Tepic International Airport

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Tepic International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tepic-Riviera Nayarit
Aeropuerto Internacional de Tepic-Riviera Nayarit.webp
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
Serves Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Time zone MST (UTC-07:00)
Elevation  AMSL 920 m / 3,018 ft
Coordinates 21°25′10.03″N104°50′33.29″W / 21.4194528°N 104.8425806°W / 21.4194528; -104.8425806
Website www.aeropuertosasa.mx/aeropuerto_de_tepic.php
Map
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TPQ
Location of airport in Nayarit
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TPQ
TPQ (Mexico)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
02/203,10010,171 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Total passengers244,531
Ranking in Mexico43rd Steady2.svg
Source: Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil [1]

Tepic International Airport (Spanish : Aeropuerto Internacional de Tepic-Riviera Nayarit); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Amado Nervo(Amado Nervo International Airport)( IATA : TPQ, ICAO : MMEP) is an international airport located in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. It serves the metropolitan area of Tepic and the entire state of Nayarit. It was the base for the regional airline Transportes Aereos de Nayarit before it ceased operations in 1999. The airport currently operates only domestic flights and is managed by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA), a federal government-owned corporation. It is named after the locally-born poet Amado Nervo. The airport handled 205,617 passengers in 2022 and 244,531 passengers in 2023. [1]

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Facilities

The airport covers an area of approximately 414 hectares (1,020 acres), with a commercial aviation apron of 16,200 square metres (174,000 sq ft). It features three parking positions and a 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) runway, suitable for accommodating narrow-body aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. The official operating hours are from 6:00 to 21:00. The airport became part of the Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) network in 1991 and was officially designated as an international airport in 2009.

The terminal provides essential services, including check-in areas, arrivals facilities, car rental services, a restaurant, taxi stands, and a departure concourse with five gates. Adjacent to the terminal are parking areas, civil aviation hangars, and designated spaces for general aviation.

Control tower of the airport. Torre de Control TPQ.jpg
Control tower of the airport.
Inmigration area. Llegada Internacional TPQ.jpg
Inmigration area.
Airside of the airport. Aeropuerto TPQ lado aire.png
Airside of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aéreo Servicio Guerrero Seasonal: Puerto Balleto
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
Volaris Tijuana

Destinations map

Domestic destinations from Tepic International Airport
Red = Year-round destination
Blue = Future destination
Green = Seasonal destination

Statistics

Passengers

Tepic Airport Passengers. See Wikidata query.

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from Tepic International Airport (2023) [2]
RankCityPassengersRankingAirline
1Flag of Baja California.svg  Baja California, Tijuana 98,041Steady2.svg Volaris
2Flag of Mexico City.svg  Mexico City, Mexico City 21,637Steady2.svg Aeroméxico Connect


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