Curacautín Airport

Curacautin Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Owner/OperatorCuracautin Air Club
ServesCuracautin
Elevation AMSL1,667 ft / 508 m
Interactive map of Curacautin Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 2,591 790 Gravel

Curacautín Airfield (ICAO:SCAI) is a private use airfield located 2 miles west of the town of Curacautin.[1][2] It is owned and operated by the Curacautin Air Club.[3][4] In the year 2022 it was the site of an arson attack by Mapuche extremists, resulting in the destruction of 3 aircraft and the Air Club´s Hangar[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Curacautín airport (Chile) NOTAM and informations SCAI". Bigorre.org. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  2. ^ "SCAI - Curacautin [Curacautin Airport], AR, CL - Airport - Great Circle Mapper".
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-04-06. Retrieved 2025-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Editor (2019-01-23). "Aeródromo de Curacautín pasará a ser declarado "de utilidad pública" - Diario Clave9.cl" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-22. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Editor (2022-08-01). "Atentado incendiario al aeródromo de Curacautín destruyó avionetas y hangar - Diario Clave9.cl" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-22. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Carvajal, José (2022-08-01). "Alcalde de Curacautín emplaza a Gobierno a intensificar estado de excepción tras incendio de aeródromo: "No había ningún militar... esto es un ataque terrorista"". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-22.