# Ricardo García Posada Airport (ESR / SCES)

**Ricardo García Posada Airport** (IATA: ESR, ICAO: SCES) is a medium airport in El Salvador, Atacama Region, Chile. It has one runway, 2,300 m (7,546 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 37 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ESR / SCES
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: El Salvador, Atacama Region, Chile
- Elevation: 1,597 m / 5,240 ft
- Coordinates: -26.3111, -69.7652
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,300 m / 7,546 ft
- Passengers: 37,064 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Website: http://www.aeropuertocarrielsur.cl/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Garc%C3%ADa_Posada_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2160889
- Ident: SCES

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,300 m / 7,546 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 10,460 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 13,588 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 8,057 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 11,976 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 12,584 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 12,594 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 18,691 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 40,387 | JAC Chile |
| 2023 | 60,731 | JAC Chile |
| 2024 | 41,118 | JAC Chile |
| 2025 | 37,064 | JAC Chile |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 37K (2025) | #2,206 of 3,974 | #222 in South America | #22 in CL |
| Longest runway | 2,300 m / 7,546 ft | =3,042 of 29,858 | =186 in South America | #18 in CL |
| Elevation | 1,597 m / 5,240 ft | =1,717 of 43,403 | #135 in South America | #11 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 127.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [CNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scra.md) Chañaral Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [TTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sctt.md) Las Breas Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [CPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scat.md) Desierto de Atacama Airport · 146 km / 91 mi

## Sources

- [JAC Chile](https://datos.gob.cl/organization/junta-de-aeronautica-civil): Chile: Junta de Aeronáutica Civil (CC0 1.0)
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [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/sces/data