# El Tajín National Airport (PAZ / MMPA)

**El Tajín National Airport** (IATA: PAZ, ICAO: MMPA) is a medium airport in Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,906 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. In 2022 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PAZ / MMPA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
- Serves: Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico
- Elevation: 152 m / 497 ft
- Coordinates: 20.6027, -97.4608
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,906 ft
- Passengers: 2,666 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Mexico_City
- Website: https://www.aeropuertosasa.mx/aeropuerto_de_poza_rica.php
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Taj%C3%ADn_National_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296842
- Weather station: MMPA
- Ident: MMPA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 113,720 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 127,745 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 113,496 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 92,587 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 60,575 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 37,613 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 27,365 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 25,890 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 27,083 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,146 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,645 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,666 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2022) | #3,086 of 3,974 | #821 in North America | #65 in MX |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | =4,819 of 29,858 | =1,435 in North America | #91 in MX |
| Elevation | 152 m / 497 ft | =27,168 of 43,403 | =12,972 in North America | #888 in MX |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =21 in MX |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | POZA RICA INFO | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [MX-2211](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-2211.md) Poza Rica Airport · 11 km / 6.9 mi
- [MX-0934](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0934.md) Los Pipos Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [MM31](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mm31.md) Fausto Vega Santander Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [MX-1278](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-1278.md) El Cristo Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [MX-0590](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0590.md) Cerro Azul Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [MX-0046](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0046.md) Santa Ana Maloapan Airport · 72 km / 44 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)
- [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/mmpa/data