# General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base (IZT / MMIT)

**General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base** (IATA: IZT, ICAO: MMIT) is a medium airport in Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. It has one runway, 2,329 m (7,640 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Secretariat of National Defense. In 2025 it handled 18 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IZT / MMIT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Secretariat of National Defense
- Serves: Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Elevation: 50 m / 164 ft
- Coordinates: 16.4460, -95.0937
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,329 m / 7,640 ft
- Passengers: 18,306 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Mexico_City
- Website: https://www.aeropuertosasa.mx/aeropuerto_de_ixtepec.php
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtepec_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12693155
- Weather station: MMIT
- Ident: MMIT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,329 m / 7,640 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | 17,426 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 39,835 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 36,296 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 12,368 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 6,778 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 7,696 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,366 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 15,222 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 18,306 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [OAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmox.md) Xoxocotlán International Airport · Mexico · 184 km / 114 mi · Aerotucán
- [NLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsm.md) Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico · 553 km / 344 mi · Aerus

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- [Aerotucán](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerotucan) · 1
- ZV [Aerus](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerus) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 18K (2025) | #2,474 of 3,974 | #583 in North America | #55 in MX |
| Longest runway | 2,329 m / 7,640 ft | #3,003 of 29,858 | #636 in North America | #48 in MX |
| Elevation | 50 m / 164 ft | =34,868 of 43,403 | =15,883 in North America | =1,018 in MX |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =21 in MX |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.450 |

## Nearby airports

- [SCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsz.md) Estación Aeronaval de Salina Cruz · 28 km / 18 mi
- [MX-0356](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0356.md) C.P.A. Leonardo López Hernandez Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [MX-0663](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0663.md) Llano Grande Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [MX-0061](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0061.md) Moralar Airstrip · 133 km / 83 mi
- [MX-2293](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-2293.md) El Robalo Airstrip · 134 km / 83 mi
- [HUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmbt.md) Bahías de Huatulco International Airport · 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: “Ixtepec Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ixtepec_Airport&oldid=1371526490), 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/mmit/data