AirportsEloy Alfaro International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Manta, in Manabi Province, Ecuador. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MEC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MEC
- ICAO code
- SEMT
- City
- Manta
- State or region
- Manabi Province
- Country
- Ecuador
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 0.9461° S, 80.6788° W
- Elevation
- 15 m (48 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,860 m (9,383 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MEC means Eloy Alfaro International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SEMT. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 0.9461° S, 80.6788° W. It stands 15 metres (48 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Guayaquil, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Eloy Alfaro International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,860 metres (9,383 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 15 airports of Ecuador on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,860 m 9,383 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| General Ulpiano Paez International AirportSalinas/La Libertad | SNC | 145 km |
| José Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil | GYE | 161 km |
| Cotopaxi International AirportLatacunga | LTX | 229 km |
| Carlos Concha Torres International AirportTachina | ESM | 244 km |
| Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito | UIO | 274 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,142 km | 19 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 16,497 km | 20 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,584 km | 18 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,415 km | 11 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,677 km | 6 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,526 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 19,494 km | 24 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,337 km | 17 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,366 km | 16 h 35 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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