SCL · Santiago, Chile
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport.
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Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
International airport serving Santiago, Chile
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for SCL
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 6015; ident SCEL; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
aeropuertosantiago.cl
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
SCL / SCEL
OurAirports ident
SCEL
GPS / local code
SCEL
ISO region
CL-RM
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
aeropuertosantiago.cl
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q127671
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:22 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--CLT · UTC-04:00
Time zone
CLT
America/Santiago · UTC-04:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
15 km
Approximate distance to central Santiago.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Santiago
Languages
Spanish
Currency
CLP ($)
Country area
756,102 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
12,303 ft / 3,750 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1967 · Q105835837
Owner / entity
Q127671
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Santiago, Chile. Santiago's built-up core sits roughly 15 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Santiago (UTC-04:00, CLT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL / SCEL) is at 33.3930° S, 70.7858° W, elevation 1,555 ft (474 m), serving Santiago, Chile.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Santiago is in Chile (capital Santiago); on America/Santiago (CLT, UTC-04:00); working languages: Spanish; currency: CLP ($).
Distance from central Santiago: 15 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for SCL.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL / SCEL)
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · International airport serving Santiago, Chile
Source identifiers
SCEL · SCEL · CL-RM
aeropuertosantiago.cl · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, located in Pudahuel, 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of central Santiago, is Chile's largest aviation facility and busiest international airport.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for SCL; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, located in Pudahuel, 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of central Santiago, is Chile's largest aviation facility and busiest international airport.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Quilicura
quilicura · 7.2 km from SCL
Chile · America/Santiago · +0h · population 210,410 · city coordinates -33.3680, -70.7139
2. Renca
renca · 7.5 km from SCL
Chile · America/Santiago · +0h · population 147,151 · city coordinates -33.4019, -70.7062
3. Lo Prado
lo-prado · 8.0 km from SCL
Chile · America/Santiago · +0h · population 104,316 · city coordinates -33.4443, -70.7255
4. Maipú
maipu · 14 km from SCL
Chile · America/Santiago · +0h · population 503,635 · city coordinates -33.5142, -70.7651
5. Lampa
lampa · 15 km from SCL
Chile · America/Santiago · +0h · population 102,234 · city coordinates -33.2863, -70.8756
6. Santiago
santiago · 15 km from SCL
Chile · America/Santiago · +0h · population 4,837,295 · city coordinates -33.4569, -70.6483
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. COR SACO
Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport · Cordoba
660 km from SCL · America/Argentina/Cordoba · +0h · elevation 1,604 ft (489 m) · airport coordinates -31.3123, -64.2083
2. EZE SAEZ
Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini · Buenos Aires (Ezeiza)
1138 km from SCL · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · +0h · elevation 67 ft (20 m) · airport coordinates -34.8222, -58.5358
3. AEP SABE
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · Buenos Aires
1147 km from SCL · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · +0h · elevation 18 ft (5 m) · airport coordinates -34.5594, -58.4155
Route-time reference set
1. SCL-COR
Cordoba · 660 km · 1h 40m
America/Argentina/Cordoba · +0h from SCL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. SCL-EZE
Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) · 1138 km · 2h 16m
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · +0h from SCL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. SCL-AEP
Buenos Aires · 1147 km · 2h 17m
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · +0h from SCL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 12,303 ft / 3,750 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for SCL.
Runway identifiers
17L/35R · 17R/35L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, located in Pudahuel, 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of central Santiago, is Chile's largest aviation facility and busiest international airport.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for SCL.
Country and authority
SCL sits in Chile (Republic of Chile), whose capital is Santiago. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Americas, South America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Spanish. Currency context: CLP ($). SCL is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
International airport serving Santiago, Chile. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, located in Pudahuel, 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of central Santiago, is Chile's largest aviation facility and busiest international airport. Location cue: Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, located in Pudahuel, 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of central Santiago, is Chile's largest aviation facility and busiest international airport.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q127671 · Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. Administrative area: Pudahuel. Named after: Arturo Merino Benítez. Entity official-site cross-check: nuevopudahuel.cl
Field and clock profile
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport is a moderate-elevation field at 1,555 ft (474 m), positioned at 33.3930° S, 70.7858° W in the Southern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 12,303 ft / 3,750 m. The airport clock uses America/Santiago (CLT, UTC-04:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Quilicura is the closest retained city-time anchor at 7.2 km. COR Cordoba is the closest retained airport alternative at 660 km.
