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El Indio Airport

Vicuña, Chile

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Elevation

11975 ft

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Location

Vicuña · CO · Chile

Position

-29.834°, -70.046° · 11975 ft elev.

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Small regional airstrip serving the Elqui Valley mining region.

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Vicuña, Chile

El Indio Airport (ICAO: SCVC) is a small general aviation airstrip located near Vicuña in the Coquimbo Region of northern Chile. It primarily serves the mining and agricultural activities of the Elqui Valley, providing limited air access to a region otherwise dependent on road transport. The airport does not operate scheduled commercial passenger services and functions mainly for private, charter, and operational flights related to nearby mining operations, including those associated with the historic El Indio gold mine. Due to its remote and high-altitude surroundings, it remains a niche facility with minimal infrastructure.

Getting to & from

Ground access to Vicuña and the broader Elqui Valley is primarily by road via Route D-485 and connecting highways.

Notable facts

›The airport is associated with the El Indio mining district, one of Chile's notable gold and silver mining areas.
›No scheduled commercial airline services operate from this airstrip.
›The Elqui Valley is known for its exceptionally clear skies, hosting major astronomical observatories nearby.
›Vicuña is the birthplace of Nobel Prize-winning poet Gabriela Mistral.
›The airport operates under Chilean civil aviation authority DGAC.

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