Airports / Chile / ZCO
La Araucanía International Airport
SCQP / ZCOTemuco, ChileELEV 333 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
Maquehue Airport (PZS) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
La Araucanía International Airport (SCQP / ZCO) sits in Temuco, Chile, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 333 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into ZCO for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Maquehue Airport (PZS, 10 nm), Victoria Airport (ZIC, 43 nm), and Pichoy Airport (ZAL, 48 nm).
Charter pricing from ZCO depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Temuco.
Field capability
ICAO
SCQP
IATA
ZCO
FAA / Local
SCQP
Elevation
333 ft
Coordinates
38.9259° S · 72.6515° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Chile fields
state range 26–7,543 ft
At 333 ft, ZCO sits lower than 55% of the 33 Chile fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 10nmPZSMaquehue AirportTemuco
- 43nmZICVictoria AirportVictoria
- 48nmZALPichoy AirportValdivia
- 98nmCPCAviador C. Campos AirportChapelco/San Martin de los Andes
- 103nmZOSCañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert AirportOsorno
- 119nmAPZZapala AirportZapala
Location
Open the full mapSCQP · La Araucanía International Airport · Temuco, Chile