Chaitén Airfield

Chaitén Airfield (Spanish: Aeródromo Chaitén, (IATA: WCH, ICAO: SCTN)) was an airport serving Chaitén, a town in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. The airport was damaged and closed after the 2008 eruption of Chaitén Volcano.

AirporttypeClosed

ServesChaitén, Chile

ElevationAMSL13 ft (4.0 m)

Coordinates42°55′58″S 72°41′58″W

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Chaitén Airfield
IATA: WCH ICAO: SCTN
Summary
Airport type	Closed
Serves	Chaitén, Chile
Elevation AMSL	13 ft (4.0 m)
Coordinates	42°55′58″S 72°41′58″W
Map
WCH Location of Chaitén Airfield in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m Closed
Source: Google Maps[1]

Close

A provisional airstrip was established 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) away at the hamlet of Santa Bárbara, by widening 700 metres (2,300 ft) of the Carretera Austral highway.^[2]

In 2013, construction began on Nuevo Chaitén Airport, which then assumed the ICAO and IATA codes of the closed airport.^[3] The new airport is 18 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Chaitén.