Pucón Airport guide

Pucón Airport is a small public airfield in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile. It carries the ICAO code SCPC and sits about 5 km east of Pucón, near the eastern end of Lake Villarrica, at an elevation of roughly 270 metres. Mountainous terrain rises to the north and south of the strip.

The airfield has one asphalt runway, 09/27, measuring 1,700 metres by 30 metres. Wikipedia describes it as able to take aircraft up to the Boeing 737 in size, and LAN Airlines and Sky Airlines have been listed as operators with seasonal flights from Santiago.

The airfield has no commercial service. The Dirección de Aeropuertos of the Ministry of Public Works has worked on a reopening for commercial flights, including runway remodelling and the expropriation of 14 lots next to the strip. Trees near the approach must be cleared, and a reforestation agreement for 30,000 native trees has to be carried out first. In February 2025 the ministry said opening to commercial aircraft was not possible in the short term, citing the tree clearing, the lack of instrument approach technology and a shortage of specialised staff. The national civil aviation authority, DGAC, had not authorised commercial use at that point.