Coquimbo Region
Elqui Province
La Higuera

Pelicano Airport

Pelicano Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto Pelicano, is a desert airport near Estación Chañar, , in the of . The airport serves the astronomy community of the Las Campanas Observatory, one of the high elevation observatories in the .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Chile
  • Also known as: “Aeródromo El Pelícano” and “SCEC”

Pelicano Airport

Latitude
-29.13906° or 29° 8′ 21″ south
Longitude
-70.88565° or 70° 53′ 8″ west
Elevation
1,125 metres (3,691 feet)
ICAO airport code
SCEC
Open location code
572FV467+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 544617183
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
9027107
Wiki­data ID
Q12694393
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Satellite Map

Discover Pelicano Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pelicano Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pelicano Airport”
  • Indonesian: “SCEC”
  • Japanese: “ペリカノ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Pelicano”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Pelicano”
  • Spanish: “Aerodromo Pelicano”
  • Spanish: “Aeródromo Pelícano”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Pelicano”
  • Swedish: “Pelicano Airport”

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