Balmaceda Airport

Balmaceda Airport (IATA: BBA, ICAO: SCBA) is an airport next to the village of Balmaceda, serving the Aysén Region of Chile. The airport is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the Argentina border, it is located 55 km south-east of Coyhaique, the regional capital.

Balmaceda Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationBalmaceda, Chile
Elevation AMSL1,719 ft / 524 m
Coordinates45°54′58″S 71°41′15″W
Map
BBA
Location of Balmaceda Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,503 8,212 Asphalt
Sources: Landings.com[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

The Balmaceda VOR-DME (Ident: BAL) is located 0.31 nautical miles (0.6 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 09. The Balmaceda non-directional beacon (Ident: BAL) is located on the field.[4][5]

Expansion plans

In 2016 works to improve the airfield and expand capacity were commenced consisting of resurfacing the damaged runway surface, the building of a new 30 m wide parallel taxiway, a new control tower, expansion of the apron, and improvements to other administrative structures.[6] These were made with an investment of approximately 27 billion pesos, much of which were national funds intended for the development of remote regions of the country.[7]

In April 2018 the new taxiway entered use as a temporary runway (designated 09L/27R) to enable repair works on the main runway.[8]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
JetSmart Concepcion[9]
LATAM Chile Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile
Sky Airline Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile[10]

Accidents and incidents

On 8 April 1968, Douglas C-49K CC-CBM of LADECO crashed on approach, killing all 36 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Los Cerrillos Airport, Santiago.[11]

See also

References
  1. Airport record for Aeródromo Balmaceda at Landings.com
  2. Airport information for Balmaceda Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Location of Balmaceda Airport". Google Maps. Google.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. Balmaceda VOR
  5. Balmaceda NDB
  6. "CONTRATO: AMPLIACIÓN AREA MOVIMIENTO AERÓDROMO BALMACEDA, XI REGION" (PDF). MOP - Dirección de Aeropuertos. September 8, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  7. "Aeródromo de Balmaceda suma nueva pista y torre de control". Economía y Negocios. November 25, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  8. SCTZ NOTAM C0052, Chilean AIP.
  9. Liu, Jim. "JetSMART schedules new routes from Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. "Sky Airline Adds New Domestic Routes in NW16". routesonline. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  11. "CC-CBM Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 July 2011.


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