Diego Aracena International Airport

ICAO SCDA20.5363°S 70.1814°W47 m / 155 ftLarge airport

Diego Aracena International Airport (IATA: IQQ, ICAO: SCDA) is a large airport in Iquique, Tarapacá Region, Chile. It opened in 1973. It has one runway, 3,350 m (10,991 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1973–1973

1973

OpenedDiego Aracena International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

01/19006° / 186° · LIT

LENGTH3,350 m10,991 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2025

1.1M

1.2M

1.3M

1.2M

1.3M

1.7M

1.8M

1.7M

1.6M

1112131415162122232425

Routes

7 destinations · 3 countries

Year-round5

ARIChacalluta International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, JetSmart244 km152 mi ANFAndrés Sabella Gálvez International AirportChile · JetSmart325 km202 mi LSCLa Florida AirportChile · JetSmart1,048 km651 mi SCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart1,431 km889 mi CCPCarriel Sur International AirportChile · JetSmart1,827 km1,135 mi

Cargo2

VCPViracopos International AirportBrazil · LATAM Cargo Chile2,393 km1,487 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · LATAM Cargo Chile10,831 km6,730 mi

Most destinationsJetSmart 5LATAM Chile 2LATAM Cargo Chile 2Sky Airline 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IQQ. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Diego Aracena International Airport” (revision of 8 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#647of 3,974 · #52 South America · #7 CL Longest runway3,350 m10,991 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=678of 29,823 · #26 South America · #2 CL Elevation47 m155 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,086of 43,341 · =7,899 South America · #306 CL AgeOpened 19732026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,834of 15,079 · =97 South America · #6 CL Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =12 CL

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

APPIQUIQUE APP122.700

GNDGND121.700

RDOIQUIQUE RDO127.300

TWRIQUIQUE TWR118.900