SCTQ
Tres Quebradas Airport
VFR
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Name
Tres Quebradas Airport
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ICAO / GPS
SCTQ / SCTQ
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- Region
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Timezone
1:08 am (CLT)
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Municipality
Alto Del Carmen
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Coordinates
29° 15′ 36″ N 70° 5′ 13″ E
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Elevation
11’690 ft (3’563 m MSL)
About Tres Quebradas Airport
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.
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 must be northwest, down the valley. The narrowness of the valley leaves little room for course reversal.