# General Lucio Blanco International Airport (REX / MMRX)

**General Lucio Blanco International Airport** (IATA: REX, ICAO: MMRX) is a medium airport in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It has one runway, 1,903 m (6,243 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. In 2025 it handled 442 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: REX / MMRX
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
- Serves: Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Elevation: 42 m / 139 ft
- Coordinates: 26.0089, -98.2285
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,903 m / 6,243 ft
- Passengers: 442,464 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Matamoros
- Website: http://www.oma.aero/es/aeropuertos/reynosa/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Lucio_Blanco_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2232580
- Weather station: MMRX
- Ident: MMRX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,903 m / 6,243 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 472,027 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 507,186 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 563,952 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 482,661 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 466,934 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 480,524 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 229,058 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 425,918 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 518,051 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 540,122 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 531,558 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 442,464 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [NLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsm.md) Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico · 701 km / 436 mi · Viva
- [MEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmmx.md) Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · Mexico · 736 km / 457 mi · Aeroméxico, Viva
- [VER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmvr.md) General Heriberto Jara International Airport · Mexico · 792 km / 492 mi · Viva
- [GDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmgl.md) Guadalajara International Airport · Mexico · 801 km / 498 mi · Volaris, Viva
- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 1,282 km / 797 mi · Viva

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- DVI [Aerodavinci](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerodavinci)

### Passenger (3)

- VB [Viva](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/viva) · 5
- AM [Aeroméxico](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeromexico) · 1
- Y4 [Volaris](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volaris) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 442K (2025) | #1,174 of 3,974 | #272 in North America | #40 in MX |
| Longest runway | 1,903 m / 6,243 ft | =4,277 of 29,858 | #1,136 in North America | #87 in MX |
| Elevation | 42 m / 139 ft | =35,645 of 43,403 | =16,193 in North America | =1,050 in MX |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =21 in MX |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | REYNOSA APP/TWR | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [MFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmfe.md) McAllen Miller International Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [HRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khrl.md) Valley International Airport · 62 km / 39 mi
- [MAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmma.md) General Servando Canales International Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [BRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbro.md) Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport · 81 km / 50 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: “General Lucio Blanco International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Lucio_Blanco_International_Airport&oldid=1363039110), 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/mmrx/data