AirportsRicardo García Posada Airport is a medium-sized airport serving El Salvador, in Atacama Region, Chile. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ESR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ESR
- ICAO code
- SCES
- City
- El Salvador
- State or region
- Atacama Region
- Country
- Chile
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 26.3111° S, 69.7652° W
- Elevation
- 1,597 m (5,240 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,300 m (7,546 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ESR means Ricardo García Posada Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SCES. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 26.3111° S, 69.7652° W. It stands 1,597 metres (5,240 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Copiapó, about 130 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Santiago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Ricardo García Posada Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,300 metres (7,546 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 19 airports of Chile on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 12.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,300 m 7,546 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Desierto de Atacama AirportCopiapo | CPO | 146 km |
| Andrés Sabella Gálvez International AirportAntofagasta | ANF | 326 km |
| La Florida AirportLa Serena-Coquimbo | LSC | 425 km |
| El Loa AirportCalama | CJC | 433 km |
| Capitan V A Almonacid AirportLa Rioja, Argentina | IRJ | 449 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,745 km | 20 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 16,113 km | 19 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,563 km | 18 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,963 km | 13 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,456 km | 9 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,438 km | 10 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,160 km | 21 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,029 km | 21 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,044 km | 15 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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