Manuel Márquez de León International Airport

Manuel Márquez de León International Airport
LAPMMLP

Manuel Márquez de León International Airport

La Paz, Mexico · Latin America
Latin America America/Mazatlan
13direct destinations
7airlines
1runway
2,500 mLongest runway

La Paz International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de La Paz); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Márquez de León (Manuel Márquez de León International Airport) (IATA: LAP, ICAO: MMLP) is an international airport located in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, situated along the western shore of the Gulf of California. It serves as the primary air traffic gateway to the city of La Paz and is a focus city for the regional airline Calafia Airlines. The airport also accommodates military facilities for the Mexican Army and the Mexican Navy and supports various tourism, flight training, and general aviation activities. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico owns and operates the airport, and it is named in honor of Manuel Márquez de León, a Mexican politician, military leader, and intellectual originally from this state. The airport served as the headquarters and hub for Aero California from its foundation in 1960 until its bankruptcy in 2006. The airport offers nonstop flights to many major cities in Mexico and numerous airports in Northwestern Mexico. It plays a significant role in a heavily traveled air corridor connecting the Baja California Peninsula to the mainland Mexico states of Sinaloa and Sonora. In 2022, the airport handled 1,079,600 passengers, marking the first time it reached the milestone of one million passengers in a year. Traffic increased to 1,337,600 passengers in 2025.

Location

Mapa

24.072°N, 110.363°O · 21 m s. n. m. (69 ft)

General data

CountryMexico
CityLa Paz
Coordinates24.072°N, 110.363°O
Elevation21 m s. n. m. (69 ft)
Time zoneAmerica/Mazatlan
Longest runway2,500 m
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Direct destinations13

Runways · 1

18/36
Length2,500 m8,202 ft
Width45 m148 ft
SurfaceConcrete
Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.100LA PAZ TWR

ATIS (automatic information)

127.900

Approach

120.600LA PAZ APP
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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 7

Other airlines with direct routes

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LAP

MLA

“Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LAP. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LAP.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LAP (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_lap,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LAP},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LAP}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

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