ZCO — La Araucanía International Airport
Large airport in Temuco, Chile.
- IATA code
- ZCO
- ICAO code
- SCQP
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 984,142
- Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · −4.7% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 2
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3 / UTC−4
- America/Santiago
- Elevation
- 101 m
- 331 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,440 m
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About ZCO
La Araucanía International Airport is a large airport serving Temuco, Chile. 984,142 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 2 nonstop routes from ZCO.
JAC Chile (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from ZCO
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ZCO → SCL | 636 km | 961,482 |
| ZCO → BBA | 780 km | 22,660 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZPC | Pucón Airport | 75 km |
| ZAL | Pichoy Airport | 89 km |
| CPC | Aviador C. Campos Airport | 182 km |
| ZOS | Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport | 191 km |
| CCP | Carriel Sur International Airport | 242 km |
Distance from ZCO to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,440 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile · -38.9259, -72.6515
Questions
La Araucanía International Airport has the IATA code ZCO and the ICAO code SCQP. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
ZCO is a large airport in Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile, at -38.9259, -72.6515, 101 m above sea level.
ZCO is in the America/Santiago time zone, UTC−3 / UTC−4 (winter / summer).
984,142 passengers in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026, according to JAC, Chile's civil aviation board (scheduled airlines).
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