SAPMHLM

Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport

San Pedro Sula, Honduras · Latin America

Latin America America/Tegucigalpa IVCA 42.6

17direct destinations

15airlines

1runway

2,805 mLongest runway

Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (IATA: SAP, ICAO: MHLM) — also known as La Mesa International Airport — is located 11 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of the city of San Pedro Sula, in the Cortés Department of Honduras. The airport is named after Ramón Villeda Morales (1909–1971), who served as president of Honduras from 1957 to 1963. It is the busiest airport in Honduras, handling 1,270,997 passengers in 2023. The airport also reported handling over 20,000 international and domestic flights annually. The airport provides short connections to tourist attractions such as La Ceiba, and the Caribbean beaches of Roatán and Tela.

Location

15.453°N, 87.924°O · 28 m s. n. m. (91 ft)

General data

CountryHonduras

CitySan Pedro Sula

IATA codeSAP

ICAO codeMHLM

Coordinates15.453°N, 87.924°O

Elevation28 m s. n. m. (91 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Tegucigalpa

Runways1

Longest runway2,805 m

OperatorInterAirports

Direct destinations17

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

04/22

Length2,805 m9,203 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.200

Ground

121.900

Approach

119.700

Flight information

127.100

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

History

The Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport was inaugurated in February 1965. This was because of the rapid growth of the population, and the difficulty for pilots to land at the old airport located in the Barandillas neighborhood in San Pedro Sula. In addition, a modernization of the air service was being carried out, and a new airport was necessary since the old airport had only a dirt runway and a small house that served as a terminal. In 1997, the current passenger terminal was inaugurated, built in a new location to the old one inaugurated in 1965. The airport was damaged in 1998 by Hurricane Mitch. In 2013, a remodeling of the passenger terminal began to improve the facilities and infrastructure of the airport. Air Europa started a route to Madrid using Airbus A330s in April 2017. This was Honduras's first direct link to Europe. The airport was damaged in 2020 by Hurricane Eta and Hurricane Iota, which submerged the airport, causing humanitarian flights to the country to be delayed. In August 2023, SAN (Servicio Aeroportuario Nacional) started a large remodeling of the airport. The project will cost $15 million (370 million lempiras) and will include new additions, such as an additional gate, and many parts of the airport will be expanded.

Airlines operating here · 15

Other airlines with direct routes

Frontier Airlines Aerolíneas Sosa Avianca Costa Rica CM Airlines United Airlines Volaris El Salvador Aeroméxico Connect Air Europa American Airlines Avianca El Salvador Copa Airlines Delta Air Lines JetBlue Airways Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos Tropic Air

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

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Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SAP

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_sap,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SAP},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SAP}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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