Fatima Airport (ICAO: SLFA) is an airport serving the mission village of Fatima in the Beni Department of Bolivia. The runway extends northeast from the mission, within a bend of the small Chimanes River, which shortly feeds into the Rapulo River. There are no roads into Fatima.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Fatima, Bolivia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,000 ft / 305 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 15°27′10″S 66°44′44″W / 15.45278°S 66.74556°W | ||||||||||
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The Fatima Mission tends to the needs of the Tsimane, an isolated tribe of Bolivian Amerindians in the eastern Andes foothills.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Airport information for Fatima Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Fatima
- ^ http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/gurven/papers/gurvenetal2007AJHB.pdf Tsimane mortality study
External links edit
- OpenStreetMap - Fatima
- OurAirports - Fatima
- FallingRain - Fatima Airport
- HERE/Nokia - Fatima
- Accident history for Fatima Airport at Aviation Safety Network