| El Pedregal Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | West San Quintin Bay, San Quintin, Pedrigal private homeowners community | ||||||||||
| Location | San Quintín, Baja California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 10 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°27′36″N115°57′46″W / 30.46000°N 115.96278°W Coordinates: 30°27′36″N115°57′46″W / 30.46000°N 115.96278°W | ||||||||||
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There is a long runup and ground roll slab at RWY 27 of concrete some 100 ft long to keep rocks from nicking prop and stabilator until airspeed sufficient. TO West ALWAYS unless wind is reversed. Predominant onshore flow of 10-20Kts out of the West. | |||||||||||
El Pedregal Airstrip is a private dirt airstrip located South West of San Quintín, Municipality of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, just on the headland of the San Quintín Bay. The airstrip is used solely for general aviation purposes.
San Quintín is a coastal town on the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, in the Municipality of Ensenada, some 190 km (118 mi.) south of the city of Ensenada on Mexican Federal Highway 1. The town is also in the middle of an important agricultural area, especially for growing strawberries and tomatoes. The largest nearby locality is Lázaro Cardenas, home to 16,294 people as of the 2010 census. The whole area houses roughly 25,000 people, up from 20,000 in 2000. This is the largest population cluster south of Ensenada within the state.
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California. It has an area of 70,113 km2 (27,071 sq mi), or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula, north of the 28th parallel, plus oceanic Guadalupe Island. The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the east by Sonora, the U.S. state of Arizona, and the Gulf of California, and on the south by Baja California Sur. Its northern limit is the U.S. state of California.
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometres (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 120 million people, the country is the eleventh most populous state and the most populous Spanish-speaking state in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, a special federal entity that is also the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the state include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana and León.
