AirportsMar de Cortés International Airport is a small airport serving Puerto Peñasco, in Sonora, Mexico. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PPE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PPE
- ICAO code
- MMPE
- City
- Puerto Peñasco
- State or region
- Sonora
- Country
- Mexico
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 31.3520° N, 113.3052° W
- Elevation
- 22 m (71 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,500 m (8,202 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PPE means Mar de Cortés International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MMPE. 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 31.3520° N, 113.3052° W. It stands 22 metres (71 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is San Luis Río Colorado, about 185 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Hermosillo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Mar de Cortés International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,500 metres (8,202 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 34.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,500 m 8,202 ft | 45 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station YumaYuma, United States | YUM | 190 km |
| General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International AirportMexicali | MXL | 232 km |
| Tucson International AirportTucson, United States | TUS | 239 km |
| Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPhoenix, United States | PHX | 262 km |
| Mesa Gateway AirportMesa, United States | AZA | 267 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,263 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,368 km | 17 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,607 km | 16 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,722 km | 11 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,669 km | 4 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 558 km | 1 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,658 km | 18 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,367 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,345 km | 15 h 20 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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