Airports / Chile / ESR
Ricardo García Posada Airport
SCES / ESREl Salvador, ChileELEV 5,240 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
45 nm
To the nearest alternate
Chañaral Airport (CNR).
Overview
Ricardo García Posada Airport (SCES / ESR) is a mid-sized airport serving El Salvador, Chile. The field lies at an elevation of 5,240 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
ESR has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Chañaral Airport (CNR, 45 nm), Las Breas Airport (TTC, 56 nm), and Desierto de Atacama Airport (CPO, 79 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ESR vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ESR, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
SCES
IATA
ESR
FAA / Local
SCES
Elevation
5,240 ft
Coordinates
26.3111° S · 69.7652° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Chile fields
state range 26–7,543 ft
At 5,240 ft, ESR sits higher than 94% of the 33 Chile fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 45nmCNRChañaral AirportChañaral
- 56nmTTCLas Breas AirportTaltal
- 79nmCPODesierto de Atacama AirportCopiapo
- 147nmVLRVallenar AirportVallenar
- 176nmANFAndrés Sabella Gálvez International AirportAntofagasta
- 229nmLSCLa Florida AirportLa Serena-Coquimbo
Location
Open the full mapSCES · Ricardo García Posada Airport · El Salvador, Chile