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Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport in Chillan (Chile)
Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport is located near Chillan, with General Lagos Guindos at 0mi↑, Chillan at 4mi↑, Coihueco at 11mi↑, San Carlos at 12mi↑, San Ignacio at 15mi↑, Bulnes at 18mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Chile and Southernmost airports in Chile
→ See also airports in Chile
aerial view of Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : SCCH
- IATA code : YAI
- Local code : -
Elevation : 151 m = 495ft
→ See also Highest airports in Chile and Lowest airports in Chile
Runways
- runway 04/22 : 1750m = 5741ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Chile
Coming to Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
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Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Municipal de Linares airport at 57mi : book on Trip.com
- María Dolores airport at 61mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport SCCH YAI
METAR for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport SCCH YAI
SCCH 181100Z AUTO 20009KT 9999 BKN009 14/12 Q1012
Decoded METAR for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport SCCH YAI
METAR issued by SCCH on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 11:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 days and 86 hours and -4278 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 14°C = 57°F, dew point is 12°C = 54°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 88 %.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.88inHg
Wind 17km/h = 9kt, direction is 200°.
Clouds : broken at 900ft = 270m.
TAF for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport SCCH YAI
SCCH 181012Z 1812/1824 20011KT CAVOK TX30/1819Z TN17/1812Z TEMPO 1812/1814 BKN010 BECMG 1818/1820 27015KT
Decoded TAF for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport SCCH YAI
TAF issued by SCCH on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 10:12 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 15 hours and 30 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, December 18, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 18, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
1812/1824 20011KT CAVOK TX30/1819Z TN17/1812Z
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 11kt = 20km/h, direction is 200°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
temporarily from Thursday, December 18, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 18, 2025 à 14:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1812/1814 BKN010
broken at 1000ft = 300m
becoming from Thursday, December 18, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 18, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1818/1820 27015KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 270°
NOTAM for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport
Around Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport in Chillan (Chile)
near
- Hotels in General Lagos Guindos
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 5292mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 5345mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 7015mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 7053mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 7053mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 7053mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 7054mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 7054mi↑
- San Sebastian at 7054mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 7069mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 7070mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 7070mi↑
- for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport at 0mi↑
- for La Vertiente airport at 2mi↑
- for Chillan Fundo el Carmen airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport in Chillan (Chile)
- La Vertiente airport (SCAV ) at 2mi↑defunct airport
- Chillan Fundo el Carmen airport (SCFK ) at 4mi↑NOTAM
- Santa Marta airport (SCKA ) at 10mi↑NOTAM
- San Nicolas Santa Eugena airport (SCNI ) at 12mi↑NOTAM
- Pica airport (SCPI ) at 12mi↑NOTAM
- Rucamalen airport (SCUR ) at 18mi↑NOTAM
- Bulnes El Litral airport (SCUL ) at 26mi↑NOTAM
- Hospital Villa Baviera airport (SCVB ) at 29mi↑NOTAM
- El Salto airport (SCEO ) at 33mi↑NOTAM
- Retiro Las Alpacas airport (SCAJ ) at 34mi↑NOTAM
- Atacalco airport (SCAK ) at 34mi↑NOTAM
- Torreón airport (SCKT ) at 36mi↑NOTAM
- Verfrut Sur airport (SCUT ) at 37mi↑NOTAM
- Retiro Copihue airport (SCHP ) at 38mi↑NOTAM
- James Conrad airport (SCJC ) at 41mi↑NOTAM
- Cholguan Siberia airport (SCGS ) at 41mi↑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
