ZAL — Pichoy Airport
Medium-sized airport in Valdivia, Chile.
- IATA code
- ZAL
- ICAO code
- SCVD
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 276,910
- Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · −7.9% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 1
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3 / UTC−4
- America/Santiago
- Elevation
- 18 m
- 59 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,094 m
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About ZAL
Pichoy Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Valdivia, Chile. 276,910 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from ZAL.
JAC Chile (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from ZAL
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ZAL → SCL | 724 km | 276,910 |
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.
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| ZCO | La Araucanía International Airport | 89 km |
| ZOS | Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport | 107 km |
| ZPC | Pucón Airport | 108 km |
Distance from ZAL to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,094 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Valdivia, Los Ríos Region, Chile · -39.6500, -73.0861
Questions
Pichoy Airport has the IATA code ZAL and the ICAO code SCVD. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
ZAL is a medium-sized airport in Valdivia, Los Ríos Region, Chile, at -39.6500, -73.0861, 18 m above sea level.
ZAL is in the America/Santiago time zone, UTC−3 / UTC−4 (winter / summer).
276,910 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to JAC, Chile's civil aviation board (scheduled airlines).
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