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President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport lies at the southern tip of continental South America, serving Punta Arenas on the Strait of Magellan in Chile's Magallanes Region. It is the principal gateway to Chilean Patagonia and a key staging point for flights toward Antarctica, offering long, lit hard-surface runways well suited to both airliners and general aviation traffic in demanding southern-latitude weather.
President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport (SCCI, IATA: PUQ) serves Punta Arenas, the main city of Chile's Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region, at the far southern end of South America. It functions as a large international airport with scheduled airline service, acting as the principal air gateway to Chilean Patagonia and as a jumping-off point for onward flights toward Antarctica. For a simulator pilot the field is notable for its remote, windswept location near the Strait of Magellan, its unusually long runways for the surrounding terrain, and the challenging southern-latitude weather typical of the region.
The airport is situated at coordinates 53.0036 S, 70.8536 W at an elevation of 121 feet, immediately outside Punta Arenas near the Strait of Magellan in Chile's Magallanes Region. The field is served by an approach control and tower frequency, indicating it sits within controlled airspace associated with its own control zone.
The airfield has three physical runways, all hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 07/25 is the longest at 9,139 feet, with an ILS serving runway 25. Runway 12/30 measures 7,864/7,863 feet, and runway 01/19 measures 5,479 feet.
Radio services are provided under the callsign Punta Arenas. Approach control operates on 128.1 MHz, ground on 121.9 MHz, a radio frequency on 664.9 MHz, and the tower on 118.7 MHz. An ILS is available for an instrument approach to runway 25.
The airport operates as a large international airport with scheduled airline service, functioning as the principal air link for Chilean Patagonia and a key staging point for flights toward Antarctica.