# Captain Pedro Canga Rodríguez International Airport (TBP / SPME)

**Captain Pedro Canga Rodríguez International Airport** (IATA: TBP, ICAO: SPME) is a medium airport in Tumbes, Tumbes Region, Peru. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeropuertos del Perú. In 2022 it handled 401 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TBP / SPME
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos del Perú
- Serves: Tumbes, Tumbes Region, Peru
- Elevation: 35 m / 115 ft
- Coordinates: -3.5521, -80.3811
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 401,336 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Lima
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAP_Captain_Pedro_Canga_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433114
- Weather station: SPME · WMO 84370
- Ident: SPME

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | 32,711 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 37,982 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 47,683 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 33,717 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 41,576 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 38,972 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 45,285 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 53,339 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 63,539 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 255,704 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 300,840 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 401,336 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 1,008 km / 626 mi · LATAM Airlines Peru, Sky Airline Peru

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- LP [LATAM Airlines Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-peru) · 1
- H8 [Sky Airline Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-airline-peru) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 401K (2022) | #1,209 of 3,974 | #106 in South America | #12 in PE |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =138 in South America | =15 in PE |
| Elevation | 35 m / 115 ft | =36,348 of 43,403 | =8,089 in South America | #154 in PE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =2 in PE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TUMBES APP/TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [ETR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sero.md) Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport · 44 km / 28 mi
- [MRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sema.md) Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [TYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spyl.md) Captain Victor Montes Arias International Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “FAP Captain Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FAP_Captain_Pedro_Canga_Rodríguez_Airport&oldid=1363036508), 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/spme/data