Mar de Cortés International Airport
International airport in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Puerto Peñasco International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Peñasco); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Mar de Cortés (Mar de Cortés International Airport) (IATA: PPE, ICAO: MMPE) is an international airport located in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico. It serves domestic flights and general aviation activities in Puerto Peñasco. The airport is owned by Grupo Vidanta. It derives its name from Mar de Cortés (Sea of Cortés), a common term in Spanish for the Gulf of California.
Puerto Peñasco International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Peñasco | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Grupo Vidanta | ||||||||||
Serves | Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico | ||||||||||
Built | 2009 | ||||||||||
Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 27 m / 89 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°21′7.2″N 113°18′20.2″W | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Source: Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil |
Puerto Peñasco Airport stands as the first fully privately funded airport in Mexico. In 2021, it recorded 1,886 passengers, as reported by the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (Mexican Federal Aviation Administration).