A report on Chamonate Airport and Desierto de Atacama Airport

It served as the main airport for the region until February 2005 when Desierto de Atacama Airport opened.

Opened in February 2005, the airport replaced the smaller Chamonate Airport near the city, which was unable to increase its capacity and could not handle larger narrow-body planes such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800.