El Lencero Airport is an airport located at
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which ...
,
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
, Mexico. It handles national air traffic for the city of Xalapa. The airport is able to handle up to 100,000 passengers per year.
Aeromar had for many years been the only commercial operator at the airport, with a total of 26–28 weekly flights to and from
Mexico City
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. At the moment, El Lencero is not served by any commercial carrier.
Information
Xalapa National Airport is located six miles east of
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which ...
, on the South side of the road
Xalapa
Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which ...
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Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
, and Northwest of one small lagoon.
Four miles south of the airport is the hill Chavarrillo, which has 4,000 feet of elevation. The prevailing winds are from the E-SE throughout the year. Strong winds are from the North during the polar fronts season (October to May). There is often fog and low ceilings.
The only airport runway is 08–26 with 3,127 feet of elevation, paved, 1,780 meters long and 30 meters wide. To land on runway 08 it is necessary to execute a glide slope slightly steeper than normal, as the land rises to the west.
The AFIS UNICOM frequency is 123.3 MHz and is open to all operations from dawn to dusk.
In 2013 the airport began a renovation and expansion that includes the construction of a new runway.
In 2016, Xalapa received 3,708 passengers, while in 2017 were 760 passengers, according to data released by the
Direction General of Civil Aeronautics.
Accidents and incidents
* On 21 February 2021, a
Learjet 45XR operated by the
Mexican Air Force
The Mexican Air Force (FAM; es, Fuerza Aérea Mexicana) is the primary aerial warfare service branch of the Mexican Armed Forces. It is a component of the Mexican Army and depends on the National Defense Secretariat ( SEDENA). The objective of ...
crashed while taking off from El Lencero Airport, killing all six people on board.
Mexican Air Force plane crashes near airport, killing 6
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See also
*List of the busiest airports in Mexico
This is the list of the busiest airports in Mexico, according to the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. The busiest airport is Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City. The top 10 includes the international airports o ...
References
External links
MMJA at Fallingrain.
MMJA at Elite Jets.
MMJA photo at Our Airports.
Airports in Veracruz
Xalapa
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