Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport

Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesPuerto Natales, Chile
Elevation AMSL218 ft / 66 m
Coordinates51°40′12″S 72°31′50″W / 51.67000°S 72.53056°W / -51.67000; -72.53056 (Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (Puerto Natales))
Map
PNT is located in Chile
PNT
PNT
Location of Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 1,764 5,787 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport (Spanish: Aeródromo Teniente Julio Gallardo), (IATA: PNT, ICAO: SCNT) is an airport serving Puerto Natales, a city in the Magallanes Region of Chile. The airport is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-northwest of Puerto Natales, which is on the Admiral Montt Gulf (es), a long fjord that reaches inland close to the border with Argentina. The airport is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the border.

The Puerto Natales VOR-DME (Ident: PNT) is located 4.9 nautical miles (9.1 km) southeast of the airport.[4]

Expansion

In 2014 it was announced that the airport would be expanded with the taxiway widened to 23 metres (75 ft) and runway extended to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) and widened to 45 metres (148 ft). Work is expected to be completed in September 2016 and is being done so that the airport is better able to handle aircraft such as the A320 and Boeing 737 to return scheduled commercial service to Puerto Natales, which it has not had since 2013.[5][6]

Latest available imagery[7] (2/12/2015) shows a displaced threshold on the southeast end of the runway, limiting runway length to 1,315 metres (4,314 ft).

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
JetSmart Chile Seasonal: Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile
LATAM Chile Seasonal: Santiago de Chile
Sky Airline Seasonal: Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile

See also

References

  1. ^ "Airport record for Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield". Landings.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  2. ^ Google (11 September 2013). "location of Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. ^ Airport information for Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ^ "Puerto Natales VOR-DME (PNT) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Gobernador comunica que se ha licitado la ampliación del aeródromo natalino" (in Spanish). Puerto Natales. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Aerolínea Sky dejóo de operar a Puerto Natales" (in Spanish). ElPinguino.com. 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  7. ^ Google Maps - Gallardo runway displaced threshold Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine

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