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El Loa Airport

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Airport type
  
Domestic Airport

Website
  
Website in DGAC

Phone
  
+56 2 2795 3154

Elevation AMSL
  
7,543 ft / 2,299 m

Code
  
CJC

El Loa Airport

Owner
  
Dirección de Aeronautica Civil de Chile (DGAC)

Operator
  
Sociedad Concesionaria El Loa S.A

Location
  
Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Address
  
Aeropuerto El Loa - Antofagasta, Calama, Chile

Similar
  
Europcar, LATAM Chile, Diego De Almagro Calama, Buses Atacama 2000, Park Hotel Calama

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El Loa Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto El Loa) (IATA: CJC, ICAO: SCCF), is the major airport serving Calama, and one of the largest airports in Chile. The main terminal covers 20,000 square meters.

Contents

This airport is located approximately 6km from the city centre. The airport currently accommodates aircraft with a maximum wingspan of 36m. There are plans to construct a second runway with capacity to accommodate wide body jets and military aircraft.

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Passenger Terminal

A new passenger terminal was inaugurated in 2014. With a total area of 8100 square meters, it includes three air bridges, an expanded apron and twelve commercial locations. In addition, there was extensive landscaping around the terminal and a new 500 space car park was built.

Other facilities

In parallel to the development of the new terminal, a new 28 metre high control tower, fire brigade service centre, Air Club Hangar and Wastewater Treatment Plant were opened.

Statistics

The number of passengers has been: 2004: 247,821 2005: 273,275 2006: 315,725 2013: 1,441,566

References

El Loa Airport Wikipedia