La Paz International Airport

La Paz International Airport

*Aeropuerto Internacional de La Paz*
La Paz International Airport; Aeropuerto Internacional de La Paz
	IATA: LAP; ICAO: MMLP;
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Owner/Operator	Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Serves	La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Focus city for	Calafia Airlines
Time zone	MST (UTC-07:00)
Elevation AMSL	21 m / 69 ft
Coordinates	24°04′21″N 110°21′44″W / 24.07250°N 110.36222°W
Website	www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/en/la-paz-3.html
Map
	LAP Location of the airport in Baja California Sur LAP LAP (Mexico)
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Total passengers
Total passengers	1,115,800
Ranking in Mexico	24th 2
	Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

La Paz International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de La Paz); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Márquez de León (Manuel Márquez de León International Airport) (IATA: LAP, ICAO: MMLP) is an international airport located in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, situated along the western shore of the Gulf of California. It serves as the primary air traffic gateway to the city of La Paz and is a focus city for the regional airline Calafia Airlines. The airport also accommodates military facilities for the Mexican Army and the Mexican Navy and supports various tourism, flight training, and general aviation activities.

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico owns and operates the airport, and it is named in honor of Manuel Márquez de León, a Mexican politician, military leader, and intellectual originally from this state.^[2] The airport served as the headquarters and hub for Aero California from its foundation in 1960 until its bankruptcy in 2006.^[3]^[4]

The airport offers nonstop flights to many major cities in Mexico and numerous airports in Northwestern Mexico. It plays a significant role in a heavily traveled air corridor connecting the Baja California Peninsula to the mainland Mexico states of Sinaloa and Sonora. In 2022, the airport handled 1,079,600 passengers, marking the first time it reached the milestone of one million passengers in a year. Traffic increased to 1,115,800 passengers in 2023.^[1]

Facilities edit

La Paz Airport control tower

The airport has a main runway 18/36 which is 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) long. The passenger terminal houses both arrival and departure facilities for domestic and international flights within a building with an area of 5,180 square metres (55,800 sq ft). It provides typical services found at a regional airport, including check-in counters for domestic and international flights, VIP lounges, parking areas, car rental services, taxi stands, and a departure concourse with three gates. The apron has nine stands capable of accommodating narrow-body aircraft. Additionally, the airport supports logistics and courier companies and has a separate terminal dedicated to general and executive aviation.

Air Force Base No. 9 (Spanish: Base Aérea Militar No. 9 La Paz, B.C.S.) (BAM-9) is situated to the west of the runway 18 end. This base includes an apron measuring 140 by 65 metres (459 by 213 ft), two hangars, and facilities for Mexican Air Force personnel. This air base is the home of Squadron 203, which currently operates Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer aircraft.^[5]^[6]

Aircraft parking position

La Paz Airport also accommodates La Paz Naval Air Base (Spanish: Base Aeronaval de La Paz), situated to the north of BAM-9. This base includes hangars, aircraft stands, and military facilities owned by the Mexican Navy. These facilities are also home to the School of Naval Aviation, which is part of the Center for Naval Aeronautical Studies.^[7]

La Paz Naval Air Base hosts the following units:

2nd Patrol Naval Air Squadron – operating RC695, Lancair IV-P
2nd Air Mobility, Observation and Transport Naval Air Squadron – operating Mi-8
2nd Shipborne Patrol Naval Air Squadron – operating Bo 105CBS-5
2nd Transport Naval Air Squadron – operating An-32B

Airlines and destinations edit

Passenger edit

Airlines	Destinations
Aéreo Servicio Guerrero	Ciudad Constitución, Ciudad Obregón, Guerrero Negro, Los Mochis, San José del Cabo
Aeroméxico	Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect	Mexico City
Calafia Airlines	Chihuahua, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Loreto, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Puerto Peñasco, Tijuana
TAR	Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Hermosillo, Mazatlán, Querétaro
Señor Air	Los Mochis, Mazatlán
Viva Aerobus	Culiacán, Guadalajara, Mazatlán, Mexico City, Monterrey¹
Volaris	Guadalajara, León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Monterrey, Tijuana

Notes edit

^1 Viva Aerobus flight to Monterrey makes a stopover in Culiacán.

Passenger terminal airside

Departures concourse

Gates area

Arrivals hall

Aeromexico Embraer 170 at LAP

Defunct airline Alma Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 at LAP

La Paz Airport destinations in 2016

Destinations map edit

La Paz Mexico City Mexico City/AIFA Monterrey León/Del Bajío Guadalajara Mazatlán Loreto Los Mochis San José del Cabo Hermosillo Culiacán Chihuahua Ciudad Obregón Puerto Peñasco Tijuana Ciudad Constitución Guerrero Negro class=notpageimage\| Domestic destinations from La Paz International Airport Red = Year-round destination Blue = Future destination Green = Seasonal destination

Statistics edit

Passengers edit

Annual passenger traffic at LAP airport. See Wikidata query.

Busiest routes edit

**Busiest domestic routes from La Paz International Airport (2023)**^[8]
Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Jalisco, Guadalajara	164,890	1	Aeromar, Calafia Airlines, Viva Aerobus, Volaris
2	Mexico City, Mexico City	157,679	1	Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus, Volaris
3	Baja California, Tijuana	110,685		Calafia Airlines, Volaris
4	Sinaloa, Culiacán	35,912		Calafia Airlines, TAR, Viva Aerobus
5	Mexico City, Mexico City-AIFA	27,689		Volaris
6	Sinaloa, Mazatlán	11,474	1	Aeromar, Calafia Airlines, TAR, Viva Aerobus
7	Sonora, Hermosillo	10,302	1	Calafia Airlines, TAR
8	Nuevo León, Monterrey	7,136	1	Viva Aerobus, Volaris
9	Guanajuato, León/El Bajío	4,817		Volaris
10	Sinaloa, Los Mochis	4,736	3	Calafia Airlines