Curaco Airport
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Curaco Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
| Serves | Panguipulli, Chile | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 820 ft / 250 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°32′14.0″S 072°21′22.5″W / 39.537222°S 72.356250°W | ||||||||||
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  SCGP Location of Curaco Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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Curaco Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Curaco, (ICAO: SCGP)) was an airstrip 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Panguipulli, a city in the Los Ríos Region of Chile.
Google Earth Historical Imagery (8/28/2010) shows the runway outline with markings removed and plowed. The (12/27/2013) image shows crops planted, new fencelines crossing the area, and waterways moved. Current imagery (10/20/2016) shows additional fencelines and a new road crossing, with no trace of the former runway.
