Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport La Mesa International Airport Aeropuerto de San Pedro Sula | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Operator | InterAirports | ||||||||||
Serves | San Pedro Sula | ||||||||||
Location | La Lima | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 27 m / 89 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 15°27′10″N 087°55′25″W / 15.45278°N 87.92361°WCoordinates: 15°27′10″N 087°55′25″W / 15.45278°N 87.92361°W | ||||||||||
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Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ramón Villeda Morales) (IATA: SAP, ICAO: MHLM), also known as La Mesa International Airport, is located 11 km (6.8 mi) east of the city of San Pedro Sula, in the Cortés Department in Honduras. The airport is named after Ramón Villeda Morales, who served as President of Honduras from 1957 to 1963.
It is the major and busiest airport in Honduras, handling about 742,000 passengers in 2010. The airport also handles about 150 flights internationally and domestically. The airport provides short connections to tourist attractions such as La Ceiba, the Mayan Ruins of Copán, and the Caribbean beaches of Roatán and Tela.
A new terminal was expected to be completed by 2015, in line with the airport expansion program launched by InterAirports, however, the project was cancelled in 2010.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 27 m (89 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with a concrete surface measuring 2,886 m × 46 m (9,469 ft × 151 ft).[1]
Airlines and destinations
Cargo airlines
Airlines | Destinations |
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Amerijet International | Fort Lauderdale, Miami, San Salvador |
Arrow Air | Fort Lauderdale, Miami |
Contract Air Cargo | Miami |
FedEx | Miami |
UPS Airlines | Guatemala City, Miami |
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See also
Aviation portal - List of airports in Honduras
References
- 1 2 MHLM – LA MESA Internacional
- ↑ Memoria de Sostenibilidad 2014-2015
- ↑ Airport information for SAP at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ http://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2018/American-Airlines-Enhances-2019-Schedule/default.aspx. Missing or empty
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