# Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP / MHLM) **Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport** (IATA: SAP, ICAO: MHLM) is a large airport in San Pedro Sula, Cortés Department, Honduras. It opened in Feb 1965. It has one runway, 2,805 m (9,203 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by InterAirports. In 2023 it handled 1.3 million passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlm ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: SAP / MHLM - Type: Large airport - Operator: InterAirports - Serves: San Pedro Sula, Cortés Department, Honduras - Opened: Feb 1965 (Wikipedia) - Elevation: 28 m / 91 ft - Coordinates: 15.4526, -87.9236 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,805 m / 9,203 ft - Passengers: 1,270,997 (2023) - Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Tegucigalpa - Website: http://www.interairports.hn/aeropuerto-de-san-pedro-sula-2/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Villeda_Morales_International_Airport (21 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2308399 - Weather station: MHLM · WMO 78708 - Ident: MHLM ## Timeline - Feb 1965: Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 04/22 | 2,805 m / 9,203 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 040° / 220° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2006 | 593,374 | Wikidata | | 2008 | 840,592 | Wikidata | | 2009 | 742,000 | Wikidata | | 2010 | 742,000 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 769,000 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 763,000 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 772,504 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 881,199 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 867,747 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 1,022,924 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 1,142,635 | Wikidata | | 2023 | 1,270,997 | Wikidata | ## Routes 14 destinations in 7 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (14) - [LCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlc.md) Golosón International Airport · Honduras · 119 km / 74 mi · Aerolíneas Sosa - [TGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhtg.md) Toncontín Airport · Honduras · 172 km / 107 mi · CM Airlines - [RTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhro.md) Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport · Honduras · 178 km / 111 mi · Aerolíneas Sosa, CM Airlines - [BZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mzbz.md) Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport · Belize · 236 km / 147 mi · Tropic Air - [SAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mslp.md) El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez · El Salvador · 254 km / 158 mi · Avianca El Salvador - [GUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mggt.md) La Aurora International Airport · Guatemala · 296 km / 184 mi · CM Airlines, Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos - [PTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpto.md) Tocumen International Airport · Panama · 1,168 km / 726 mi · Copa Airlines - [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 1,397 km / 868 mi · American Airlines - [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 1,430 km / 889 mi · JetBlue Airways - [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 1,595 km / 991 mi · Frontier Airlines - [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 1,785 km / 1,109 mi · United Airlines - [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 2,052 km / 1,275 mi · Delta Air Lines - [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 3,105 km / 1,929 mi · United Airlines - [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 8,430 km / 5,238 mi · Air Europa ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SAP, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - TA [Avianca El Salvador](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca-el-salvador-tai) ### Passenger (12) - H5 [CM Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cm-airlines) · 3 - P4 [Aerolíneas Sosa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerolineas-sosa) · 2 - UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 2 - UX [Air Europa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-europa) · 1 - AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 1 - TA [Avianca El Salvador](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca-el-salvador) · 1 - CM [Copa Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/copa-airlines) · 1 - DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1 - F9 [Frontier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/frontier-airlines) · 1 - B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 1 - 5U [Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transportes-aereos-guatemaltecos) · 1 - TOS [Tropic Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tropic-air) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 1.3M (2023) | #735 of 3,974 | #179 in North America | #1 in HN | | Longest runway | 2,805 m / 9,203 ft | =1,600 of 29,858 | =343 in North America | #2 in HN | | Elevation | 28 m / 91 ft | =37,262 of 43,403 | =16,896 in North America | #84 in HN | | Age | Opened 1965 | =5,474 of 15,079 | =3,849 in North America | #1 in HN | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in HN | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 119.700 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | RDO | RDO | 127.100 | | TWR | TWR | 118.200 | ## Nearby airports - [TEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhte.md) Tela Airport · 60 km / 37 mi - [PBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mgpb.md) Puerto Barrios Airport · 77 km / 48 mi - [LCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlc.md) Golosón International Airport · 119 km / 74 mi - [XPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhsc.md) Palmerola International Airport · 123 km / 77 mi - [PLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mzpl.md) Placencia Airport · 129 km / 80 mi ## Sources - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ramón_Villeda_Morales_International_Airport&oldid=1371681769), revision of 27 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlm/data