General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport
General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport
Tampico International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampico); officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Francisco Javier Mina (General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport) (IATA: TAM, ICAO: MMTM) is an international airport situated in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It manages air traffic for the metropolitan area of Tampico, including Ciudad Madero and Altamira, handling both national and international flights. The airport also accommodates military facilities and supports logistics, cargo, flight training, and general aviation activities. Operated by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, it is named after General Javier Mina, a key figure in Mexico's War of Independence. Formerly known as Campo de Aviación George Lawrence Rihl, the airport was inaugurated in October 1929. It operated the first commercial flight in the history of Mexico, conducted by Compañía Mexicana de Aviación, with its destination set for Mexico City. Tampico Airport is one of the few airports in Mexico equipped with three runways, sharing this distinction with Chihuahua and Mexico City-AIFA. It ranks as the second busiest airport in northeastern Mexico, after Monterrey Airport, handling 560,679 passengers in 2024 and 609,476 in 2025.
Location
22.293°N, 97.867°O · 24 m s. n. m. (80 ft)
General data
Runways · 3
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Tower
Approach
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 6
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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Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (TAM). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAM
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (TAM)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAM},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TAM}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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