# Ensenada International Airport / El Ciprés Air Base (ESE / MMES)

**Ensenada International Airport / El Ciprés Air Base** (IATA: ESE, ICAO: MMES) is a medium airport in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. It has one runway, 1,491 m (4,892 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Secretariat of National Defense.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmes

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ESE / MMES
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Secretariat of National Defense
- Serves: Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
- Elevation: 20 m / 66 ft
- Coordinates: 31.7945, -116.6024
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,491 m / 4,892 ft
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Tijuana
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensenada_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5379973
- Weather station: MMES
- Ident: MMES

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,491 m / 4,892 ft | 35 m / 115 ft | Asphalt | 123° / 303° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [MMCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mm10.md) Isla Cedros Airport · Mexico · 439 km / 273 mi · Aéreo Servicio Guerrero
- [GUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmgr.md) Guerrero Negro Airport · Mexico · 487 km / 303 mi · Aéreo Servicio Guerrero

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ESE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- GUE [Aéreo Servicio Guerrero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aereo-servicio-guerrero) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,491 m / 4,892 ft | #7,343 of 29,858 | #2,763 in North America | #120 in MX |
| Elevation | 20 m / 66 ft | =38,344 of 43,403 | =17,389 in North America | =1,205 in MX |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =21 in MX |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 119.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [TIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmtj.md) General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [SDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdm.md) Brown Field Municipal Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [NZY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knzy.md) North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field · 116 km / 72 mi
- [SAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksan.md) San Diego International Airport · 118 km / 73 mi
- [NKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knkx.md) Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field · 130 km / 81 mi
- [NJK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knjk.md) El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) · 145 km / 90 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: “Ensenada Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ensenada_Airport&oldid=1363035930), revision of 7 Jul 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/mmes/data