Aeródromo Pichoy ZAL / SCVD
Valdivia, Los Ríos · Chile · Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), con infraestructura de la Dirección de Aeropuertos (DAP) del MOP
418kpax · 2024
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATASCVD / ZAL
OperatorDirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), con infraestructura de la Dirección de Aeropuertos (DAP) del MOP
Coordinates39.6497°S, 73.0861°W
Elevation59 ft · 18 m
Time zoneCLT (UTC-4/-3 DST)
Passengers / yr418,000 (2024)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceSCVD — AIP Chile / DGAC
Operating hoursDaylight/scheduled-service hours only, timed to LATAM and Sky Airline flight banks to Santiago; no confirmed H24 tower service or published curfew; PPR advisable for non-scheduled/GA traffic outside published hours.
Terminals1 passenger terminal with 1 boarding lounge, 2 jet bridges and 3 airline check-in counters; approx. 200 vehicle parking spaces; a terminal expansion (from ~2,101 to ~4,828 sq m) is planned as part of a project to upgrade the facility's status from aerodromo to aeropuerto.
Runways (1)
- 17/35 · 2,094 m / 6,870 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS CAT I
Airport contact
Domestic regional airport serving Valdivia and the Los Ríos Region, functioning as a gateway to Chile's Lake District/Chilean Patagonia tourism corridor; LATAM Chile and Sky Airline operate the sole scheduled route to Santiago (Arturo Merino Benítez), with JetSmart having offered seasonal service.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Unconfirmed · 3 providers
Swissport Chile S.A.
Ramp handling and check-in/gate passenger assistance for Sky Airline flights at Valdivia; Sky Airline operates scheduled service to Pichoy and Swissport is one of Chile's two nationwide contract ground handlers, so Swissport-for-Sky is plausible here, but the specific named 5-year, 15-airport Sky Airline contract said to list Valdivia could not be - treat station-level coverage as unconfirmed pending a direct source.
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Menzies Agunsa Aviation
Ramp services and passenger assistance for JetSMART flights, which operates scheduled service to Pichoy. Menzies Agunsa Aviation is JetSMART's established joint-venture ground handler at multiple Chilean airports, making coverage at Valdivia plausible, but a station-specific citation naming "Aeropuerto de Pichoy (ZAL)" among its covered airports could not be - treat as unconfirmed pending a direct source.
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LATAM Airlines Chile (self-handled)
In-house/self-handled ramp and passenger handling inferred for LATAM's own daily Santiago-Valdivia flights (LATAM's daily Pichoy service is confirmed, alongside Sky Airline and JetSMART); no third-party handling contract naming LATAM at this station is documented, consistent with LATAM's general practice of self-handling at smaller Chilean domestic stations, but this remains an inference rather than a directly confirmed fact for this specific station.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
Copec Aviación S.A.
Jet A-1 and Avgas 100LL supplier; Copec Aviación is Chile's largest aviation-fuel distributor with stated market presence at Chilean airports "from Arica to Puerto Montt," a range that geographically includes Valdivia. The previously cited DGAC/CONAF multi-airport fuel contract (2021-2023) has since lapsed and cannot be treated as evidence of current supply. Current into-plane fuelling arrangement at Pichoy, and whether it covers scheduled-airline traffic versus CONAF firefighting-fleet use only, remains unconfirmed.
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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
Menzies Agunsa Aviation
Aircraft cabin cleaning for JetSMART flights would be included under the same ground-services arrangement if Menzies Agunsa Aviation holds the Pichoy station; not separately confirmed.
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Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
Swissport Chile S.A.
Cargo/mail handling would fall under the same carrier ground-services arrangement if Swissport holds the Sky Airline contract at this station; scope at this low-traffic station (belly cargo only) is not separately documented, and the underlying station-level contract itself is unconfirmed.
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Aviation security
Available
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) – Aeródromo Pichoy
AVSEC aviation-security screening/guarding self-provided directly by DGAC at Pichoy. Pichoy is a DGAC-administered, non-concessioned regional aerodrome with no private airport operator on site, consistent with DGAC's nationwide practice of running AVSEC in-house at this class of aerodrome. A previously cited named on-site AVSEC station chief could not be independently corroborated on DGAC's site and has been removed pending confirmation.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) – Aeródromo Pichoy
Servicios de Vuelo (TSV)/ARO flight-planning and pre-flight briefing desk provided directly by DGAC at the aerodrome, consistent with DGAC's standard self-provision of ARO/TSV services at its non-concessioned regional aerodromes; covers all pilots operating from Pichoy. No separate FBO operator is documented - FBO/apron concession space appears vacant and un-let. A specific published "ficha técnica" document could not be located on DGAC's site to independently corroborate these details.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed
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