# Pichoy Airport (ZAL / SCVD)

**Pichoy Airport** (IATA: ZAL, ICAO: SCVD) is a medium airport in Valdivia, Los Ríos Region, Chile. It has one runway, 2,094 m (6,870 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 279 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZAL / SCVD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Valdivia, Los Ríos Region, Chile
- Elevation: 18 m / 59 ft
- Coordinates: -39.6500, -73.0861
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,094 m / 6,870 ft
- Passengers: 279,041 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3/-4 · America/Santiago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichoy_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433154
- Weather station: SCVD · WMO 85766
- Ident: SCVD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,094 m / 6,870 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 123,346 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 152,053 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 120,504 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 152,620 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 126,592 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 146,267 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 229,993 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 383,949 | JAC Chile |
| 2023 | 416,436 | JAC Chile |
| 2024 | 418,395 | JAC Chile |
| 2025 | 279,041 | JAC Chile |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 279K (2025) | #1,383 of 3,974 | #127 in South America | #17 in CL |
| Longest runway | 2,094 m / 6,870 ft | =3,653 of 29,858 | #250 in South America | #20 in CL |
| Elevation | 18 m / 59 ft | =38,756 of 43,403 | =8,367 in South America | =339 in CL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =12 in CL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | Valdivia TWR | 118.300 |
| APP | Temuco APP | 118.700 |
| GNDC | Valdivia Control Terrestre | 121.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scqp.md) La Araucanía International Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [PZS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sctc.md) Maquehue Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [ZOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scjo.md) Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport · 107 km / 66 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)
- [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/scvd/data