La Florida Airport (Chile)

La Florida Airport
La Florida Airport
	IATA: LSC; ICAO: SCSE;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Location	La Serena, Coquimbo, Chile
Elevation AMSL	481 ft / 147 m
Coordinates	29°54′58″S 71°11′58″W / 29.91611°S 71.19944°WCoordinates: 29°54′58″S 71°11′58″W / 29.91611°S 71.19944°W
Map
	LSC Location of airport in Chile
Runways
	Source: SkyVector GCM

La Florida Airport (IATA: LSC, ICAO: SCSE) is an airport serving La Serena, a Pacific coastal city in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. This is one of a few major Chilean airports with an east–west runway (others are Balmaceda and Calama).

There are distant hills north and south.

The La Serena VOR-DME (Ident: SER) is located on the field. The La Serena non-directional beacon is located 0.49 nautical miles (0.91 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 12.^[3]^[4]

Airlines and destinations[]

Airlines	Destinations
JetSmart	Antofagasta, Arica,^[5] Calama, Iquique, Santiago de Chile
LATAM Chile	Antofagasta, Calama, Santiago de Chile
Sky Airline	Antofagasta, Calama, Santiago de Chile

History[]

On January 19, 1951, Captain Roberto Parragué Singer on his plane "Manu-Tara" took off from La Florida Airport and landed on Hanga Roa, Easter Island the next day, achieving the first flight ever to Easter Island.^[6]