MMEP
Amado Nervo National Airport
VFR
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Name
Amado Nervo National Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
MMEP / TPQ / MMEP
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
5:23 am (MST)
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Municipality
Tepic
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Coordinates
21° 25′ 11″ N 104° 50′ 32″ W
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Elevation
3’020 ft (920 m MSL)
About Amado Nervo National Airport
Tepic International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Tepic-Riviera Nayarit); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Amado Nervo (Amado Nervo International Airport) (IATA: TPQ, ICAO: MMEP) is an international airport located in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. It serves the metropolitan area of Tepic and the entire state of Nayarit. It was the base for the regional airline Transportes Aereos de Nayarit before it ceased operations in 1999. The airport currently operates only domestic flights.
Previously managed by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA), a federal government-owned corporation, administration was handed in 2024 to Aeropuertos Mexicanos, a partner of the private-public entity Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano. Named after the locally-born poet Amado Nervo, the airport handled 244,531 passengers in 2023 and 211,447 passengers in 2024.