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El Loa Airport

Calama, Chile

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ICAO

SCCF

Elevation

7543 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of El Loa Airport

CJC

Location

Calama · AN · Chile

Connectivity

6 routes · 4 destinations

Position

-22.498°, -68.904° · 7543 ft elev.

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Gateway to Chile's Atacama mining heartland.

Opened

1942

Location

Calama, Chile

El Loa Airport (IATA: CJC) serves Calama, a city in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, situated approximately 2,260 meters above sea level in the Atacama Desert. It is the primary air gateway for the surrounding copper-mining region, including the Chuquicamata mine, one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world. The airport handles a significant volume of both commercial passenger traffic and charter flights serving the mining industry. Its high-altitude desert location presents operational considerations typical of Andean airports, including reduced air density affecting aircraft performance. Several Chilean domestic carriers operate scheduled services connecting Calama to Santiago and other regional cities, making the airport a key node in Chile's domestic aviation network.

Terminals

The airport operates a single passenger terminal handling both domestic and limited international traffic.

Getting to & from

Taxis and rental cars are the principal ground transport options linking the airport to central Calama, approximately 3 kilometers away.

Airlines here

LATAM Airlines and Sky Airline are among the primary carriers offering scheduled domestic services through El Loa Airport.

Notable facts

›Located at approximately 2,260 meters (7,415 feet) above sea level in the Atacama Desert.
›Serves as a key logistics hub for Chile's copper-mining industry, including Chuquicamata.
›The airport's ICAO code is SCCF and it is operated under Chile's civil aviation authority, DGAC.
›High altitude and arid conditions require specific aircraft performance calculations for takeoff and landing.
›Calama is one of the driest cities in the world, giving the airport near-constant clear-sky conditions.

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Route map (4 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Sky Airline

LAN Airlines

LATAM Airlines

Routes

CJC → ANFH2 · 319

CJC → CPOH2 · 319

CJC → LSCH2 · 319

CJC → SCLH2 · 319 320

CJC → LSCLA · 320

CJC → SCLLA · 320

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A3194 routes Airbus A3203 routes

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