El Lencero Airport
| El Lencero Airport Aeropuerto Nacional El Lencero | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | State government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Xalapa | ||||||||||
| Location | El Lencero, Veracruz | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,127 ft / 953 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°28′30″N 96°47′51″W / 19.47500°N 96.79750°W | ||||||||||
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  JAL Location of airport in Mexico | |||||||||||
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Source: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil[1] | |||||||||||
El Lencero Airport (IATA: JAL, ICAO: MMJA) is an airport located at Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. It handles national air traffic for the city of Xalapa. The airport is able to handle up to 100,000 passengers per year. The only airline at the airport Aeromar, operates a total of 26–28 weekly flights in and out the airport.
Information
Xalapa National Airport is located six miles east of Xalapa, on the South side of the road Xalapa – Veracruz, 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.[2][3]
In 2015, Xalapa received 5,332 passengers, while in 2016 were 3,708 passengers, according to data released by the Direction General of Civil Aeronautics.
See also
References
- ↑ "Air carrier operational statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
- ↑ "Expansion in Xalapa airport with 800 bp (in Spanish)". El Dictamen. January 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ↑ "Extension of Xalapa airport could start in March, will invest 800 million pesos:Zarrabal (in Spanish)". Al Calor Político. January 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
External links
- Airport information for MMJA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- MMJA at Fallingrain.
- MMJA at Elite Jets.
- MMJA photo at Our Airports.