BBA — Balmaceda Airport
Medium-sized airport in Coyhaique, Chile.
- IATA code
- BBA
- ICAO code
- SCBA
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 603,931
- Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · −1.2% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 6
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3
- America/Coyhaique
- Elevation
- 525 m
- 1,722 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,501 m
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About BBA
Balmaceda Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Coyhaique, Chile. 603,931 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 6 nonstop routes from BBA.
JAC Chile (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from BBA
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| BBA → SCL | 1,393 km | 346,931 |
| BBA → PMC | 510 km | 214,938 |
| BBA → ZCO | 780 km | 22,660 |
| BBA → CCP | 1,022 km | 14,327 |
| BBA → PUQ | 790 km | 5,070 |
| BBA → PNT | 643 km | 5 |
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
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| PMQ | Perito Moreno Jalil Hamer Airport | 88 km |
| LHS | Las Heras Airport | 221 km |
| CRD | General Enrique Mosconi International Airport | 328 km |
| EQS | Esquel Brigadier Antonio Parodi International Airport | 337 km |
| GGS | Gobernador Gregores Airport | 339 km |
Distance from BBA to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,501 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Balmaceda, Aysén Region, Chile · -45.9160, -71.6895
Questions
Balmaceda Airport has the IATA code BBA and the ICAO code SCBA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
BBA is a medium-sized airport in Balmaceda, Aysén Region, Chile, at -45.9160, -71.6895, 525 m above sea level. It serves Coyhaique.
BBA is in the America/Coyhaique time zone, UTC−3.
603,931 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to JAC, Chile's civil aviation board (scheduled airlines).
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