TAM

General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport

ICAO MMTM22.2926°N 97.8671°W24 m / 80 ftMedium airport
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General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (IATA: TAM, ICAO: MMTM) is a medium airport in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It opened in 1929. It has 3 runways; the longest is 2,550 m (8,366 ft). It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. In 2023 it handled 563 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1929–1929
1929
OpenedGeneral Francisco Javier Mina International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
14/32145° / 325° · LIT
LENGTH2,550 m8,366 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
18/36190° / 010°
LENGTH1,300 m4,265 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt
09/27100° / 280°
LENGTH1,200 m3,937 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2023
595K
609K
689K
764K
718K
711K
737K
739K
271K
397K
496K
563K
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Routes

9 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsViva 5Aerus 2Aeroméxico Connect 1Aeroméxico 1United Airlines 1American Eagle 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TAM. From the Wikipedia article “Tampico International Airport” (revision of 13 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers563K (2023)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,063of 3,974 · #255 North America · #34 MXLongest runway2,550 m8,366 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,201of 29,823 · =486 North America · #34 MXElevation24 m80 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,661of 43,341 · =17,080 North America · =1,167 MXAgeOpened 19292026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=369of 15,079 · =78 North America · =1 MXRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =1 MX
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPTAMPICO APP120.300
TWRTAMPICO TWR118.300