Balmaceda Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Balmaceda, Chile | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,719 ft / 524 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°54′58″S 71°41′15″W / 45.91611°S 71.68750°W | ||||||||||
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  BBA Location of Balmaceda Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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| Sources: Landings.com,[1] GCM[2] | |||||||||||
Balmaceda Airport (IATA: BBA, ICAO: SCBA) is an airport next to the village of Balmaceda, serving the Aysén Region of Chile. The airport is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the Argentina border, 55 km south-east of Coyhaique, the regional capital.
In 2016, works to improve the airfield and expand capacity were commenced, consisting of resurfacing the damaged runway surface, the building of a new 30 m wide parallel taxiway and a new control tower, expansion of the apron, and improvements to other administrative structures.[3] These were made with an investment of approximately 27 billion pesos, much of which were national funds intended for the development of remote regions of the country.[4]
In April 2018 the new taxiway entered use as a temporary runway (designated 09L/27R) to enable repair works on the main runway.[5]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| JetSmart Chile | Seasonal: Concepcion,[6] |
| LATAM Chile | Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile |
| Sky Airline | Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile[7] |
| Aerovías DAP | Seasonal: Punta Arenas[citation needed] |
Accidents and incidents
On 8 April 1968, Douglas C-49K CC-CBM of LADECO crashed on approach, killing all 36 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Los Cerrillos Airport, Santiago.[8]
