CPOSCAT

Desierto de Atacama Airport

Copiapo, Chile · Latin America

Latin America

1direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

2,200 mLongest runway

2005opened

Desierto de Atacama Airport (IATA: CPO, ICAO: SCAT) is an airport serving the region around Copiapó, the capital of the Atacama Region of Chile. The airport is in the desert north of the Copiapó River, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) inland from the Pacific coast. Opened in February 2005, the airport replaced the smaller Chamonate Airport near the city, which was unable to increase its capacity and could not handle larger narrow-body planes such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800.

Location

27.261°S, 70.779°O · 204 m s. n. m. (670 ft)

General data

CountryChile

CityCopiapo

IATA codeCPO

ICAO codeSCAT

Coordinates27.261°S, 70.779°O

Elevation204 m s. n. m. (670 ft)

Runways1

Longest runway2,200 m

Opened2005

Direct destinations1

Official website

Runways · 1

17/35

Length2,200 m7,218 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

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).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Desierto de Atacama Airport (CPO). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CPO

MLA

“Desierto de Atacama Airport (CPO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CPO. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Desierto de Atacama Airport (CPO).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CPO.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Desierto de Atacama Airport (CPO). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CPO (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CPO |title=Desierto de Atacama Airport (CPO) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-17 |language=en}}