Chaitén Airport
Chaitén Airfield was an airport serving Chaitén, a town in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. The airport was damaged and closed after the 2008 eruption of Chaitén Volcano.- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in Chile
- Also known as: “Aeropuerto Chaiten”, “Chaiten Airfield”, “Chaitén Airfield”, “Chaiten Airport”, “SCTN”, and “WCH”
Chaitén Airport
- Categories: airport and transport
- Location: Chaitén, Palena Province, Los Lagos, Southern Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-42.9328° or 42° 55′ 58″ south
Longitude
-72.6991° or 72° 41′ 57″ west
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
WCH
ICAO airport code
SCTN
Open location code
47993882+V9
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Chaitén Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chaitén Airport”
- Japanese: “チャイテン飛行場”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Chaiten”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Chaitén”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo Chaitén”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo de Chaitén”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Chaitén”
- Swedish: “Chaitén Airport”
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