ARI — Chacalluta International Airport

Medium-sized airport in Arica, Chile.
IATA code
ARI
ICAO code
SCAR
Size
medium
OurAirports class
Passengers
628,019
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · −7.1% on the year before
Nonstop routes
5
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−3 / UTC−4
America/Santiago
Elevation
51 m
167 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,800 m

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About ARI

Chacalluta International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Arica, Chile. 628,019 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 5 nonstop routes from ARI.

JAC Chile (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from ARI

Route Distance Passengers / year
ARI → SCL1,667 km 560,602
ARI → LSC1,284 km 44,479
ARI → CCP2,059 km 22,544
ARI → LIM1,010 km 239
ARI → BOG2,583 km 155

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, JAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Chile. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Distance from ARI to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
ARI → LHR10,266 km —
ARI → DXB14,402 km —
ARI → CDG10,341 km —
ARI → FRA10,786 km —
ARI → IST12,080 km —
ARI → AMS10,631 km —
ARI → JFK6,540 km —
ARI → ATL5,944 km —
ARI → LAX7,711 km —
ARI → SIN18,027 km —
ARI → HND16,498 km —
ARI → DOH14,024 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
03/212,800 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Arica, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile · -18.3485, -70.3387

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Chacalluta International Airport has the IATA code ARI and the ICAO code SCAR. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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