SCL
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (IATA: SCL, ICAO: SCEL) is a large airport in Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. It opened on 9 Feb 1967. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,750 m (12,303 ft). In 2025 it handled 25.9 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1967–201509 FEB 1967
OpenedComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport opens.
01 OCT 2015
MilestoneA new operator takes over.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap17R/35L177° / 357° · LIT
LENGTH3,750 m12,303 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
17L/35R178° / 358° · LIT
LENGTH3,750 m12,303 ftWIDTH55 m180 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2013–202515.3M
16.1M
17.2M
19.2M
23.3M
24.6M
8.5M
10.0M
18.5M
22.9M
25.8M
25.9M
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Routes
81 destinations · 29 countriesYear-round60
MDZGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International AirportArgentina · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart Argentina196 km122 miLSCLa Florida AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart389 km242 miCCPCarriel Sur International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart429 km267 miZCOLa Araucanía International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart638 km396 miCORIngeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International AirportArgentina · LATAM Chile660 km410 miNQNPresidente Perón International AirportArgentina · LATAM Chile661 km411 miCPODesierto de Atacama AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart682 km424 miZALPichoy AirportChile · Sky Airline725 km450 miZOSCañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline828 km514 miPMCEl Tepual International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart918 km570 miMHCMocopulli AirportChile · Sky Airline, JetSmart1,027 km638 miANFAndrés Sabella Gálvez International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart1,107 km688 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, KLM +21,138 km707 miAEPAeroparque Jorge NewberyArgentina · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart Argentina1,147 km713 miCJCEl Loa AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart1,225 km761 miMVDCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International AirportUruguay · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart +11,367 km849 miBBABalmaceda AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline1,395 km867 miIQQDiego Aracena International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart1,431 km889 miASUSilvio Pettirossi International AirportParaguay · LATAM Airlines Paraguay1,571 km976 miARIChacalluta International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart1,673 km1,040 miPOAPorto Alegre-Salgado Filho International AirportBrazil · LATAM Chile1,891 km1,175 miLPBEl Alto International AirportBolivia · LATAM Chile, Boliviana de Aviación1,895 km1,177 miVVIViru Viru International AirportBolivia · LATAM Chile, Boliviana de Aviación1,910 km1,187 miPUQPresident Carlos Ibáñez International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart2,180 km1,355 miCUZAlejandro Velasco Astete International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru, Sky Airline Peru2,211 km1,374 miFLNHercílio Luz International AirportBrazil · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart2,217 km1,378 miCWBCuritiba-Afonso Pena International AirportBrazil · LATAM Chile2,262 km1,406 miMPNMount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount PleasantFalkland Islands · LATAM Chile2,277 km1,415 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru, LATAM Chile, Sky Airline +12,462 km1,530 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, Turkish Airlines +12,615 km1,625 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart2,934 km1,823 miTRUCapitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International AirportPeru · JetSmart2,941 km1,827 miBSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil3,010 km1,870 miCNFTancredo Neves International AirportBrazil · LATAM Chile3,062 km1,903 miGYEJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportEcuador · LATAM Airlines Ecuador3,600 km2,237 miIPCMataveri International AirportChile · LATAM Chile3,752 km2,331 miUIOMariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · LATAM Chile3,783 km2,351 miSSADeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International AirportBrazil · Sky Airline3,997 km2,484 miCLOAlfonso Bonilla Aragon International AirportColombia · JetSmart4,149 km2,578 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · LATAM Chile, JetSmart, Avianca4,251 km2,641 miMDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · JetSmart4,426 km2,750 miRECRecife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International AirportBrazil · LATAM Chile, LATAM Brasil4,627 km2,875 miFORPinto Martins International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil4,693 km2,916 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines4,809 km2,988 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · LATAM Chile, Arajet5,783 km3,593 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · LATAM Chile6,289 km3,908 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · LATAM Chile, Aeroméxico6,596 km4,099 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · LATAM Chile, American Airlines6,658 km4,137 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,588 km4,715 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · LATAM Chile8,238 km5,119 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · LATAM Chile8,987 km5,584 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · LATAM Chile9,653 km5,998 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · LATAM Chile, Iberia10,719 km6,660 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Level11,150 km6,928 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · LATAM Chile11,296 km7,019 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · LATAM Chile, Qantas Airways11,340 km7,046 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways11,653 km7,241 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France11,673 km7,253 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM12,003 km7,458 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines13,102 km8,141 miSeasonal14
BRCTeniente Luis Candelaria International AirportArgentina · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline863 km536 miPDPCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International AirportUruguay · LATAM Chile1,452 km902 miIGUCataratas International AirportBrazil · JetSmart1,797 km1,117 miFTEEl Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International AirportArgentina · Sky Airline1,881 km1,169 miPNTLieutenant Julio Gallardo AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart2,037 km1,266 miCWBCuritiba-Afonso Pena International AirportBrazil · JetSmart2,262 km1,406 miBSBPresidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBrazil · Sky Airline3,010 km1,870 miCNFTancredo Neves International AirportBrazil · Sky Airline3,062 km1,903 miCTGRafael Nuñez International AirportColombia · Avianca4,900 km3,045 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · LATAM Chile6,963 km4,327 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines7,506 km4,664 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines7,866 km4,888 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada8,617 km5,354 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada8,774 km5,452 miCargo17
EZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · UPS Airlines, LATAM Cargo Chile, FedEx Express1,138 km707 miAGTGuaraní International AirportParaguay · Avianca Cargo1,776 km1,104 miVCPViracopos International AirportBrazil · UPS Airlines, LATAM Cargo Chile, Korean Air Cargo +22,581 km1,604 miUIOMariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · LATAM Cargo Chile3,783 km2,351 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Cargolux, Avianca Cargo4,251 km2,641 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · DHL Aero Expreso4,809 km2,988 miBQNRafael Hernández International AirportPuerto Rico · Cargolux5,783 km3,593 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · LATAM Cargo Chile, Western Global Airlines, DHL Aero Expreso +16,658 km4,137 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express7,868 km4,889 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · Ethiopian Airlines8,957 km5,566 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · China Cargo Airlines8,987 km5,584 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · LATAM Cargo Chile11,904 km7,397 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Cargolux11,933 km7,415 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Cargolux, LATAM Cargo Chile12,003 km7,458 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa Cargo12,100 km7,519 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines12,370 km7,686 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air Cargo18,392 km11,428 miMost destinationsLATAM Chile 46Sky Airline 28JetSmart 23LATAM Cargo Chile 6LATAM Brasil 5Cargolux 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SCL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
9 channelsAPPSANTIAGO APP128.100
APPSANTIAGO APP126.300
ATISATIS132.100
CLDCLNC DEL121.700
CNTRSANTIAGO CNTR129.700
GNDGND122.200
RDOSANTIAGO RDO121.500
RDOSANTIAGO RDO664.900
TWRSANTIAGO TWR118.100