# Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ / SCDA)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IQQ / SCDA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Iquique, Tarapacá Region, Chile
- Opened: 1973
- Elevation: 47 m / 155 ft
- Coordinates: -20.5363, -70.1814
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,350 m / 10,991 ft
- Passengers: 1,628,622 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Website: http://www.aeropuertodiegoaracena.cl/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Aracena_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431221
- Weather station: SCDA · WMO 85418
- Ident: SCDA

## Timeline

- 1973: Diego Aracena International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,350 m / 10,991 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 006° / 186° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,054,470 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,160,017 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,250,315 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,219,799 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,155,306 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,196,675 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,340,607 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,742,945 | JAC Chile |
| 2023 | 1,802,346 | JAC Chile |
| 2024 | 1,687,175 | JAC Chile |
| 2025 | 1,628,622 | JAC Chile |

## Routes

7 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [ARI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scar.md) Chacalluta International Airport · Chile · 244 km / 152 mi · LATAM Chile, JetSmart
- [ANF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scfa.md) Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport · Chile · 325 km / 202 mi · JetSmart
- [LSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scse.md) La Florida Airport · Chile · 1,048 km / 651 mi · JetSmart
- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 1,431 km / 889 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [CCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scie.md) Carriel Sur International Airport · Chile · 1,827 km / 1,135 mi · JetSmart

### Cargo (2)

- [VCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbkp.md) Viracopos International Airport · Brazil · 2,393 km / 1,487 mi · LATAM Cargo Chile
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 10,831 km / 6,730 mi · LATAM Cargo Chile

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- JA [JetSmart](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart) · 5
- [LATAM Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-chile) · 2
- H2 [Sky Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-airline) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- UC [LATAM Cargo Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-cargo-chile) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.6M (2025) | #647 of 3,974 | #52 in South America | #7 in CL |
| Longest runway | 3,350 m / 10,991 ft | =677 of 29,858 | #26 in South America | #2 in CL |
| Elevation | 47 m / 155 ft | =35,141 of 43,403 | =7,928 in South America | #306 in CL |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =97 in South America | #6 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | IQUIQUE APP | 122.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | IQUIQUE RDO | 127.300 |
| TWR | IQUIQUE TWR | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [SC1A](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sc1a.md) Canchones West Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [CL-SC49](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cl-sc49.md) Oficina Victoria Airport · 62 km / 38 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: “Diego Aracena International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diego_Aracena_International_Airport&oldid=1373887462), revision of 8 Sep 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/scda/data