Francisco Sarabia National Airport

Francisco Sarabia National Airport or Terán Airport (formerly IATA code TGZ, ICAO code MMTG) was a national airport located at Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. It was used to handle national air traffic for the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Its name honours the memory of Francisco Sarabia Tinoco, the Mexican pilot who was a pioneer in Mexican commercial aviation who broke the speed record on the flight from Mexico City to New York City (10 hours, 43 minutes) in 1938 in the Granville Gee Bee R-6. As of right now, this airport is closed to civil operations and it is used as Base Aérea Militar No. 6 by the Mexican Air Force. Scheduled airline service for the city is now handled at the new Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport, which has taken over Sarabia's former IATA and ICAO airport codes (as of June 2006). It is now used for military purposes only.

Francisco Sarabia National Airport

Terán Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
ServesTuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
Elevation AMSL1,491 ft / 454 m
Coordinates16°44′23.93″N 93°10′23.65″W
Map
Francisco Sarabia National
Francisco Sarabia National
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations11,166
Passengers486,067
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

202 Air Squadron

The 202 Air Squadron is a Mexican Air Force unit operating out Terán Airport. The unit operates Pilatus PC-9 and Pilatus PC-7 planes.

Incidents

On September 15, 2010, an AeroMexico MD-83 erroneously landed at Teran airport after confusing it with Albino Corzo International Airport. AeroMexico flight 553, operated on behalf of AeroMexico Travel, came from Mexico City and had 80 passengers on board.[3]

References
  1. Airport information for MMTG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for TGZ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. http://avherald.com/h?article=430f5d41&opt=0


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