IQQSCDA

Diego Aracena International Airport

Iquique, Chile · Latin America

Latin America America/Santiago

6direct destinations

4airlines

1runway

3,350 mLongest runway

1973opened

Diego Aracena International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Diego Aracena) (IATA: IQQ, ICAO: SCDA) is an airport serving Iquique, capital of the Tarapacá Region in Chile. The airport is on the Pacific coast, 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of the city. It shares a runway with Los Cóndores Air Base, home to the First Air Brigade of the Chilean Air Force.

Location

20.536°S, 70.181°O · 47 m s. n. m. (155 ft)

General data

CountryChile

CityIquique

IATA codeIQQ

ICAO codeSCDA

Coordinates20.536°S, 70.181°O

Elevation47 m s. n. m. (155 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Santiago

Runways1

Longest runway3,350 m

Opened1973

Direct destinations6

Official website

Runways · 1

01/19

Length3,350 m10,991 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.900IQUIQUE TWR

Ground

121.700

Approach

122.700IQUIQUE APP

Flight information

127.300IQUIQUE RDO

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 4

Other airlines with direct routes

JetSmart Sky Airline Boliviana de Aviación LATAM Airlines Chile

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

Photo: Pablo H. · CC BY 2.0 · 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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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQQ

MLA

“Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQQ. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQQ.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQQ (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_iqq,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQQ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQQ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQQ |title=Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-16 |language=en}}