SCTN IATA WCH Medium Airport

Airport record

Nuevo Chaitén Airport

Chaitén, Los Lagos Region, Chile

WGS 84 position -42.78194°, -72.83500° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 95 ft MSL

29 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 3,937 ft

1,200 metres · 01/19

PUBLISHED COMMS 0

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
01/19 3,937 × 98 ft1,200 × 30 m Asphalt 21.0° / 201.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open

Plan a simulator route

Find airports with similar runway characteristics Start with this airport's longest reported runway length and surface.
Open Runway Finder →

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
01 LE · low-numbered end 01/19 Reported open 21.0°T 72 ft MSL22 m Not published -42.78667°, -72.83751° Open end map ↗
19 HE · high-numbered end 01/19 Reported open 201.0°T 59 ft MSL18 m Not published -42.77585°, -72.83172° Open end map ↗

Latest available source feeds

METAR, TAF & simulator ATIS

Reference and simulation use only. Automated decoding can be incomplete. This is not an official weather briefing; verify current weather, NOTAMs, charts, and authority information before any real-world operation.

Reports load when this section approaches the viewport.

Continue exploring

Nearby airports

All in Chile
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
SAWG Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International AirportRio Gallegos 549 NM1,017 km · S · 166° true 11,644 ft
SCEL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago 572 NM1,059 km · N · 10° true 12,303 ft
SCCI President Carlos Ibáñez International AirportPunta Arenas 619 NM1,146 km · S · 173° true 9,154 ft
SACO Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International AirportCordoba 802 NM1,486 km · NE · 34° true 10,499 ft
SAEZ Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniBuenos Aires (Ezeiza) 820 NM1,519 km · NE · 59° true 10,827 ft
SUMU Carrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International AirportCiudad de la Costa 917 NM1,699 km · NE · 64° true 10,499 ft

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.