Teacapán Naval Air Station
Teacapan Naval Air Station Estación Aeronaval de Teacapán | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Secretariat of the Navy | ||||||||||
| Serves | Teacapán | ||||||||||
| Location | Escuinapa Municipality | ||||||||||
| Commander | Admiral Guadalupe Juan José Bernal Méndez | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 33 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°32′13″N 105°43′01″W / 22.53694°N 105.71694°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.gob.mx/semar/directorio-de-mandos-navales | ||||||||||
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ADM Location of the airport in Sinaloa ADM ADM (Mexico) | |||||||||||
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The Teacapán Naval Air Station or Escuinapa National Airport (ICAO Code: MXNT - DGAC Code: ADM) is a small military airfield located 2 kilometers east of Teacapán, about 33 kilometers south of Escuinapa, and is occasionally used for general aviation. It has an asphalt runway 1,998 meters long and 40 meters wide and an aviation apron of 90x85 meters (7,650 square meters).[2][3][4]
In 2014, the Sinaloa government invested over 61 million pesos in resurfacing the runway with asphalt. This was done to accommodate the Boeing 737 as its critical design aircraft, and to allow for the base of an armed helicopter and 60 members of the Mexican Navy for combating insecurity. The airport is slated to open to general aviation in 2018, and its facilities are planned to be used for drone testing by the Spanish company "Singular Aircraft."[2][5][6][7]
References
- ^ SEMAR (2025). "Directorio de bases navales" [Directory of naval bases] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ a b "Tarjeta informativa de obra: Pavimentación con carpeta asfáltica de la Aeropista de Escuinapa-Teacapán" [Construction Information Sheet: Paving with asphalt layer of Escuinapa-Teacapán Airfield] (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa: Secretaría de Desarrollo y Obras Públicas. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ "Teacapán Naval Air Station / Escuinapa National Airport". metar-taf.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ "Teacapán Naval Air Station / Escuinapa National Airport (MXNT)". OurAirports.com. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ Ibarra, María Elena (2019-04-10). "Rehabilitan Aeropuerto de Escuinapa, termina en junio" [Escuinapa Airport rehabilitation project to be completed in June] (in Spanish). Debate. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ Tiznado, Carolina (2019-06-27). "Aeropuerto de Teacapán ya está terminado, dice Alcalde de Escuinapa" [Teacapán Airport is now finished, says Mayor of Escuinapa] (in Spanish). Noroeste. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ González, Fernanda (2017-08-25). "Harán pruebas de drones en Teacapán" [Drone tests will be done in Teacapán] (in Spanish). Noroeste. Retrieved 2026-02-28.