Nuevo Chaitén Airport  Nuevo Chaitén Airport , is an airport serving Chaitén, a town in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. The airport replaces Chaitén Airfield, the airport at Chaitén that was damaged and closed after the 2008 eruption of the Chaitén Volcano. The new airport is northwest of the town. After construction began on Nuevo Chaitén Airport in 2013, it assumed the ICAO and IATA codes of the closed airport. South approach and departures are over the Gulf of Corcovado. The Chaiten VOR-DME (Ident: TEN) is located on the field.