Tres Quebradas Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Tres Quebradas, (ICAO: SCTQ)) is an extremely high elevation airport serving mining operations in the Atacama Region of Chile, near the Argentina border.

Tres Quebradas Airport
IATA: none ICAO: SCTQ
Summary
Airport type	Private
Serves	Alto del Carmen, Chile
Elevation AMSL	11,690 ft / 3,563 m
Coordinates	29°15′34″S 70°05′15″W
Map
SCTQ Location of Tres Quebradas Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 890 2,920 Dirt
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

The runway is in the narrow valley of the Del Tránsito River, an eventual tributary of the Huasco River. Due to mountain elevations over 18,000 feet (5,500 m) to the east, a high terrain escape route[4] must be northwest, down the valley. The narrowness of the valley leaves little room for course reversal.

See also

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

References

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Tres Quebradas
• OurAirports - Tres Quebradas
• FallingRain - Tres Quebradas Airport
• Accident history for Tres Quebradas Airport at Aviation Safety Network

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