Uruapan International Airport

Uruapan International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Uruapan
IATA: UPN – ICAO: MMPN UPN Location of airport in Mexico
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
Location	Uruapan
Elevation AMSL	5,258 ft / 1,603 m
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 7,874 2,400 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Total Passengers 110,067 Ranking in Mexico 47th
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 is 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.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Volaris	Los Angeles, Tijuana

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

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

External links

• Uruapan Intl. Airport
• Airport information for MMPN at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.