Chile launches studies tender for Santiago airport

Chile’s public works ministry (MOP) launched a 744mn-peso (US$974,000) studies tender to update the master plan of Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez airport and to propose a location for a possible new airport in the country’s central region.

The contract for Santiago’s airport involves carrying out passenger demand studies, carrying out a feasibility review for an eventual third runway, diagnosis of current infrastructure and proposing expansion alternatives, documents show.

As for the potential second airport in central Chile, the study will have to propose a location for the terminal, which will be selected from the following options:

Valparaíso region coastal zone 

Casablanca valley

Linderos-Buin-Paine 

Maipo-Talagante-Peñaflor

Graneros-Rancagua-Requínoa-Rengo-Pelequén

The contractor will also be required to study an additional area of its own choosing.

Technical proposals will be opened on October 21, and economic offers on November 3. Documents can be seen here.

Arturo Merino Benítez airport is undergoing a US$560mn expansion that will add a new international passenger terminal, among other facilities. Works are 78% complete, according to MOP.