CJC — El Loa Airport
Medium-sized airport in Calama, Chile.
- IATA code
- CJC
- ICAO code
- SCCF
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 2,819,711
- Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · −3.0% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 5
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3 / UTC−4
- America/Santiago
- Elevation
- 2,299 m
- 7,543 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 3,040 m
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About CJC
El Loa Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Calama, Chile. 2,819,711 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 5 nonstop routes from CJC.
JAC Chile (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from CJC
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| CJC → SCL | 1,221 km | 2,271,263 |
| CJC → LSC | 853 km | 308,281 |
| CJC → CCP | 1,632 km | 239,912 |
| CJC → ANF | 190 km | 182 |
| CJC → PNT | 3,253 km | 73 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ANF | Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport | 190 km |
| IQQ | Diego Aracena International Airport | 255 km |
| UYU | Joya Andina International Airport | 312 km |
| ESR | Ricardo García Posada Airport | 433 km |
| SLA | Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport | 436 km |
Distance from CJC to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,040 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile · -22.4982, -68.9036
Questions
El Loa Airport has the IATA code CJC and the ICAO code SCCF. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
CJC is a medium-sized airport in Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile, at -22.4982, -68.9036, 2,299 m above sea level.
CJC is in the America/Santiago time zone, UTC−3 / UTC−4 (winter / summer).
2,819,711 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to JAC, Chile's civil aviation board (scheduled airlines).
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