# Desierto de Atacama Airport (CPO / SCAT)

**Desierto de Atacama Airport** (IATA: CPO, ICAO: SCAT) is a medium airport in Copiapo, Atacama Region, Chile. It opened in 2005. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 646 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/scat

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CPO / SCAT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Copiapo, Atacama Region, Chile
- Opened: 2005
- Elevation: 204 m / 670 ft
- Coordinates: -27.2612, -70.7792
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,218 ft
- Passengers: 645,853 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Website: https://www.aeropuertodecaldera.cl/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desierto_de_Atacama_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431207
- Weather station: SCAT
- Ident: SCAT

## Timeline

- 2005: Desierto de Atacama Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 175° / 355° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 403,340 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 515,474 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 597,841 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 539,983 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 427,026 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 471,965 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 411,162 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 650,054 | JAC Chile |
| 2023 | 723,057 | JAC Chile |
| 2024 | 710,702 | JAC Chile |
| 2025 | 645,853 | JAC Chile |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 682 km / 424 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CPO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- JA [JetSmart](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart) · 1
- [LATAM Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-chile) · 1
- H2 [Sky Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-airline) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 646K (2025) | #1,001 of 3,974 | #80 in South America | #11 in CL |
| Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | =3,269 of 29,858 | =205 in South America | #19 in CL |
| Elevation | 204 m / 670 ft | =23,983 of 43,403 | =5,431 in South America | #159 in CL |
| Age | Opened 2005 | =12,076 of 15,079 | =150 in South America | #7 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Nearby airports

- [CNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scra.md) Chañaral Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [ESR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sces.md) Ricardo García Posada Airport · 146 km / 91 mi
- [VLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scll.md) Vallenar Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [JAC Chile](https://datos.gob.cl/organization/junta-de-aeronautica-civil): Chile: Junta de Aeronáutica Civil (CC0 1.0)
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Desierto de Atacama Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desierto_de_Atacama_Airport&oldid=1363031387), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/scat/data