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San Rafael Airport (Chile)

Coordinates: 32°48′50″S 70°38′48″W / 32.81389°S 70.64667°W / -32.81389; -70.64667 (San Rafael Airport (Los Andes))
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San Rafael Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesLos Andes
Elevation AMSL2,457 ft / 749 m
Coordinates32°48′50″S 70°38′48″W / 32.81389°S 70.64667°W / -32.81389; -70.64667 (San Rafael Airport (Los Andes))
Map
LOB is located in Chile
LOB
LOB
Location of San Rafael Airport in Chile
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 750 2,461 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

San Rafael Airport Spanish: Aeródromo de San Rafael de Los Andes, (IATA: LOB, ICAO: SCAN) is an airport serving Los Andes, a city in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. The airport is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west-northwest of the city.

It is the base of operations for the Latin American Aviation Training flight school.[4][5]

The airport is within a mountain basin, and there is distant mountainous terrain in all quadrants. The Tabon VOR-DME (Ident: TBN) is located 11.5 nautical miles (21.3 km) west-southwest of the airport.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Airport record for San Rafael Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-10
  2. ^ "location of San Rafael Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  3. ^ Airport information for San Rafael Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ^ laat.cl - Latin American Aviation Training web site
  5. ^ Chilean flight training
  6. ^ Tabon VOR
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