# Maquehue Airport (PZS / SCTC)

**Maquehue Airport** (IATA: PZS, ICAO: SCTC) is a medium airport in Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile. It has one runway, 1,700 m (5,577 ft) long, asphalt. In 2016 it handled 675 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PZS / SCTC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile
- Elevation: 93 m / 304 ft
- Coordinates: -38.7668, -72.6371
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,700 m / 5,577 ft
- Passengers: 674,596 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Website: http://www.aeropuertotemuco.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temuco_Maquehue_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1030915
- Weather station: SCTC · WMO 85743
- Ident: SCTC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,700 m / 5,577 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 067° / 247° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 377,322 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 429,787 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 465,680 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 504,147 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 575,335 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 674,596 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 675K (2016) | #979 of 3,974 | #78 in South America | #10 in CL |
| Longest runway | 1,700 m / 5,577 ft | =5,250 of 29,858 | =450 in South America | =30 in CL |
| Elevation | 93 m / 304 ft | =31,203 of 43,403 | =7,167 in South America | #266 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TEMUCO APP | 124.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TEMUCO TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scqp.md) La Araucanía International Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [ZIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scto.md) Victoria Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [ZAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scvd.md) Pichoy Airport · 106 km / 66 mi

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/sctc/data