Airports / Chile / CNR
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
45 nm
To the nearest alternate
Ricardo García Posada Airport (ESR) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Chañaral Airport (SCRA / CNR) sits in Chañaral, Chile, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 97 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list CNR as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Ricardo García Posada Airport (ESR, 45 nm), Las Breas Airport (TTC, 48 nm), and Desierto de Atacama Airport (CPO, 57 nm).
Trip costs from CNR are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from CNR to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
SCRA
IATA
CNR
FAA / Local
SCRA
Elevation
97 ft
Coordinates
26.3325° S · 70.6073° 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
No
Elevation vs Chile fields
state range 26–7,543 ft
At 97 ft, CNR sits lower than 85% 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.
- 45nmESRRicardo García Posada AirportEl Salvador
- 48nmTTCLas Breas AirportTaltal
- 57nmCPODesierto de Atacama AirportCopiapo
- 136nmVLRVallenar AirportVallenar
- 174nmANFAndrés Sabella Gálvez International AirportAntofagasta
- 217nmLSCLa Florida AirportLa Serena-Coquimbo
Location
Open the full mapSCRA · Chañaral Airport · Chañaral, Chile