Nuevo Chaitén Airport

Chaitén, Los Lagos Region, Chile

Regional Airport

Timezone America/Santiago

Local Time —

Elevation 95 ft (29 m)

Coordinates 42.7819°S, 72.8350°W

Runways 2

WCH is the IATA airport code for Nuevo Chaitén Airport, located in Chaitén, Chile. Its ICAO code is SCTN. The airport is classified as a Regional Airport. It operates in the America/Santiago timezone at an elevation of 95 ft (29 m) above sea level. It has 2 runways.

About Nuevo Chaitén Airport

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Nuevo Chaitén Airport Spanish: Aeródromo Nuevo Chaitén, is an airport serving the town of Chaitén and other communities in northern Chilean Patagonia such as Palena and Futaleufú. The airport replaced Chaitén Airfield, which was damaged beyond repair after the 2008 eruption of the Chaitén Volcano. The new airport is 18 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of town. After construction began on Nuevo Chaitén Airport in 2013, it assumed the ICAO and IATA codes of the closed airport.