Lieutenant Julio Gallardo Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Puerto Natales, in Magallanes Region, Chile. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PNT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PNT
- ICAO code
- SCNT
- City
- Puerto Natales
- State or region
- Magallanes Region
- Country
- Chile
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 51.6707° S, 72.5291° W
- Elevation
- 66 m (217 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,764 m (5,786 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PNT means Lieutenant Julio Gallardo Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SCNT. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 51.6707° S, 72.5291° W. It stands 66 metres (217 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Punta Arenas, about 199 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Punta Arenas, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lieutenant Julio Gallardo Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,764 metres (5,786 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 19 airports of Chile on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 18.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,764 m 5,786 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 28 de Noviembre AirportRio Turbio, Argentina | RYO | 23 km |
| El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International AirportEl Calafate, Argentina | FTE | 158 km |
| President Carlos Ibáñez International AirportPunta Arenas | PUQ | 187 km |
| Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International AirportRio Gallegos, Argentina | RGL | 222 km |
| Gobernador Gregores AirportGobernador Gregores, Argentina | GGS | 363 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,420 km | 20 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,305 km | 18 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,765 km | 18 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 13,305 km | 16 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,265 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,517 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,410 km | 17 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 16,896 km | 20 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,586 km | 12 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.