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Concón Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Greater Valparaíso | ||||||||||
| Location | Concón, Valparaíso | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 461 ft / 141 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°57′00″S 71°28′45″W / 32.95000°S 71.47917°W | ||||||||||
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Concón Airport (IATA: KNA, ICAO: SCVM) is an airport serving Greater Valparaíso, Chile. The airport is in the hills 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the coastal commune of Concón. It mainly serves as a military air base for the Chilean Navy aviation ("Base Aeronaval y Aeropuerto Concón"), but also has a small civilian passenger terminal; this is however only rarely used.
On 9 September 2013, A Corpflite Dornier 228, registration CC-CNW crashed into power lines while attempting to land in fog, resulting in the loss of both crew members.[4]