Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport La Mesa International Airport Aeropuerto de San Pedro Sula | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Operator | InterAirports | ||||||||||
Serves | San Pedro Sula | ||||||||||
Location | La Lima | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 15°27′10″N 87°55′25″W / 15.45278°N 87.92361°W | ||||||||||
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Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ramón Villeda Morales) (IATA: SAP, ICAO: MHLM), also known as La Mesa International Airport, is located 11 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of the city of San Pedro Sula, in the Cortés Department of Honduras.
The airport is named after Ramón Villeda Morales, who served as President of Honduras from 1957 to 1963. It is the major and busiest airport in Honduras, handling about 1,022,924 passengers in 2018. The airport also handles about 150 flights internationally and domestically. The airport provides short connections to tourist attractions such as La Ceiba, and the Caribbean beaches of Roatán and Tela.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of 92 ft (28 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with a concrete surface measuring 2,886 m × 46 m (9,469 ft × 151 ft).[1] The La Mesa VOR-DME (Ident: LMS) is located off the approach threshold of Runway 22. The La Mesa non-directional beacon (Ident: LMS) is located on the field.[4][5]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aerolineas Sosa | La Ceiba, Roatán |
Aeroméxico Connect | México City (resumes September 1, 2020)[6] |
Air Europa | Madrid |
American Airlines | Miami Seasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth |
Avianca El Salvador | Guatemala City, San Salvador (resumes August 18),[7] Tegucigalpa |
CM Airlines | Guatemala City, Roatán, Tegucigalpa, Útila |
Copa Airlines Colombia | Panama City (resumes September 4, 2020)[8] |
Delta Air Lines | Atlanta |
Spirit Airlines | Fort Lauderdale, Houston–Intercontinental, New Orleans, Orlando |
Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos | Guatemala City |
United Airlines | Houston–Intercontinental, Newark |
Cargo
See also
References
- ^ a b MHLM – LA MESA Internacional
- ^ Memoria de Sostenibilidad 2014-2015
- ^ Airport information for Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "La Mesa NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "La Mesa VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Safety Precautions: COVID-19". Aeroméxico. July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Avianca reviews the restart of its flights in Central America". Nicolás Larenas (in Spanish). August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Copa Airlines would restart its flights to these international destinations". Nicolás Larenas (in Spanish). July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
External links
Media related to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport at Wikimedia Commons