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.
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Serves | Arica, Chile | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 328 ft / 100 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°30′31″S 70°17′20″W | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() SCAE Location of El Buitre Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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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]
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