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Chacalluta International Airport ARI / SCAR

Arica, Arica y Parinacota · Chile · Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto de Arica S.A. (Sacyr Concesiones 57.5% / Agunsa 42.5%) under DGAC concession
674kpax · 2024
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATASCAR / ARI
OperatorSociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto de Arica S.A. (Sacyr Concesiones 57.5% / Agunsa 42.5%) under DGAC concession
Coordinates18.3486°S, 70.3386°W
Elevation166 ft · 51 m
Time zoneCLT (UTC-4/-3 DST)
Passengers / yr674,316 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded
AIP referenceSCAR — AIP Chile / DGAC
Operating hoursH24 — ATS/tower continuous 0000-2359 daily, no curfew; no PPR for scheduled commercial ops
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal, expanded to 12,184 sqm (from 5,352 sqm) and reopened Dec 2024 with 5 boarding bridges; designed capacity up to approx. 1,000,000 pax/year
Runways (1)
  • 03/21 · 2,800 m / 9,186 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Chile's northernmost airport, 18.5 km NW of Arica and 1 km from the Peruvian border, served by LATAM Chile, Sky Airline and JetSMART on domestic trunk routes (mainly Santiago) plus historic international service to La Paz; functions as the small_hub international gateway for the Arica y Parinacota region, underpinning cross-border trade and tourism with southern Peru and western Bolivia.

Services

Available On request / PPR Seasonal / ageing Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling Available · 3 providers
Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto de Arica S.A. (Sacyr-Agunsa consortium)
Airport operator under 30-year concession (Supreme Decree No. 11, 2019) to "Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto de Arica S.A.", owned 57.5% Sacyr / 42.5% Agunsa; confirmed via aeropuertoarica.cl as operator of the modernized terminal (11,592 m², capacity ~1M pax/yr); specific ramp-handling operator role at aircraft side not separately documented.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
AGUNSA (Agencias Universales S.A.)
AGUNSA confirmed to have an active regional presence in Arica: agunsa.com names a "Gerente Regional Arica-Iquique" and "Jefe Zonal Arica-Iquique" on staff; Agunsa is also confirmed 42.5% owner of the airport's concession company, reinforcing an operational presence at ARI. Specific office street address (variously reported as Calle Arturo Prat 391 or Renato Rocca 1120) could not be independently verified via the live site.
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Available
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Sky Airline
Sky Airline operates scheduled domestic flights to/from Arica; no formal third-party ground-handling agent could be identified for this station. Low-cost domestic carriers commonly self-handle at smaller Chilean stations, so this is treated as a plausible but unconfirmed self-handled arrangement rather than a confirmed named handling agent.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel Available
Copec Aviación (Compañía de Petróleos de Chile)
Confirmed verbatim on copec.cl aviation page: "Contamos con la más amplia cobertura a nivel nacional, abarcando desde Arica a Puerto Montt, estando presente en los 10 aeropuertos más importantes del país" (broadest national coverage, from Arica to Puerto Montt, present at the 10 most important airports in the country), explicitly naming Arica as the northern end of its network; into-plane agent at Chacalluta not separately named (may be Copec itself or a station contractor).
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Available
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance Not listed
Component shops & overhaul Not listed
Flight catering Not listed
Aircraft cleaning Unconfirmed
Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto de Arica S.A. (Sacyr-Agunsa consortium)
Terminal and facilities (incl. wastewater treatment plant) are operated by the concessionaire per its own site (aeropuertoarica.cl); aircraft-cabin cleaning contractor not separately named.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment Not listed
Cargo handling Available
AGUNSA (Agencias Universales S.A.)
Arica office listed in trade directories (directoriodecarga.com) under services "Aeropuertos, Agentes de Carga y Aduanas, Puertos, Transporte" — i.e. air cargo agency and customs-broker services at Arica; company-wide cargo/logistics operator with confirmed Arica-region presence, exact on-airport cargo terminal operatorship unconfirmed.
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Available
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security Unconfirmed
Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto de Arica S.A. (Sacyr-Agunsa consortium)
Concession contract scope covers "aeronautical and non-aeronautical services" for the airport; no separately named private security contractor found for passenger/terminal screening at Chacalluta, so this remains an open item rather than a confirmed concessionaire-provided service.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport Available
Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto de Arica S.A. (Sacyr-Agunsa consortium)
Confirmed directly on aeropuertoarica.cl: site text lists on-site rent-a-car desks, VIP lounge, passenger transport, and parking (370 spaces) as concessionaire-managed terminal services.
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Available
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support Not listed
Hotel & travel Not listed