AirportsVirgilio Barco Vargas (La Chorrera) Airport is a small airport serving La Chorrera, in Amazonas Department, Colombia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LCR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LCR
- ICAO code
- SKHZ
- City
- La Chorrera
- State or region
- Amazonas Department
- Country
- Colombia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 1.4564° S, 72.8011° W
- Elevation
- 172 m (564 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LCR means Virgilio Barco Vargas (La Chorrera) Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SKHZ. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 1.4564° S, 72.8011° W. It stands 172 metres (564 feet) above sea level.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Caucaya AirportPuerto Leguízamo | LQM | 261 km |
| Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International AirportIquitos, Peru | IQT | 265 km |
| La Pedrera AirportLa Pedrera | LPD | 358 km |
| Tarapacá AirportTarapacá | TCD | 375 km |
| Fabio Alberto Leon Bentley AirportMitú | MVP | 415 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,624 km | 19 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,794 km | 19 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,869 km | 17 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,926 km | 11 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,682 km | 6 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 6,175 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 19,659 km | 24 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,948 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,970 km | 17 h 20 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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