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La Florida Airport (Chile)

For the airport with this name in Colombia, see La Florida Airport (Colombia).
La Florida Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
LocationLa Serena, Coquimbo, Chile
Elevation AMSL481 ft / 147 m
Coordinates29°54′58″S 71°11′58″W / 29.91611°S 71.19944°W / -29.91611; -71.19944
Map
LSC is located in Chile
LSC
LSC
Location of airport in Chile
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,938 6,358 Asphalt
12R/30L 1,360 4,462 Grass
Source: SkyVector[1] GCM[2]

La Florida Airport (IATA: LSC, ICAO: SCSE) is an airport serving La Serena, a Pacific coastal city in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
JetSmart Chile Antofagasta, Arica,[3] Calama, Iquique, Santiago de Chile
LATAM Chile Antofagasta, Calama, Santiago de Chile
Sky Airline Antofagasta, Calama, Iquique, Santiago de Chile

History

On January 19, 1951, Captain Roberto Parragué Singer on his plane "Manu-Tara" took off from La Florida Airport and landed on Hanga Roa, Easter Island the next day, achieving the first flight ever to Easter Island.[4]

Accidents and incidents

  • On December 9, 1982, Aeronor Flight 304 crashed short of the runway, killing all 46 passengers and crew.

See also

References

  1. ^ La Florida Airport - SkyVector
  2. ^ Airport information for La Florida Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ Liu, Jim. "JetSMART schedules new routes from Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. ^ Museo Aeronáutico de Chile (in Spanish) Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine


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