Aeródromo Mocopulli MHC / SCPQ
Castro, Los Lagos · Chile · Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC)
69kpax · 2019
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATASCPQ / MHC
OperatorDirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC)
Coordinates42.3403°S, 73.7157°W
Elevation528 ft · 161 m
Time zoneCLT (UTC-4/-3 DST)
Passengers / yr69,040 (2019)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceSCPQ — AIP Chile / DGAC
Operating hoursDaylight, VFR-oriented operations under DGAC control tower (Chiloé Tower, 118.40 MHz); Category I precision (ILS) approach available for limited instrument approaches in poor weather; no published overnight curfew; not H24.
TerminalsSingle small passenger terminal with control tower on-site; apron (540m x 120m) with capacity for two A320-type aircraft
Runways (1)
- 17/35 · 2,000 m / 6,562 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT I ILS
Opened November 6, 2012 to give Chiloé Island a jet-capable airport, Mocopulli serves Castro and Dalcahue with domestic flights on LATAM Chile and Sky Airline (mainly to Santiago), functioning as the main air gateway for Chiloé's tourism (UNESCO-listed wooden churches) and as a secondary staging point for Patagonian connections. Most recent confirmed full-year passenger total is 2019 (69,040); partial data for Jan-Sep 2025 already showed 138,810 passengers on the Santiago route alone, indicating substantially higher current annual volumes.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
ACCIONA Airport Services (Chile)
Exclusive ramp, passenger and baggage handling agent for JetSMART at Aeródromo Mocopulli (Chiloé); DGAC's own airport profile confirms JetSMART operates scheduled service from this field, consistent with ACCIONA Airport Services' documented multi-year exclusive JetSMART ground-handling contract covering roughly 13-15 Chilean stations (acciona.com, acciona-energia.com). The original acciona.cl press release ("ACCIONA inicia operaciones de Handling en el aeropuerto de Chiloé") could not be re-fetched directly for (site blocks automated access) so is not independently re-confirmed today; nothing found contradicts it. Not confirmed to handle other carriers (e.g. LATAM) at this station.
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Aircraft fuel
Not listed
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
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Available
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) – Aeródromo Mocopulli
Aeródromo Mocopulli (Dalcahue, ~20 km from Castro) is a public-use airport administered directly by DGAC; DGAC's own airport profile (dgac.gob.cl) confirms 53 DGAC personnel work on site across departments, consistent with in-house aviation security/screening (AVSEC) rather than a third-party contractor. A named AVSEC chief and direct extension appeared in an earlier draft but could not be corroborated: DGAC's official Mocopulli page publishes no station-level staff names or direct lines, only the central Santiago switchboard (••• — treat any station-specific contact as unconfirmed.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available · 2 providers
West Rent a Car
West Rent a Car's own branch list (westrentacar.com) confirms a "Chiloé, Región de los Lagos" location among its official branches. Secondary listings (Sernatur tourism registry, company directories) give the precise address as "Aeropuerto Mocopulli Nº S/N, Castro, Región de Los Lagos", which was not independently re-verified beyond the region-level confirmation. Serves arriving passengers and crews directly from the terminal; central reservations ••• / •••.
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Salfa Rent
Car rental branch reported at "Aeropuerto Mocopulli", Castro per Salfa Rent's own branch locator (salfarent.cl); Genuine national car-rental company, but station-level presence at this airport is unconfirmed pending re-verification.
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Flight support
Available
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) – Aeródromo Mocopulli
DGAC's Mocopulli profile confirms an on-site control tower and ILS Category I approach capability, with air traffic control and associated flight-information/met-briefing service provided directly by DGAC (dgac.gob.cl); JetSMART and LATAM operate scheduled flights from the field. No separate commercial FBO or trip-support desk is documented at this station. A named ATC chief and direct extension appeared in an earlier draft but is not published on DGAC's official page and could not be corroborated — treat as unconfirmed.
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Hotel & travel
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