La Araucanía International Airport ZCO / SCQP
Temuco, La Araucanía · Chile · Sociedad Concesionaria Nuevo Aeropuerto de la Araucanía S.A. (DGAC oversight)
1.1Mpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATASCQP / ZCO
OperatorSociedad Concesionaria Nuevo Aeropuerto de la Araucanía S.A. (DGAC oversight)
Coordinates38.9258°S, 72.6514°W
Elevation321 ft · 98 m
Time zoneCLT (UTC-4/-3 DST)
Passengers / yr1,113,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceSCQP — AIP Chile / DGAC
Operating hoursATS/tower daily 1130-2359 UTC (approx. 07:30-20:00 local, shifts with DST); not H24, no scheduled overnight operations, no PPR required for scheduled airline traffic
TerminalsSingle terminal building, approx. 5,000 sqm, 3 boarding bridges, apron for 4 aircraft up to B767/A330 size; dedicated international gate (Gate 1) with dual PDI immigration control and SAG agricultural/customs control
Runways (1)
- 01/19 · 2,440 m / 8,005 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS CAT IIIB (RWY 01)
Main air gateway to the La Araucanía region (Mapuche cultural heartland and Andean lakes/volcano tourism), served by LATAM Chile, Sky Airline and JetSMART with domestic trunk routes to Santiago and Punta Arenas/Balmaceda plus occasional international charters. Opened July 2014 replacing the former Maquehue airfield (SCTC/PZS) closer to Temuco; now the 8th-busiest airport in Chile and undergoing a new concession-led expansion targeting 3 million annual passengers by 2031.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 4 providers
LATAM Airlines Chile
LATAM is one of three scheduled carriers at ZCO (confirmed via airport site aeropuertoaraucania.cl and Wikipedia); no dedicated third-party ramp handler could be found for this airport, consistent with LATAM self-handling its own turnarounds at smaller Chilean regional stations as it does elsewhere in Chile (its former Santiago handling arm Andes Airport Services was sold to Acciona in 2023, but no equivalent divestiture is documented for regional fields). Not directly evidenced for ZCO specifically - flagged unconfirmed.
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Sky Airline
Sky Airline is one of three scheduled carriers at ZCO (confirmed via airport site and Wikipedia; its A320 was the first commercial landing at the new terminal on 29 July 2014). No dedicated third-party ramp handler found for ZCO; likely self-handled given the airport's size, but no direct citation located - flagged unconfirmed.
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JetSmart Chile
JetSmart is one of three scheduled carriers at ZCO, serving Santiago and (per Wikipedia) Punta Arenas. No dedicated third-party ramp handler found for ZCO; likely self-handled given the airport's size, but no direct citation located - flagged unconfirmed.
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Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto Araucania S.A.
Airport concessionaire (shareholders Empresa Constructora Belfi S.A. and Icafal Inversiones S.A., under Supreme Decree No. 48 of 21 March 2025) is contractually responsible for platform/apron services, aircraft parking positions (contact stands with boarding bridges and remote stands) and turnarounds, per its own 'Concesionaria' page and published tariff schedule for aeronautic services.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
Copec S.A. (Copec Aviacion)
Copec Aviacion states it is present at the '10 most important airports' in Chile 'from Arica to Puerto Montt' (ww2.copec.cl/copec-aviacion), a range that geographically spans Temuco, and Copec is the dominant Jet A-1 supplier nationally (est. 1964, JIG-standard operations). However, no source explicitly names ZCO among its served airports (the source page could not be re-verified live), so this is unconfirmed for this specific field.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Available · 2 providers
Helicópteros del Pacífico
Overhaul shop — in-house "talleres de overhaul" (engine/dynamic-component overhaul) at their 4.5-hectare base near Temuco (Km 17 Ruta S-30) servicing their own helicopter fleet (Bell 206/407/UH-1D, CH-47D Chinook); DGAC Chile CMA registration and class rating unconfirmed.
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Helicópteros del Pacífico
Composite/structures shop — dedicated "taller de estructura y materiales compuestos" (structures and composite-materials workshop) alongside an in-house paint shop ("taller de pintura"); in-house, Helicópteros del Pacífico; class rating unconfirmed.
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Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
AMS - Airport Maintenance Services (mservices.aero)
Santiago-based GSE fleet management/maintenance specialist (ACU, GPU, ASU, water/lavatory trucks, cargo loaders, towbarless tractors) states presence 'en 14 regiones del pais' (14 of Chile's 16 regions), which would plausibly include La Araucania region, but the company's site names no specific airport list, so ZCO presence is unconfirmed.
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Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Available · 3 providers
TransAraucania
Shared door-to-door transfer service between the airport and Temuco/Pucon, coordinated with flight arrivals; confirmed as the named shared-transfer operator on the airport's own 'Transportes' page (aeropuertoaraucania.cl), website www.transaraucania.cl.
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Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Avis
Confirmed as one of twelve on-airport rent-a-car concessionaires listed on the airport's own 'Rent a Car' tenant page (aeropuertoaraucania.cl/rent-a-car-2/), operating hours tied to flight schedule (1 hour before first flight to 1 hour after last), avis.cl.
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Hertz
Confirmed as one of twelve on-airport rent-a-car concessionaires listed on the airport's own 'Rent a Car' tenant page (aeropuertoaraucania.cl/rent-a-car-2/), operating hours tied to flight schedule (1 hour before first flight to 1 hour after last), hertz.cl.
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Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed
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