Pucón Airport (, ) is an airport east of
Pucón
Pucón (Mapudungun: "entrance to the cordillera") is a Chilean city and commune administered by the municipality of Pucón. It is located in the Province of Cautín, Araucanía Region, 100 km to the southeast of Temuco and 780 km to ...
, a city on the eastern shore of
Villarrica Lake
Lake Villarrica, also known as Mallalafquén (its pre-Hispanic name is Mapudungun), is located about 700 kilometers south of Santiago in Chile's Lake District in the southeast area of the Province of Cautín. On its east shore lies the city of ...
in the
Araucanía Region
The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Temuco; other important cities ...
of
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
.
The airport can handle aircraft up to the
Boeing 737
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Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the t ...
in size and operates seasonal flights from
Santiago de Chile
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital city, capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's Chilean Central Valley, central valley and is the center ...
. Travel options vary between high and low tourist season.
There is mountainous terrain north and south of the runway.
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Transport in Chile
Transport in Chile is mostly by road. The far south of the country is not directly connected to central Chile by road without travelling through Argentina, and water transport also plays a part there. The railways were historically important in C ...
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List of airports in Chile
This is a list of airports in Chile, sorted by location.
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Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled commercial airline service. Links to Spanish language Wikipedia are added for some communities.
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References
External links
Pucón Airportat
OpenStreetMap
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Aeródromo Pucón (SCPC)at Aerodromo.cl
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Airports in Araucanía Region
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