Country airport peers
SCL has no same-country peer airports retained in the current airport set, so the useful comparison points are its code, coordinates, timezone, and route references.
Route geometry
SCL-COR Cordoba: 660 km, about 1h 40m, +0h. SCL-EZE Buenos Aires (Ezeiza): 1138 km, about 2h 16m, +0h. SCL-AEP Buenos Aires: 1147 km, about 2h 17m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident SCEL backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. aeropuertosantiago.cl is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 12,303 ft / 3,750 m
Runway identifiers
17L/35R, 17R/35L
OurAirports classifies SCL as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Santiago.
SCL (SCEL) is a moderate-elevation field at 1,555 ft (474 m) in the subtropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
SCL sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
SCL's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 12,303 ft / 3,750 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
Q105835837 is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for SCL.
- Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, located in Pudahuel, 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of central Santiago, is Chile's largest aviation facility and busiest international airport.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at aeropuertosantiago.cl, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for SCL
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
SCL uses America/Santiago (CLT, UTC-04:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport is about 15 km from central Santiago; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
COR Cordoba is the closest retained alternate at 660 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
aeropuertosantiago.cl is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place SCL inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
SCL ranks #1 in the curated Chile airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 1 airport.
Same-zone airport cohort
SCL has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making America/Santiago a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
SCL is 1,555 ft (474 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include KAN 1,562 ft (476 m) (7 ft delta) · XIY 1,572 ft (479 m) (17 ft delta) · WTB 1,509 ft (460 m) (46 ft delta) · COR 1,604 ft (489 m) (49 ft delta) · MUC 1,487 ft (453 m) (68 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
SCL's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are COR 660 km +0h · EZE 1138 km +0h · AEP 1147 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordoba | COR | 660 km | 1h 40m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) | EZE | 1138 km | 2h 16m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Buenos Aires | AEP | 1147 km | 2h 17m | +0h | --:--:-- |
SCL to COR
Cordoba
Distance 660 km; estimated travel window 1h 40m; destination zone America/Argentina/Cordoba is +0h from SCL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SCL to EZE
Buenos Aires (Ezeiza)
Distance 1138 km; estimated travel window 2h 16m; destination zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires is +0h from SCL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SCL to AEP
Buenos Aires
Distance 1147 km; estimated travel window 2h 17m; destination zone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires is +0h from SCL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Santiago is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from SCL, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Quilicura
quilicura · 7.2 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Renca
renca · 7.5 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Lo Prado
lo-prado · 8.0 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Maipú
maipu · 14 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Lampa
lampa · 15 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Santiago
santiago · 15 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Chicureo
chicureo · 17 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Batuco
batuco · 18 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Padre Hurtado
padre-hurtado · 20 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ñuñoa
nunoa · 20 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Colina
colina · 23 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
San Bernardo
san-bernardo · 24 km · America/Santiago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Cordoba (COR), Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) (EZE), Buenos Aires (AEP). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 12,303 ft / 3,750 m; identifiers 17L/35R, 17R/35L.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Q105835837.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1967.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from SCL. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International AirportCOR
Cordoba · large airport
- Distance
- 660 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,604 ft (489 m)
Compare against COR when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniEZE
Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) · large airport
- Distance
- 1138 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 67 ft (20 m)
Compare against EZE when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Aeroparque Jorge NewberyAEP
Buenos Aires · large airport
- Distance
- 1147 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 18 ft (5 m)
Compare against AEP when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) in?▾
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport is in the America/Santiago timezone (UTC-04:00, CLT).
What are the codes for Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport?▾
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport uses IATA code SCL and ICAO code SCEL.
Where is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport located?▾
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport is located in Santiago, Chile at coordinates 33.3930° S, 70.7858° W, with an elevation of 1,555 ft (474 m) (moderate-elevation field in the subtropics).
How far is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport from central Santiago?▾
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport sits roughly 15 km from the nearest mapped city center for Santiago.
Which route reference is most useful from SCL?▾
Cordoba (COR) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 40m, destination timezone America/Argentina/Cordoba, and a +0h difference from SCL.
How many runways does Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport have?▾
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 12,303 ft / 3,750 m; identifiers include 17L/35R, 17R/35L.