Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puerto Natales, Chile | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 218 ft / 66 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°40′12″S 72°31′50″W / 51.67000°S 72.53056°W | ||||||||||
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  PNT Location of Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield in Chile | |||||||||||
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Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport (Spanish: Aeródromo Teniente Julio Gallardo), (IATA: PNT, ICAO: SCNT) is an airport serving Puerto Natales, a city in the Magallanes Region of Chile. The airport is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-northwest of Puerto Natales, which is on the Admiral Montt Gulf (es), a long fjord that reaches inland close to the border with Argentina. The airport is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the border.
The Puerto Natales VOR-DME (Ident: PNT) is located 4.9 nautical miles (9.1 km) southeast of the airport.[4]
Expansion
[edit]In 2014 it was announced that the airport would be expanded with the taxiway widened to 23 metres (75 ft) and runway extended to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) and widened to 45 metres (148 ft). Work is expected to be completed in September 2016 and is being done so that the airport is better able to handle aircraft such as the A320 and Boeing 737 to return scheduled commercial service to Puerto Natales, which it has not had since 2013.[5][6]
Latest available imagery[7] (2/12/2015) shows a displaced threshold on the southeast end of the runway, limiting runway length to 1,315 metres (4,314 ft).
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| JetSmart Chile | Seasonal: Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile |
| LATAM Chile | Seasonal: Puerto Montt,[8] Santiago de Chile |
| Sky Airline | Seasonal: Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Airport record for Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield". Landings.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ "location of Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Airport information for Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Puerto Natales VOR-DME (PNT) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Gobernador comunica que se ha licitado la ampliación del aeródromo natalino" (in Spanish). Puerto Natales. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Aerolínea Sky dejóo de operar a Puerto Natales" (in Spanish). ElPinguino.com. 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ Google Maps - Gallardo runway displaced threshold Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "LATAM Chile July 2024 Domestic Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
