Pucón Airport
Pucón Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Pucón, IATA: ZPC, ICAO: SCPC) is an airport 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Pucón, a city on the eastern shore of Villarrica Lake in the Araucanía Region of Chile.
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 LAN airplane leaving Pucón (2006). | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Chilean State | ||||||||||
| Operator | Lan Airlines and Sky Airlines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pucón, Chile | ||||||||||
| Location | Region de la Araucania | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 879 ft / 268 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°17′29″S 71°55′15″W | ||||||||||
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  ZPC Location of airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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The airport can handle aircraft up to the Boeing 737 in size and operates seasonal flights from Santiago de Chile.[3] Travel options vary between high and low tourist season.[4]
There is mountainous terrain north and south of the runway.
See also
- Transport in Chile
- List of airports in Chile
References
- Airport information for SCPC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Airport information for Pucón Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- "Pucón ZPC Airport". World Airport Codes. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- Hughes, Zora. "How to Travel to Pucón Chile". USA Today. Demand Media. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
External links
- Pucón Airport at OpenStreetMap
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for Pucón Airport at SkyVector
- Aeródromo Pucón (SCPC) at Aerodromo.cl
- Accident history for Pucón Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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