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Desierto de Atacama airport at Copiapo (Chile)
Desierto de Atacama airport is located near Copiapo, with Majadas at 9mi↑, Caldera at 14mi↑, Mirador at 26mi↑, Copiapo at 28mi↑, Los Loros at 57mi↑, Chañaral at 64mi↑, Diego de Almagro at 76mi↑, Huasco at 88mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Chile and Southernmost airports in Chile
→ See also airports in Chile
aerial view of Desierto de Atacama airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : SCAT
- IATA code : CPO
- Local code : -
Elevation : 204 m = 669ft
→ See also Highest airports in Chile and Lowest airports in Chile
Runways
- runway 17/35 : 2200m = 7218ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Chile
Coming to Desierto de Atacama airport
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Aviation weather for Desierto de Atacama airport SCAT CPO
METAR for Desierto de Atacama airport SCAT CPO
SCAT 262300Z 24009KT CAVOK 17/13 Q1014
Decoded METAR for Desierto de Atacama airport SCAT CPO
METAR issued by SCAT on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 23:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 144 hours and -8605 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 17°C = 63°F, dew point is 13°C = 55°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 77%.
QNH is 1014hPa = 29.94inHg
Wind 17km/h = 9kt, direction is 240°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Desierto de Atacama airport SCAT CPO
SCAT 262200Z 2700/2724 24010KT CAVOK TN16/2710Z TX22/2718Z BECMG 2701/2703 23004KT BECMG 2706/2708 BKN015 BECMG 2714/2715 CAVOK BECMG 2716/2718 25012KT
Decoded TAF for Desierto de Atacama airport SCAT CPO
TAF issued by SCAT on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 22:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 1 hours and 35 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, March 26, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, March 26, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
2700/2724 24010KT CAVOK TN16/2710Z TX22/2718Z
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
becoming from Wednesday, March 26, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 27, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2701/2703 23004KT
wind 4kt = 7km/h, direction is 230°
becoming from Thursday, March 27, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 27, 2025 à 14:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2706/2708 BKN015
broken at 1500ft = 460m
becoming from Thursday, March 27, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 27, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2714/2715 CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
becoming from Thursday, March 27, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 27, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2716/2718 25012KT
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 250°
NOTAM for Desierto de Atacama airport
Around Desierto de Atacama airport at Copiapo (Chile)
near
- Hotels in Majadas
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 4652mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 4704mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 6495mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 6536mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 6536mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 6536mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 6537mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 6537mi↑
- San Sebastian at 6537mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 6553mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 6553mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 6553mi↑
- for Desierto de Atacama airport at 0mi↑
- for Caldera airport at 13mi↑
- for Pisague airport at 13mi↑
nearest airports to Desierto de Atacama airport at Copiapo (Chile)
- Caldera airport (SCCL ) at 13mi↑NOTAM
- Pisague airport (SCPS ) at 13mi↑NOTAM
- Chamonate airport (SCHA ) at 23mi↑NOTAM
- Hospital Regional de Copiapó San José del Carmen heliport (SHSN ) at 29mi↑NOTAM
- Gran Cañon airport (SCHU ) at 62mi↑NOTAM
- Chañaral airport (SCRA CNR ) at 65mi↑NOTAM
- Freirina Freirina airport (SCFF ) at 89mi↑NOTAM
- El Salvador Bajo airport (SCES ESR ) at 91mi↑NOTAM
- Vallenar airport (SCLL VLR ) at 92mi↑NOTAM
- Potrerillos airport (SCEI ) at 101mi↑NOTAM
- Domeyko airport ( CL-0014) at 118mi↑
- Las Breas airport (SCTT TTC ) at 120mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Chile
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap