The island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
Easter Island’s Mataveri International Airport (SCIP) is considered the world’s most remote airport with regularly scheduled service (the airport has regularly scheduled service to Santiago). This is measured by the distance from another airport, as the airport is roughly 2,000 nautical miles from the closest diversion airport.
Because of how remote the airport is, special procedures have to be followed when flying there. For example, two planes can’t be flying to the airport at the same time without a suitable diversion point. That’s because if for whatever reason one plane blocked the runway, another plane wouldn’t have anywhere to divert to. What could possibly go wrong?
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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17AUG24 0546Z | SCEL | SCIP | Wokninja | Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) | -390 ft/m | 2060 nm | 03:19 | View | |
06JUL24 1142Z | SCEL | SCIP | Braceyourself | Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) | -49 ft/m | 2123 nm | 05:08 | View | |
01JUL24 0238Z | SCEL | SCIP | DeviousFusion | Boeing 737-600 (B736) | -28 ft/m | 2065 nm | 04:37 | View | |
16JUN24 0627Z | SCEL | SCIP | tylerdog2k5 | Airbus A318 (A318) | -581 ft/m | 2034 nm | 05:15 | View | |
04JUN24 0006Z | SCEL | SCIP | Nerd_Droid | Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) | -209 ft/m | 2031 nm | 02:25 | View | |
26DEC23 0350Z | SCEL | SCIP | Tim Davern aka Mr Mix Tea | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -245 ft/m | 2065 nm | 05:48 | View | |
24JUL23 2127Z | SCEL | SCIP | Dubblas | Airbus A330-900 (A339) | -147 ft/m | 2067 nm | 05:28 | View | |
13JUL23 0205Z | SCEL | SCIP | Aaron Priest | Experimental >200kts (HXC) | -834 ft/m | 2064 nm | 00:34 | View | |
12JUL23 0940Z | SCEL | SCIP | ropiemasta | Experimental >200kts (HXC) | -555 ft/m | 2062 nm | 00:49 | View | |
17MAY23 0213Z | SCEL | SCIP | Pypehr99 | Airbus A320 (A320) | -169 ft/m | 2061 nm | 04:37 | View | |
23APR23 1955Z | SCEL | SCIP | Meandeef | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -347 ft/m | 2041 nm | 05:39 | View | |
19MAR23 0853Z | SCEL | SCIP | Lolmanzee1 | Experimental >200kts (HXC) | -906 ft/m | 2031 nm | 01:10 | View | |
18MAR23 1816Z | SCEL | SCIP | DefiantPrawn | Experimental >200kts (HXC) | -138 ft/m | 2063 nm | 00:39 | View | |
18MAR23 1305Z | SCEL | SCIP | CoupeX | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -213 ft/m | 2073 nm | 05:17 | View | |
30JAN23 0311Z | SCEL | SCIP | ohmyfavourite | Experimental >200kts (HXC) | -662 ft/m | 2027 nm | 00:23 | View | |
03DEC22 1340Z | SCEL | SCIP | FingerGames | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -175 ft/m | 2044 nm | 04:40 | View | |
30NOV22 0712Z | SCEL | SCIP | bleeman | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -142 ft/m | 2026 nm | 07:08 | View | |
14NOV22 1225Z | SCEL | SCIP | Jahdoh | Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner (B78X) | -258 ft/m | 2100 nm | 04:56 | View | |
10NOV22 0009Z | SCEL | SCIP | Sven Lenkewitz | Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner (B78X) | -315 ft/m | 2083 nm | 04:44 | View | |
07NOV22 0135Z | SCEL | SCIP | ResetXPDR | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -240 ft/m | 2062 nm | 05:17 | View |