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Punta El Saco Airport

Airport

SCHM

Location of Punta el Saco Airport in Chile

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
12/30	700	2,297	Grass

Source: Landings.com^[1] Google Maps^[2] GCM^[3]

Punta el Saco Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto Punta el Saco, (ICAO: SCHM) is an airport on the south shore of Isla Mocha, a small Pacific island 32 kilometres (20 mi) off the coast of Chile. Isla Mocha is part of Chile's Bío Bío Region.

The airport is in a narrow strip between the rocky shore and the coast road. Approach and departures are mostly over the water. There is a large hill northeast of the runway.

The Araucania VOR-DME (Ident: NIA) is located 66.3 nautical miles (122.8 km) east-southeast of the airport.^[4] There are no published radio navaids on the island.

References

^ Airport record for Punta el Saco Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06
^ Google (2013-09-06). "location of Punta el Saco Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
^ Airport information for Punta El Saco Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Araucania VOR SkyVector