# El Tepual International Airport (PMC / SCTE)

**El Tepual International Airport** (IATA: PMC, ICAO: SCTE) is a large airport in Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region, Chile. It has one runway, 2,650 m (8,694 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 2.0 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PMC / SCTE
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region, Chile
- Elevation: 90 m / 294 ft
- Coordinates: -41.4431, -73.0941
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,650 m / 8,694 ft
- Passengers: 1,963,850 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Website: https://aeropuertodepuertomontt.cl/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tepual_International_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2756149
- Weather station: SCTE · WMO 85799
- Ident: SCTE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,650 m / 8,694 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 182° / 002° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 929,020 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,117,341 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,224,814 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,272,832 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,294,623 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,485,959 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,097,463 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,693,027 | JAC Chile |
| 2023 | 1,853,375 | JAC Chile |
| 2024 | 1,988,622 | JAC Chile |
| 2025 | 1,963,850 | JAC Chile |

## Routes

6 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [BRC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sazs.md) Teniente Luis Candelaria International Airport · Argentina · 165 km / 103 mi · Sky Airline
- [BBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scba.md) Balmaceda Airport · Chile · 510 km / 317 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline
- [CCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scie.md) Carriel Sur International Airport · Chile · 519 km / 322 mi · LATAM Chile
- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 918 km / 570 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline
- [PNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scnt.md) Lieutenant Julio Gallardo Airport · Chile · 1,138 km / 707 mi · LATAM Chile
- [PUQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scci.md) President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport · Chile · 1,296 km / 805 mi · LATAM Chile, Sky Airline

### Seasonal (1)

- [PNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scnt.md) Lieutenant Julio Gallardo Airport · Chile · 1,138 km / 707 mi · Sky Airline

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.0M (2025) | #577 of 3,974 | #46 in South America | #5 in CL |
| Longest runway | 2,650 m / 8,694 ft | =1,989 of 29,858 | =106 in South America | #11 in CL |
| Elevation | 90 m / 294 ft | =31,531 of 43,403 | =7,242 in South America | #267 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | PUERTO MONTT APP | 123.700 |
| CNTR | PUERTO MONTT CNTR | 128.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | PUERTO MONTT RDO | 126.900 |
| TWR | PUERTO MONTT TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [SCPF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scpf.md) Marcel Marchant Airport · 15 km / 9.1 mi
- [PUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scpv.md) El Mirador Airport · 16 km / 10 mi
- [SCFR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scfr.md) Frutillar Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [SCFI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scfi.md) Fundo Tehuén Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [FRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scev.md) El Avellano Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [SCCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scck.md) Contao Airport · 50 km / 31 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: “El Tepual International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Tepual_International_Airport&oldid=1363035463), 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/scte/data