MEC

Eloy Alfaro International Airport

ICAO SEMT0.9461°S 80.6788°W15 m / 48 ftMedium airport
On the map

Eloy Alfaro International Airport (IATA: MEC, ICAO: SEMT) is a medium airport in Manta, Manabi Province, Ecuador. It opened on 24 Oct 1978. It has one runway, 2,860 m (9,383 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Ecuadorian Armed Forces. In 2018 it handled 83 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1978–1978
24 OCT 1978
OpenedEloy Alfaro International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23056° / 236° · LIT
LENGTH2,860 m9,383 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsAvianca Ecuador 1LATAM Airlines Ecuador 1Copa Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MEC. From the Wikipedia article “Eloy Alfaro International Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers83K (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,886of 3,974 · #177 South America · #6 ECLongest runway2,860 m9,383 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,541of 29,823 · =67 South America · #4 ECElevation15 m48 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,373of 43,341 · =8,428 South America · #249 ECAgeOpened 19782026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,725of 15,079 · =112 South America · #2 ECRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =3 EC
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

4 channels
APPMANTA APP122.700
GNDGND121.900
RDOMANTA RDO126.900
TWRMANTA TWR118.700