Chachoan Airport
| Chachoan Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ambato, Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8,502 ft / 2,591 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°12′45″S 78°34′28″W / 1.21250°S 78.57444°W | ||||||||||
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  ATF Location of the airport in Ecuador | |||||||||||
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Chachoan Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Chachoan) (IATA: ATF, ICAO: SEAM) is a high elevation airport serving Ambato (also known as San Juan de Ambato), capital of the Tungurahua Province in Ecuador. The airport is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Ambato, in a broad basin of the central Andes mountains cut through by the Ambato River.
The Ambato VOR-DME (Ident: AMV) is located on a ridge 4.7 nautical miles (8.7 km) south-southeast of the airport. The Ambato non-directional beacon (Ident: AMB) is located on the field. There is rising and mountainous terrain in all quadrants.[4][5]
See also
Ecuador portal
Aviation portal- Transport in Ecuador
- List of airports in Ecuador
References
- ↑ Airport information for SEAM
- ↑ Airport information for Chachoan at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ Google Maps - Chachoan
- ↑ Ambato NDB
- ↑ Ambato VOR
External links
- OpenStreetMap - Chachoan
- OurAirports - Chachoan
- SkyVector - Chachoan
- Accident history for Chachoan Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for Chachoan Airport at NOAA/NWS
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