Ciudad Pemex Air Force Base Base Aérea Militar N° 16 de Ciudad Pemex | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Secretariat of National Defense | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ciudad Pemex, Tabasco | ||||||||||
| Location | Macuspana Municipality | ||||||||||
| Commander | General de Ala Piloto Aviador de Estado Mayor Luis Uriel Guerrero Olvera | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 33 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°52′50″N092°28′30″W / 17.88056°N 92.47500°W | ||||||||||
| Website | https://www.gob.mx/defensa/acciones-y-programas/bases-aereas | ||||||||||
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  CPX Location of the airport in Tabasco  CPX CPX (Mexico) | |||||||||||
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Ciudad Pemex Air Force Base (ICAO: MM48, AFAC: CPX) is a military airport located in Ciudad Pemex, Macuspana, Tabasco, Mexico. It is located southeast of Ciudad Pemex and has one unlit runway, oriented 05/23, measuring 1,650 meters long and 30 meters wide, with turn ramps at both ends, it has also a 10,000-square-meter apron and a hangar. [2]
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The Ciudad Pemex Air Base began operating as such on December 1, 1995, the date on which Tenosique Airfield ceased to function as an air base and became Military Air Station No. 10. It is currently staffed by a general, a chief, 16 officers, and 70 troops responsible for providing flight equipment, air traffic control, aviation weapons, meteorology, and aerology. BAM-16 is the permanent headquarters of the 109th Air Squadron, which operates Cessna 182 aircraft. [3]