# El Loa Airport (CJC / SCCF)

**El Loa Airport** (IATA: CJC, ICAO: SCCF) is a medium airport in Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile. It has one runway, 3,040 m (9,974 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 2.9 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CJC / SCCF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile
- Elevation: 2,299 m / 7,543 ft
- Coordinates: -22.4982, -68.9036
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,040 m / 9,974 ft
- Passengers: 2,921,061 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Website: http://www.dgac.cl/images/IMG/aeropuertos/calama.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Loa_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299637
- Weather station: SCCF
- Ident: SCCF

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,040 m / 9,974 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 094° / 274° | yes |

- 10/28 slopes 1.9%: threshold 10 at 2,263 m / 7,424 ft, threshold 28 at 2,320 m / 7,613 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 734,391 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,071,445 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,441,656 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,361,392 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,357,426 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,438,476 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,290,063 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,786,542 | JAC Chile |
| 2023 | 2,228,017 | JAC Chile |
| 2024 | 2,681,035 | JAC Chile |
| 2025 | 2,921,061 | JAC Chile |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [LSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scse.md) La Florida Airport · Chile · 856 km / 532 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 1,225 km / 761 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [CCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scie.md) Carriel Sur International Airport · Chile · 1,637 km / 1,017 mi · JetSmart

### Seasonal (1)

- [CCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scie.md) Carriel Sur International Airport · Chile · 1,637 km / 1,017 mi · LATAM Chile

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- JA [JetSmart](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart) · 3
- [LATAM Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-chile) · 3
- H2 [Sky Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-airline) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.9M (2025) | #478 of 3,974 | #32 in South America | #2 in CL |
| Longest runway | 3,040 m / 9,974 ft | =1,120 of 29,858 | #47 in South America | #6 in CL |
| Elevation | 2,299 m / 7,543 ft | #359 of 43,403 | #95 in South America | #9 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | CALAMA APP | 120.900 |
| TWR | CALAMA TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [SCPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scpe.md) San Pedro de Atacama Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [TOQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scbe.md) Barriles Airport · 126 km / 78 mi
- [SCSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scsm.md) Minsal Airport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [SCSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scsi.md) El Salar Airport · 142 km / 88 mi
- [SCMY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scmy.md) Carolina Airport · 143 km / 89 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #61

## 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: “El Loa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Loa_Airport&oldid=1363693382), revision of 11 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/sccf/data