schoeders Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 1,178 3,865 Asphalt
12/30 1,495 4,905 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

The crossing runways are just inland from the island's eastern shore, and approach and departures are over the water.

The Punta Arenas VOR-DME (Ident: NAS) is located 39 nautical miles (72.2 km) north-northwest of the airport.[4]

See also

References
  1. Airport record for Almirante Schoeders Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06
  2. Google (2013-09-06). "location of Almirante Schoeders Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  3. Airport information for Almirante Schoeders Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. Punta Arenas VOR


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