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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
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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 271100Z AUTO VRB02KT CAVOK 12/10 Q1018
Decoded METAR for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport SCCH YAI
METAR issued by SCCH on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 11:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 7 hours and 50 minutes ago.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 12°C = 54°F, dew point is 10°C = 50°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 88 %.
QNH is 1018hPa = 30.06inHg
Wind 4km/h = 2kt, direction is °.
Sky clear.
TAF for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport SCCH YAI
SCCH 271617Z 2718/2806 27007KT CAVOK TX31/2718Z TN15/2806Z BECMG 2804/2806 35003KT
Decoded TAF for Gral. Bernardo O´Higgins airport SCCH YAI
TAF issued by SCCH on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 16:17 UTC, issued 2 hours and 33 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 27, 2026 à 04:00 heure UTC
2718/2806 27007KT CAVOK TX31/2718Z TN15/2806Z
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 7kt = 13km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
becoming from Wednesday, January 28, 2026 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday, January 28, 2026 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2804/2806 35003KT
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is 350°
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
