Tepic International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tepic
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
ServesTepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Time zoneMST (UTC-07:00)
Elevation AMSL920 m / 3,018 ft
Coordinates21°25′10.03″N 104°50′33.29″W / 21.4194528°N 104.8425806°W / 21.4194528; -104.8425806
Websitewww.aeropuertosasa.mx/aeropuerto_de_tepic.php
Map
TPQ is located in Nayarit
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Location of airport in Nayarit
TPQ is located in Mexico
TPQ
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TPQ (Mexico)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,300 7,546 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers205,617
Ranking in Mexico43rd Decrease 1
Source: Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares

Tepic International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Tepic); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Amado Nervo (Amado Nervo International Airport) (IATA: TPQ, ICAO: MMEP) is an international airport located in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. It serves the metropolitan area of Tepic and the entire state of Nayarit. It was the base for the regional airline Transportes Aereos de Nayarit before it ceased operations in 1999. The airport currently operates only domestic flights and is managed by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA), a federal government-owned corporation. It is named after the locally-born poet Amado Nervo. The airport handled 171,998 passengers in 2021 and 205,617 passengers in 2022.[1]

Passenger terminal

Facilities

The airport covers an area of approximately 414 hectares (1,020 acres), with a commercial aviation apron of 16,200 square metres (174,000 sq ft). It features three parking positions and a 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) runway, suitable for accommodating narrow-body aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. The official operating hours are from 6:00 to 21:00. The airport became part of the Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) network in 1991 and was officially designated as an international airport in 2009.

The terminal provides essential services, including check-in areas, arrivals facilities, car rental services, a restaurant, taxi stands, and a departure concourse with five gates. Adjacent to the terminal are parking areas, civil aviation hangars, and designated spaces for general aviation.

Passenger terminal main entrance
Aeromar ATR-24 and TAR Aerolíneas Embraer ERJ-45 at TPQ
Check-in area
Apron at Tepic Airport

Airlines and destinations

Passenger terminal airside
Departures concourse

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
VolarisTijuana

Destinations map

Domestic destinations from Tepic International Airport
Red = Year-round destination
Blue = Future destination
Green = Seasonal destination

Statistics

Passengers

Tepic Airport Passengers. See Wikidata query.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Operational Statistics of Airports in the ASA Network" (in Spanish). Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. January 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
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