# Uruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN / MMPN)

**Uruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport** (IATA: UPN, ICAO: MMPN) is a medium airport in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. In 2023 it handled 173 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UPN / MMPN
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
- Serves: Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico
- Elevation: 1,603 m / 5,258 ft
- Coordinates: 19.3967, -102.0390
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 173,005 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Mexico_City
- Website: https://www.aeropuertosasa.mx/aeropuerto_de_uruapan.php
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruapan_International_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2233051
- Weather station: MMPN
- Ident: MMPN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 112,275 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 113,101 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 106,949 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 110,067 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 128,578 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 150,192 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 160,045 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 167,796 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 129,019 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 167,112 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 151,151 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 173,005 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [NLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsm.md) Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico · 319 km / 198 mi · Aerus
- [TIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmtj.md) General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · Mexico · 2,084 km / 1,295 mi · Volaris
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 2,288 km / 1,422 mi · Volaris

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- Y4 [Volaris](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volaris) · 2
- 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 | 173K (2023) | #1,600 of 3,974 | #360 in North America | #46 in MX |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =616 in North America | =45 in MX |
| Elevation | 1,603 m / 5,258 ft | #1,691 of 43,403 | #865 in North America | #205 in MX |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =21 in MX |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | URUAPAN TWR | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [MX-0369](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0369.md) El Cobano Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [MX-0069](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0069.md) Hernandez Ranch Airstrip · 31 km / 19 mi
- [MX-0265](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0265.md) Carlos Díaz Becerril Airport · 42 km / 26 mi
- [MX-0298](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0298.md) La Curva Airport · 46 km / 28 mi
- [MX-0387](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0387.md) La Esperanza I Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [MX-0781](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0781.md) Los Barajas Airport · 48 km / 30 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: “Uruapan International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uruapan_International_Airport&oldid=1363084891), 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/mmpn/data