Del Norte International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional del Norte
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesMonterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
LocationGeneral Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico
Elevation AMSL1,470 ft / 448 m
Coordinates25°51′56″N 100°14′17″W / 25.86556°N 100.23806°W / 25.86556; -100.23806
Websiteadelnorte.com.mx
Map
NTR is located in Nuevo León
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NTR is located in Mexico
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,011 6,598 Asphalt
11/29 1,538 5,049 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Total passengersN/A
Source: Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil

Del Norte International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional del Norte, IATA: NTR, ICAO: MMAN) is an airport located in General Escobedo, Nuevo León, working as a secondary airport for Mexico's second largest city, Monterrey.

History

Del Norte was created by American Airlines around the 1940s, when they wanted to start service to Monterrey but there was no airport available. After a number of incidents regarding arrival procedures into Del Norte (a notorious one being Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704's accident in June 1969) and increasing traffic forced authorities to build a new airport, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport which open in 1971. Around the airport, visitors can still see some old AA letters on the inside of some hangars.

Facilities

The airport is composed of 123 hangars, mainly private; a control tower; two runways, one 2.000 m and the other 1.500 m; and a terminal building with all the facilities for commercial services, including a state-of-the-art concourse with two jetbridges and two more boarding gates.

The airport is mainly used for pilot-training and private use. It also hosts the Center of Investigation, Innovation in Aeronautic Engineering from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León.[1]

As of September 14, 2007, the airport had upgraded Runway 20 with an ILS/DME.

References

  1. ↑ "Facultad de Ingenieria Mecanica y Eléctrica". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.



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