Zapopan Air Force Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Militar de Zapopan) is a military airport located in
Zapopan in the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
of
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
.
Facilities and squads
It has a main 945,000 sq ft aviation platform and a secondary 272,326 sq ft platform. It has also three runways: 9,842x197 ft, 8.858x148 ft and 3,937x98 ft, as well 7 hangars, control tower and various military installations.
This military airport is used by 105th Air Squad operating
Cessna 182 aircraft, it is used also by 111th Air Squad operating
Bell 212
The Bell 212 (also known as the ''Twin Two-Twelve'') is a two-blade, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, production was moved to Mirabel, Quebec, Canada in ...
and by Air College Training Squads operating
Boeing-Stearman Model 75,
Pilatus PC-7,
Aermacchi SF-260
Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy as Nieuport-Macchi, to build Nieuport monoplanes under licence for the I ...
and
Grob G 120TP aircraft.
Military Schools
*Colegio del Aire / Air College
*Escuela Militar de Aviación (E.M.A.) / Military Aviation School
*Escuela Militar de Mantenimiento y Abastecimiento (E.M.M.A.) / Military School of Maintenance and Supply
*Escuela Militar de Especialistas de Fuerza Aérea (E.M.E.F.A.) / Military School of Air Force Specialists
References
External links
SEDENAMMZP
Gallery
File:T-33 EMA.JPG,
File:DH-100 EMA.JPG,
File:Boeing 737-800 FAM.jpg,
File:Boeing 737-200 FAM.jpg,
File:Aermacchi FAM.jpg,
File:Grob G-120TP EMA.jpg,
File:Bell GX FAM.jpg,
File:C-295M FAM.jpg,
{{List of airports
Airports in Jalisco
Mexican Air Force