PUQSCCI

President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport

Punta Arenas, Chile · Latin America

Latin America America/Santiago

9direct destinations

4airlines

3runways

2,790 mLongest runway

Presidente Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Presidente Carlos Ibáñez) (IATA: PUQ, ICAO: SCCI) is an airport serving the city of Punta Arenas in southern Chile in the Patagonia region of South America. The airport is shared with the Chilean Air Force. Its passenger terminal has three departure gates, two luggage belts, and 11 check-in counters.

Location

53.003°S, 70.855°O · 42 m s. n. m. (139 ft)

General data

CountryChile

CityPunta Arenas

IATA codePUQ

ICAO codeSCCI

Coordinates53.003°S, 70.855°O

Elevation42 m s. n. m. (139 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Santiago

Runways3

Longest runway2,790 m

Direct destinations9

Official website

Runways · 3

07/25

Length2,790 m9,154 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

12/30

Length2,400 m7,874 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

01/19

Length1,678 m5,505 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.700PUNTA ARENAS TWR

Ground

121.900

Approach

128.100PUNTA ARENAS 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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 4

Other airlines with direct routes

LATAM Airlines Chile JetSmart Aerovías DAP Sky Airline

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

Photo: Butterfly voyages - Serge Ouachée · 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). President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PUQ

MLA

“President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PUQ. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PUQ.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PUQ (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Wikipedia

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