Eulogio Sánchez Airport ( es, Aeródromo Eulogio Sánchez) , also known as Tobalaba Airport, is an airport in
La Reina
La Reina ( Spanish: "The Queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region created in 1963 from an eastern portion of the Ñuñoa commune. It belongs to the Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile.
La Re ...
, an eastern suburb of
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
,
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 ...
. It is two-thirds owned by the ''Club Aéreo de Santiago'' and one-third owned by the ''Club Aéreo de
Carabineros de Chile
( en, Carabiniers of Chile) are the Chilean national law enforcement police, who have jurisdiction over the entire national territory of the Republic of Chile. Created in 1927, their mission is to maintain order and enforce the laws of Chile. Th ...
''. Also, it holds the headquarters of Airbus Helicopters Chile S.A.
The airport consists of 120 acres on the eastern edge of the Santiago metropolitan area. It was constructed in 1954 and named for the then-president of the ''Club Aéreo de Santiago'', Eulogio Sánchez Errazuriz (1903-1956). Its taxiways, runway and fuel platform are the only public use infrastructure areas at the airport. It is home to about 100 aircraft, a restaurant and a public park next to the main entrance in Alcalde Fernando Castillo Velasco Avenue.
Eulogio Sánchez Errazuriz
Runway 19 has an additional displaced threshold A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway.
The portion of the runway behind a displaced threshold may be used for takeoff in either direction and landings from the ...
.
Operations
Eulogio Sánchez Airport is home to Club Aéreo de Santiago, Club Aéreo de Carabineros, Airbus Helicopters Chile S.A. and more, while organisms such as PDI (Policía de Investigaciones)
Ecocopter
RomeoMike, Aeromet and SumaAir see a lot of operations in and out of Tobalaba.
See also
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*Transport in Chile
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Airports
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References
External links
DGAC IFIS
OpenStreetMap - Eulogio Sánchez Airport
SkyVector - Eulogio Sánchez Airport
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Airports in Chile
Transport in Santiago
Airports in Santiago Metropolitan Region