Zamora National Airport
Zamora National Airport Aeropuerto Nacional de Zamora | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Michoacan State Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Zamora de Hidalgo | ||||||||||
| Location | Zamora Municipality | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,141 ft (1,567 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°02′44″N 102°16′31″W / 20.04556°N 102.27528°W | ||||||||||
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  ZMM Location of the airport in Michoacan  ZMM ZMM (Mexico) | |||||||||||
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Zamora National Airport (IATA: ZMM, ICAO: MMZM, FAA LID: ZAM) is an airport located in La Rinconada, 3 kilometers north of Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico.
Background
It features a runway 1,500 meters long and 18 meters wide, a main aviation apron of 3,900 square meters and a secondary one of 1,500 square meters, as well as hangars and a control tower with a communications frequency of 122.8.[1][4]
In 2024, there were 23 fixed-wing aircraft based at Zamora Airport; according to the AFAC, the airport handled regular passenger operations between 1992 and 1994, provided by the airline Sudpacífico.[2][5]
Accidents and incidents
- On December 9, 1992, a Britten-Norman BN-2B-27 Islander aircraft registered XA-RML, operated by Aero Sudpacífico, on a commercial flight between Apatzingán Airport and Zamora Airport, crashed over the Tancítaro municipality a few minutes after takeoff, killing all 8 passengers and the pilot. It is alleged that the aircraft had an engine shutdown due to icing in the carburetors; this aircraft was on a flight between Uruapan Airport and Guadalajara Airport with intermediate stops in Apatzingán and Zamora.[6][7]
References
- 1 2 AFAC (2025). "Base de Datos de Aeródromos y Helipuertos" [Airfields and helipads Database] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- 1 2 AFAC (2025). "Registro Aeronáutico Mexicano" [Mexican Aeronautical Registry] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ AFAC (2025). "Sistema Aeroporturario Mexicano: Lista de Aeropuertos" [Mexican Airport System: Airport List] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ "Aeródromos de Michoacán" [Airfields of Michoacán]. aerodromos-de-mexico.blogspot (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ AFAC (2025). "Estadística mensual operativa histórica" [Historic monthly traffic statistics] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ "Accident 325379". Aviation Saffety Network. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- ↑ "20 años del accidente del Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander "XA-RML" de Aero Sudpacifico" [20 years since the crash of Aero Sudpacifico's Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander "XA-RML"]. Facebook (in Spanish). Aero Sudpacifico. 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
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