Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
Honduran airport serving San Pedro Sula located in La Lima, Cortés / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ramón Villeda Morales) (IATA: SAP, ICAO: MHLM), also known as La Mesa International Airport, is located 11 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of the city of San Pedro Sula, in the Cortés Department of Honduras.
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport La Mesa International Airport Aeropuerto de San Pedro Sula | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Serves | San Pedro Sula | ||||||||||
Location | La Lima | ||||||||||
Opened | February 1965 (airport and old terminal) 1997 (current terminal) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 15°27′10″N 87°55′25″W | ||||||||||
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The airport is named after Ramón Villeda Morales (1909–1971), who served as President of Honduras from 1957 to 1963. It is the major and busiest airport in Honduras, handling 1,270,997 passengers in 2023. The airport also reported handling over 20,000 international and domestic flights annually. The airport provides short connections to tourist attractions such as La Ceiba, and the Caribbean beaches of Roatán and Tela.