SCEL IATA SCL Large Airport

Airport record

Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Scheduled service reported12,000+ ft runway
WGS 84 position -33.39300°, -70.78580° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 1,555 ft MSL

474 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 2

2 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 12,303 ft

3,750 metres · 17R/35L

PUBLISHED COMMS 9

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
17L/35R 12,303 × 180 ft3,750 × 55 m Asphalt 178.0° / 358.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open
17R/35L 12,303 × 148 ft3,750 × 45 m Asphalt 177.0° / 357.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
17L LE · low-numbered end 17L/35R Reported open 178.0°T 1,550 ft MSL472 m Not published -33.37610°, -70.78670° Open end map ↗
35R HE · high-numbered end 17L/35R Reported open 358.0°T 1,555 ft MSL474 m 1,800 ft549 m -33.40990°, -70.78520° Open end map ↗
17R LE · low-numbered end 17R/35L Reported open 177.0°T 1,551 ft MSL473 m Not published -33.37190°, -70.80370° Open end map ↗
35L HE · high-numbered end 17R/35L Reported open 357.0°T 1,550 ft MSL472 m Not published -33.40690°, -70.80190° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
APP 126.300 MHz SANTIAGO APP
APP 128.100 MHz SANTIAGO APP
ATIS 132.100 MHz ATIS
CLD 121.700 MHz CLNC DEL
CNTR 129.700 MHz SANTIAGO CNTR
GND 122.200 MHz GND
RDO 121.500 MHz SANTIAGO RDO
RDO 664.900 MHz SANTIAGO RDO
TWR 118.100 MHz SANTIAGO TWR

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Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.