# La Florida Airport (LSC / SCSE)

**La Florida Airport** (IATA: LSC, ICAO: SCSE) is a medium airport in La Serena-Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region, Chile. It opened in 1947. It has one runway, 1,938 m (6,358 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LSC / SCSE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: La Serena-Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region, Chile
- Opened: 1947
- Elevation: 147 m / 481 ft
- Coordinates: -29.9162, -71.1995
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,938 m / 6,358 ft
- Passengers: 1,664,949 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Website: http://www.aeropuertodelaserena.cl/es/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Florida_Airport_(Chile) (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581901
- Weather station: SCSE · WMO 85488
- Ident: SCSE

## Timeline

- 1947: La Florida Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,938 m / 6,358 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 507,582 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 606,511 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 662,999 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 725,247 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 759,746 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 775,928 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,024,185 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,344,247 | JAC Chile |
| 2023 | 1,519,659 | JAC Chile |
| 2024 | 1,773,263 | JAC Chile |
| 2025 | 1,664,949 | JAC Chile |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 389 km / 242 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [ANF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scfa.md) Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport · Chile · 723 km / 449 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [CJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sccf.md) El Loa Airport · Chile · 856 km / 532 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [IQQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scda.md) Diego Aracena International Airport · Chile · 1,048 km / 651 mi · Sky Airline, JetSmart
- [ARI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scar.md) Chacalluta International Airport · Chile · 1,289 km / 801 mi · JetSmart

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- JA [JetSmart](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart) · 5
- H2 [Sky Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-airline) · 4
- [LATAM Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-chile) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2025) | #634 of 3,974 | #50 in South America | #6 in CL |
| Longest runway | 1,938 m / 6,358 ft | #4,212 of 29,858 | #317 in South America | #25 in CL |
| Elevation | 147 m / 481 ft | =27,472 of 43,403 | =6,251 in South America | #213 in CL |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =43 in South America | #2 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SANTIAGO APP | 128.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 127.300 |
| TWR | LA SERENA TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [SCQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scqt.md) Las Tacas Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [COW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sccq.md) Tambillos Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [SCVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scvn.md) Huancara Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [SCTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sctg.md) Tongoy Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [SCOY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scoy.md) Huayanay Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [OVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scov.md) El Tuqui Airport · 72 km / 44 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: “La Florida Airport (Chile)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Florida_Airport_(Chile)&oldid=1363051277), revision of 7 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/scse/data