Almirante Schroeders Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Almirante Schroeders, ICAO: SCDW) is a military airport on the northern point of Isla Dawson, an island midway through the Strait of Magellan in the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region of Chile.
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Isla Dawson | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 160 ft / 49 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°36′40″S 70°28′15″W | ||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() SCDW Location of Almirante Schoeders Airport in Chile | |||||||||||||||
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Source: AIP Chile[1] |
The crossing runways are just inland from the island's eastern shore, and approach and departures are over the water.
The Punta Arenas VOR-DME (Ident: NAS) is located 39 nautical miles (72.2 km) north-northwest of the airport.[2]
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