VER

General Heriberto Jara International Airport

ICAO MMVR19.1396°N 96.1886°W27 m / 90 ftLarge airport
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General Heriberto Jara International Airport (IATA: VER, ICAO: MMVR) is a large airport in Veracruz, Mexico. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste. In 2023 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedGeneral Heriberto Jara International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 1
19/01191° / 011° · LIT
LENGTH2,400 m7,874 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2023
867K
927K
1.0M
1.2M
1.2M
1.3M
1.4M
1.5M
1.5M
1.1M
1.3M
1.7M
111213141516171819212223

Routes

13 destinations · 2 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miMEX · Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · 304 km / 189 miNLU · Felipe Ángeles International Airport · 304 km / 189 miVSA · Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport · 377 km / 234 miTAM · General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport · 392 km / 244 miQRO · Querétaro Intercontinental Airport · 449 km / 279 miMID · Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport · 712 km / 442 miGDL · Guadalajara International Airport · 761 km / 473 miREX · General Lucio Blanco International Airport · 792 km / 492 miMTY · Monterrey International Airport · 841 km / 523 miCUN · Cancún International Airport · 995 km / 618 miIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 1,209 km / 751 miDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 1,532 km / 952 miTIJ · General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · 2,550 km / 1,584 miTIJDFWIAHCUNMTYGDLMIDQROTAMVSAMEXREXNLUVER
Year-round13
MEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Viva304 km189 miNLUFelipe Ángeles International AirportMexico · Viva304 km189 miVSACarlos Rovirosa Pérez International AirportMexico · Aerus377 km234 miTAMGeneral Francisco Javier Mina International AirportMexico · Aerus392 km244 miQROQuerétaro Intercontinental AirportMexico · Volaris449 km279 miMIDManuel Crescencio Rejón International AirportMexico · Viva712 km442 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris, Viva761 km473 miREXGeneral Lucio Blanco International AirportMexico · Viva792 km492 miMTYMonterrey International AirportMexico · Viva841 km523 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Viva995 km618 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,209 km751 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,532 km952 miTIJGeneral Abelardo L. Rodriguez International AirportMexico · Volaris, Viva2,550 km1,584 mi
Most destinationsViva 8Volaris 3Aerus 2Aeroméxico 1United Airlines 1American Eagle 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VER. From the Wikipedia article “Veracruz International Airport” (revision of 18 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.7M (2023)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#633of 3,974 · #152 North America · #18 MXLongest runway2,400 m7,874 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,844of 29,823 · =616 North America · =45 MXElevation27 m90 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,235of 43,341 · =16,898 North America · =1,140 MXAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =3 MXRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =21 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

3 channels
APPVERACRUZ APP120.400
ATISATIS127.800
TWRVERACRUZ TWR118.500