San Luis Potosí International Airport
San Luis Potosi International Airport, (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de San Luis Potosí); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Ponciano Arriaga (Ponciano Arriaga International Airport) (IATA: SLP, ICAO: MMSP) is an international airport located in the municipality of San Luis Potosí, on the border with the municipality of Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. It serves the Greater San Luis Potosi Metropolitan Area. In 2022, the airport served 633,364 passengers, according to data published by its owner and operator Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte.[2]
Ponciano Arriaga International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Ponciano Arriaga | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte | ||||||||||||||
| Location | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Estafeta Carga Aérea | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6,035 ft / 1,839 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°15′16″N 100°55′51″W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.oma.aero/en/passengers/san-luis-potosi/index.php | ||||||||||||||
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  SLP Location of airport in San Luis Potosí  SLP SLP (Mexico) | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte[1] | |||||||||||||||
In addition to passenger traffic, San Luis Potosí Airport accommodates logistics and courier companies as well as industries involved in auto parts, steel, textiles, and furniture. Since 2005 it has served as the cargo airline Estafeta's main hub.[3] SLP is currently the 8th busiest airport in Mexico by cargo traffic. The airport was named after Ponciano Arriaga, a Mexican constitutional lawyer from San Luis Potosí who supported the government of Benito Juárez.
Facilities
The airport features a single terminal that caters for both domestic and international flights. The terminal building contains a check-in hall, a common baggage claim hall, a large retail area with food and retail outlets as well as waiting areas located on the ground floor. The upper level contains a security area and a departure concourse with a Premium Lounge,[4] five gates, one of which has a jetbridge. The terminal can accommodate up to 300 people and five narrowbody aircraft during peak hours.
The airport has a main runway 14/32 which is 3,007 m (9,867 ft) long. A smaller (993 m (3,259 ft)) runway 04/22 is barely used for general aviation. Estafeta handles numerous domestic cargo flights every day from its cargo facilities with capacity for 6 aircraft located north of the passenger terminal.
Airlines and destinations
Passengers
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Estafeta | Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Colima, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana, Villahermosa |
Domestic destinations from San Luis Potosí International Airport Red = Year-round destination Blue = Future destination Green = Seasonal destination Italic = Suspended destination |
International destinations from San Luis Potosí International Airport Red = Year-round destination Blue = Future destination Green = Seasonal/charter destination Italic = Suspended passenger destination |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Estafeta | Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Colima, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana, Villahermosa |
Statistics
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Mexico City, Mexico City |
52,295 |  |
Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris |
| 2 |  Quintana Roo, Cancún |
33,154 | |
Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 3 |  Baja California, Tijuana |
15,532 |  1 |
Volaris |
| 4 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey |
5,066 |  1 |
Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobús |
| 5 |  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta |
1,630 | |
TAR |
| 6 | Jalisco, Guadalajara |
44 | TAR | |
| 7 |  Querétaro, Querétaro |
9 | |
TAR |
Incidents and accidents
- On November 4, 2008, former Secretary of the interior Juan Camilo Mouriño was killed when the SEGOB-owned Learjet he was travelling in on his way back from San Luis Potosí crashed at Mexico City before reaching the airport.
References
- "OMA reports 2.3 million passenger traffic in December 2022" (PDF; 292 KB). oma.aero. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- "Passenger's Traffic" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (in Spanish). January 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- "Estafeta History".
- "OMA PREMIUM LOUNGE".
- "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.