Yendegaia Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto Yendegaia, (ICAO: SCNY) is a rural airstrip in the Magallanes Region of Chile. The nearest town is Ushuaia, 32 kilometres (20 mi) to the east in Argentina.

Yendegaia Airport
IATA: none ICAO: SCNY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile
Elevation AMSL	164 ft / 50 m
Coordinates	54°49′50″S 68°50′07″W
Map
SCNY Location of Yendegaia Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 655 2,149 Grass
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

The airstrip is within a bend of the glacier fed Yendegaia River, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream from the mouth of the river at Yendegaia Bay, an inlet off the Beagle Channel.

There is nearby mountainous terrain in all quadrants except southeast, over the bay. The river is less than 50 metres (160 ft) past either end of the runway.

The Ushuaia VOR (Ident: USU) is located 18.9 nautical miles (35.0 km) east of the airstrip.[4]

See also

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

References

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Yendegaia
• OurAirports - Yendegaia
• SkyVector - Navarino-Yendegaia
• FallingRain - Yendegaia Airport
• Accident history for Yendegaia Airport at Aviation Safety Network

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