# Puerto Cabezas Airport (PUZ / MNPC)

**Puerto Cabezas Airport** (IATA: PUZ, ICAO: MNPC) is a medium airport in Puerto Cabezas, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua. It has one runway, 2,478 m (8,130 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Nicaragua. In 2015 it handled 40 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PUZ / MNPC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Nicaragua
- Serves: Puerto Cabezas, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
- Elevation: 16 m / 52 ft
- Coordinates: 14.0472, -83.3867
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,478 m / 8,130 ft
- Passengers: 40,100 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Managua
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Cabezas_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576956
- Weather station: MNPC · WMO 78730
- Ident: MNPC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,478 m / 8,130 ft | 51 m / 167 ft | Asphalt | 092° / 272° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 42,346 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 41,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 40,100 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [BEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnbl.md) Bluefields Airport · Nicaragua · 232 km / 144 mi · La Costeña
- [MGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnmg.md) Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport · Nicaragua · 368 km / 229 mi · La Costeña

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- NIS [La Costeña](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/la-costena) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 40K (2015) | #2,173 of 3,974 | #501 in North America | #4 in NI |
| Longest runway | 2,478 m / 8,130 ft | #2,624 of 29,858 | #518 in North America | #2 in NI |
| Elevation | 16 m / 52 ft | =39,086 of 43,403 | =17,732 in North America | #34 in NI |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in NI |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [WSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnwp.md) Waspam Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [MNAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnal.md) Alamicamba Airport · 110 km / 69 mi
- [MHUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhuc.md) Auca Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [RFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnrt.md) Rosita Airport · 112 km / 69 mi
- [MHTI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhti.md) Tipimuratara Airport · 112 km / 70 mi
- [MHRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhry.md) Raya Airport · 114 km / 71 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: “Puerto Cabezas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puerto_Cabezas_Airport&oldid=1363073028), 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/mnpc/data