AirportsGeneral Servando Canales International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Matamoros, in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MAM.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MAM
- ICAO code
- MMMA
- City
- Matamoros
- State or region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 25.7699° N, 97.5253° W
- Elevation
- 8 m (25 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,300 m (7,546 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MAM means General Servando Canales International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MMMA. ICAO codes that begin with M belong to Mexico and Central America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 25.7699° N, 97.5253° W. It stands 8 metres (25 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Matamoros, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
General Servando Canales International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,300 metres (7,546 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 62 airports of Mexico on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 44.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,300 m 7,546 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brownsville South Padre Island International AirportBrownsville, United States | BRO | 18 km |
| Valley International AirportHarlingen, United States | HRL | 53 km |
| General Lucio Blanco International AirportReynosa | REX | 75 km |
| McAllen Miller International AirportMcAllen, United States | MFE | 84 km |
| Corpus Christi International AirportCorpus Christi, United States | CRP | 222 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,947 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,920 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,639 km | 16 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,258 km | 10 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,744 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,204 km | 3 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,215 km | 20 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,921 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,448 km | 16 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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