# General Ulpiano Paez International Airport (SNC / SESA)

**General Ulpiano Paez International Airport** (IATA: SNC, ICAO: SESA) is a large airport in Salinas/La Libertad, Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,630 m (8,629 ft). In 2018 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SNC / SESA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Salinas/La Libertad, Santa Elena Province, Ecuador
- Elevation: 6 m / 18 ft
- Coordinates: -2.2101, -80.9851
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,630 m / 8,629 ft
- Passengers: 1,131 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Guayaquil
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Ulpiano_Paez_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374055
- Weather station: SESA · WMO 84200
- Ident: SESA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,630 m / 8,629 ft | 50 m / 165 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | yes |
| 08/26 | 1,130 m / 3,707 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt | 082° / 262° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2018) | #3,274 of 3,974 | #359 in South America | #12 in EC |
| Longest runway | 2,630 m / 8,629 ft | =2,005 of 29,858 | #108 in South America | #6 in EC |
| Elevation | 6 m / 18 ft | =41,596 of 43,403 | =8,677 in South America | =281 in EC |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =1 in EC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | GUAYAQUIL CNTL | 128.300 |
| APP | SALINAS APP | 124.100 |
| RDO | SALINAS RDO | 126.900 |
| TWR | SALINAS TWR | 122.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [GYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/segu.md) José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport · 123 km / 76 mi
- [PVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sepv.md) Reales Tamarindos Airport · 142 km / 88 mi
- [MEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/semt.md) Eloy Alfaro International Airport · 145 km / 90 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)
- [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/sesa/data