# Mar de Cortés International Airport (PPE / MMPE)

**Mar de Cortés International Airport** (IATA: PPE, ICAO: MMPE) is a small airport in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. In 2023 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PPE / MMPE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico
- Elevation: 22 m / 71 ft
- Coordinates: 31.3520, -113.3052
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 3,930 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Hermosillo
- Website: http://www.therockypointairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_de_Cort%C3%A9s_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1031865
- Weather station: MMPE
- Ident: MMPE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,729 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 5,632 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 605 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,438 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,812 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,026 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,932 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,811 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,350 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,886 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 5,099 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 3,930 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4K (2023) | #2,984 of 3,974 | #786 in North America | #62 in MX |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =508 in North America | =37 in MX |
| Elevation | 22 m / 71 ft | =38,137 of 43,403 | =17,284 in North America | #1,194 in MX |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =21 in MX |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | Tower not yet operational | 122.800 |

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## 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/mmpe/data