Uruapan International Airport
Uruapan International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Uruapan | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares | ||||||||||
| Location | Uruapan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,258 ft / 1,603 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°23′48″N 102°02′21″W / 19.39667°N 102.03917°W | ||||||||||
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Source: Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares | |||||||||||
Uruapan International Airport (IATA: UPN, ICAO: MMPN), also known as "Lic. y Gen. Ignacio López Rayón International Airport", serves the Mexican city of Uruapan, and is the second largest international gateway of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It has one terminal. The airport is operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, a federal government-owned corporation. It is the second busiest airport in the state of Michoacan after Morelia International Airport. UPN sports an asphalt runway that is 2,400 meters (or 7,874 feet) in length, allowing it to accommodate aircraft like the Boeing 737 and the Airbus 320. The runway's approach vectors are 20 degrees for the north end of the runway and 200 degrees for the south end of the runway. The runway is located at an elevation of 1,603 meters (5,258 feet, or just short of a mile) above sea level.
In 2014, the airport handled 106,949 passengers, and in 2015 it handled 110,067 passengers.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Volaris | Los Angeles, Tijuana |
Accidents and incidents
- TAESA Flight 725, a DC-9, crashed on take-off from Uruapan international airport en route to Mexico City on November 25, 1999, killing 18 people.
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