La Araucanía International Airport

Airport in Freire

ZCO

Location of airport in Chile

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
01/19	2,440	8,005	Asphalt

Statistics (2014)

Passengers	504,147

Sources: GCM^[1] Google Maps^[2]

La Araucanía International Airport (IATA: ZCO, ICAO: SCQP), also known as Temuco Airport, is the main airport in the Araucanía Region and southern Chile. It is 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of the city of Temuco, in the commune of Freire, Cautín Province.

It has a parking apron with capacity for 4 aircraft (up to Boeing 767 type), a 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft) passenger terminal, and 3 boarding bridges.

The Araucania VOR-DME (Ident: NIA) is located 0.58 nautical miles (1.1 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 19.^[3]

Commissioning

Through a NOTAM issued on July 18, 2014, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) authorized the start of operations of the new airport on Tuesday July 29, 2014 which was completed with the first landing of a commercial aircraft Sky Airline Airbus A320.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
JetSmart Chile	Punta Arenas, Santiago de Chile
LATAM Chile	Santiago de Chile
Sky Airline	Santiago de Chile

References

^ Airport information for La Araucanía International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Google maps - La Araucanía
^ Araucania VOR

External links

La Araucanía Airport at OpenStreetMap
La Araucanía Airport at OurAirports
Aeronautical chart and airport information for La Araucanía Airport at SkyVector
Accident history for La Araucanía Airport at Aviation Safety Network
Current weather for La Araucanía Airport at NOAA/NWS