{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Nuevo Chaitén Airport","iataCode":"WCH","icaoCode":"SCTN","city":"Chaitén","country":"CL","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-42.781943,"longitude":-72.834999},"elevationMeters":29,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"The prefix \"Nuevo\" recalls the 2008 disaster, when the eruption of the Chaitén volcano devastated the town of the same name and forced a new site for the airfield. Today the small regional airport (WCH) links the remote community on the Carretera Austral with Puerto Montt; operators such as Aerocord serve the route with light aircraft. Goods move mainly as add-on loads on these flights or via the region's ferry connections; there is no commercial cargo handling. For air freight into the Los Lago","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/nuevo-chaiten-airport-wch","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/nuevo-chaiten-airport-wch","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Nuevo Chaitén Airport · (IATA: WCH) · Chaitén, CL · 29 m"}