Charaña Airport es, Aeropuerto Charaña, is an extremely high elevation
airstrip
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serving
Charaña
Charaña is a high elevation town in the altiplano of the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Charaña Municipality, the fifth municipal section of the Pacajes Province.
Charaña is east of the border with Chile.
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, a town in the
altiplano
The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet. The plateau is located at the ...
of the
La Paz Department of
Bolivia
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. The airport is east of the town and east of the border with
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
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The Charana
non-directional beacon
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(Ident: CHA) is located on the field.
Charana NDB
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See also
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*Transport in Bolivia
Transport in Bolivia is mostly by road. The railways were historically important in Bolivia, but now play a relatively small part in the country's transport system. Because of the country's geography, aviation is also important.
Railways
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*List of airports in Bolivia
This is a list of airports in Bolivia, grouped by type and sorted by location.
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Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
See also
* Bolivian Air Force
The Bolivi ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - CharañaSkyVector - Charaña
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Airports in Bolivia
Airports in La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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