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Uruapan International Airport

Coordinates: 19°23′48″N 102°02′21″W / 19.39667°N 102.03917°W / 19.39667; -102.03917
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Uruapan International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Uruapan
  • IATA: UPN
  • ICAO: MMPN
    UPN is located in Mexico
    UPN
    UPN
    Location of airport in Mexico
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
LocationUruapan
Elevation AMSL5,258 ft / 1,603 m
Coordinates19°23′48″N 102°02′21″W / 19.39667°N 102.03917°W / 19.39667; -102.03917
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 7,874 2,400 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Total Passengers110,067
Ranking in Mexico47th Steady
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 it's the second busiest and second largest international gateway of the Mexican state of Michoacán after Morelia International Airport. It has one terminal. The airport is operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, a federal government-owned corporation.

The airport sports an asphalt runway 2,400 meters (or 7,874 feet) in length, capable of accommodating 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. 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.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Volaris Los Angeles, Tijuana

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Uruapan International Airport (2015)[2]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Baja California, Tijuana 42,805 Steady Volaris
Busiest international routes at Uruapan International Airport (2015)[2]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  California, Los Angeles 7,077 Steady Volaris


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.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.sct.gob.mx/transporte-y-medicina-preventiva/aeronautica-civil/estadisticas/estadistica-operacional-de-aeropuertos-airports-operational-statistics/
  2. ^ a b "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-06.


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