Chillán Airport
General Bernardo O'Higgins Airport is an airport serving Chillán, a city in the Diguillín Province of Chile's Ñuble Region. The airport is 6 kilometres northeast of the city. The airport is named for Bernardo O'Higgins, the first Chilean head of state.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Chillán
- Also known as: “Aerodromo Bernardo O’Higgins”, “Aeródromo Chillán”, “Aeródromo de Chillán”, “Aeropuerto Bernardo O’Higgins”, “Aeropuerto Chillán”, “Aeropuerto de Chillán”, “Aeropuerto General Bernardo O’Higgins”, “Gen. Bernardo O’Higgins Airport”, “General Bernardo O’Higgins Airport”, “SCCH”, and “YAI”
Chillán Airport
- Categories: airport and transport
- Location: Chillán, Diguillín Province, Ñuble Region, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-36.57998° or 36° 34′ 48″ south
Longitude
-72.02978° or 72° 1′ 47″ west
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
Operator
Director General of Civil Aeronautics
IATA airport code
YAI
ICAO airport code
SCCH
Open location code
47M9CXCC+23
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Chillán Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Aeródromo Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Japanese: “ヘネラル・バーナード・オイギンス空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Gen. Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Persian: “فرودگاه ژنرال برناردو اوهاینز”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul General Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo General Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Swedish: “Aeródromo Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Swedish: “Chillán flygplats”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи жинирол брнорду овҳоинз”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Camino del Agua and Laurel de Oro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: PMGD PFV Orion Solar and Club de Golf Rinconada de Chillán.
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