San Andrés Airport

ICAO SCDSSmall airfield

San Andrés Airport is a small airfield near Retiro in Maule Region, Chile. It is listed as ICAO SCDS. The airport is located at -36.0056° / -71.7667° at an elevation of 175 m (574 ft). There is one runway, the longest measuring 500 m. The nearest airport is Los Maitenes Airport, 3.7 km (2 mi) away. No scheduled service is recorded for this airfield.

Symbolic aviation imagery (AI-generated) – not a photo of this specific airport.

Map detail of San Andrés Airport with runways — Close-up with runways

World map showing the position of San Andrés Airport — Overview map

Data

Data
ICAO code	`SCDS`
Identifier	`SCDS`
Type	Small airfield
City	Retiro
Region	Maule Region
Country	Chile
Coordinates	-36.00555, -71.76667
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	36° 00′ 19.99″ S 71° 46′ 00.01″ W
Elevation	175 m (574 ft)
Scheduled service	no

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