La Araucanía International Airport

La Araucanía International Airport

Temuco Airport
La Araucanía International Airport; Temuco Airport
	IATA: ZCO; ICAO: SCQP;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto Araucanía S.A.
Serves	Temuco, Chile
Location	Freire
Elevation AMSL	321 ft / 98 m
Coordinates	38°55′30″S 72°39′05″W / 38.92500°S 72.65139°W
Website	http://www.aeropuertoaraucania.cl/
Map
	ZCO Location of airport in Chile
Runways
Statistics (2014)
Passengers
Passengers	504,147
	Sources: GCM Google Maps

La Araucanía International Airport (IATA: ZCO, ICAO: SCQP), also known as Temuco Airport, is the main airport in the Araucanía Region and southern Chile. It is 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of the city of Temuco, in the commune of Freire, Cautín Province.

It has a parking apron with capacity for 4 aircraft (up to Boeing 767 type), a 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft) passenger terminal, and 3 boarding bridges.

The Araucania VOR-DME (Ident: NIA) is located 0.58 nautical miles (1.1 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 19.^[3]

Commissioning

Through a NOTAM issued on July 18, 2014, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) authorized the start of operations of the new airport on Tuesday July 29, 2014 which was completed with the first landing of a commercial aircraft Sky Airline Airbus A320. At the same time, all flights were relocated from the former Temuco Maquehue Airport which ended operations day earlier.