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Los Pelambres Airport

Cuncumen, Chile

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SCNK

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4003 ft

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Cuncumen · CO · Chile

Position

-31.873°, -70.618° · 4003 ft elev.

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Private mining airstrip serving Los Pelambres copper mine.

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Cuncumen, Chile

Los Pelambres Airport (ICAO: SCNK) is a private airstrip located near Cuncumen in the Choapa Province of the Coquimbo Region of Chile. It primarily serves the Los Pelambres copper mine, one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world, operated by Antofagasta Minerals. The facility is not open to commercial passenger traffic and is used exclusively for operational purposes related to the mine, including personnel transport and light aircraft movements. Access is restricted to authorized personnel and contractors associated with mining operations.

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›Serves the Los Pelambres open-pit copper mine, one of Chile's largest.
›Operated by Antofagasta Minerals, a major Chilean mining company.
›Located in the Andes foothills of the Coquimbo Region at high elevation.
›Restricted to authorized mining personnel and contractors only.
›No scheduled commercial airline service operates from this airstrip.

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Los Pelambres Airport is an airport serving the town of Salamanca and the Los Pelambres copper mine in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.

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Los Pelambres Airport

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Los Pelambres Airport is an airport serving the town of Salamanca and the Los Pelambres copper mine in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.

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