CJCSCCF

El Loa Airport

Calama, Chile · Latin America

Latin America America/Santiago

3direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

3,040 mLongest runway

El Loa Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto El Loa) (IATA: CJC, ICAO: SCCF) is the major airport serving Calama, a city in the Antofagasta Region of Chile. It is one of the largest airports in Chile. The airport is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the city centre. It currently accommodates aircraft with a maximum wingspan of 36 metres (118 ft), so it is limited to narrow-body airliners like the Airbus A320 or Boeing 737. There are plans to construct a second runway with capacity to accommodate wide body jets and military aircraft. Previously, it was an international airport and served international flights to Lima, Peru, operated by LATAM Peru, but this was suspended in March 2020 due to the pandemic.

Location

22.498°S, 68.904°O · 2.299 m s. n. m. (7.543 ft)

General data

CountryChile

CityCalama

IATA codeCJC

ICAO codeSCCF

Coordinates22.498°S, 68.904°O

Elevation2.299 m s. n. m. (7.543 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Santiago

Runways1

Longest runway3,040 m

Direct destinations3

Official website

Runways · 1

10/28

Length3,040 m9,974 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.700CALAMA TWR

Approach

120.900CALAMA APP

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

JetSmart LATAM Airlines Chile Sky Airline

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: David Reid Jacobson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). El Loa Airport (CJC). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CJC

MLA

“El Loa Airport (CJC).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CJC. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) El Loa Airport (CJC). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CJC (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cjc,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{El Loa Airport (CJC)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CJC},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CJC}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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