El Buitre Airport (Spanish: Aeródromo El Buitre, (ICAO: SCAE)) is a military airport just south of Arica, a Pacific coastal city in the Tarapacá Region of Chile.

El Buitre Airport
IATA: none ICAO: SCAE
Summary
Airport type	Military
Serves	Arica, Chile
Elevation AMSL	328 ft / 100 m
Coordinates	18°30′31″S 70°17′20″W
Map
SCAE Location of El Buitre Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft 1 22 72 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

The runway is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) inland from the Pacific shore. There is distant rising terrain southeast of the airport.

The Arica VOR-DME (Ident: ARI) is located 8.9 nautical miles (16.5 km) north-northwest of the airport.[4]

See also

•  Chile portal
•  Aviation portal
• Transport in Chile
• List of airports in Chile

References

External links

• OpenStreetMap - El Buitre
• OurAirports - El Buitre
• SkyVector - El Buitre
• FallingRain - El Buitre Airport
• Accident history for El Buitre Airport at Aviation Safety Network

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