Tres Quebradas Airport (, ) is an extremely high elevation airport serving mining operations in the Atacama Region of Chile, near the Argentina border.
The runway is in the narrow valley of the Del Tránsito River, an eventual tributary of the Huasco River. Due to mountain elevations over to the east, a high terrain escape routeMountainous terrain escape routes Skybrary must be northwest, down the valley. The narrowness of the valley leaves little room for course reversal.
See also
Transport in Chile List of airports in Chile
References
External links OpenStreetMap - Tres Quebradas OurAirports - Tres Quebradas FallingRain - Tres Quebradas Airport Accident history for Tres Quebradas Airport at Aviation Safety Network