Zamora National Airport

Zamora National Airport is an airport located in La Rinconada, 3 kilometers north of Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico.

Background

It features a runway 1,500 meters long and 18 meters wide, a main aviation apron of 3,900 square meters and a secondary one of 1,500 square meters, as well as hangars and a control tower with a communications frequency of 122.8.

In 2024, there were 23 fixed-wing aircraft based at Zamora Airport; according to the AFAC, the airport handled regular passenger operations between 1992 and 1994, provided by the airline Sudpacífico.

Accidents and incidents

• On December 9, 1992, a Britten-Norman BN-2B-27 Islander aircraft registered XA-RML, operated by Aero Sudpacífico, on a commercial flight between Apatzingán Airport and Zamora Airport, crashed over the Tancítaro municipality a few minutes after takeoff, killing all 8 passengers and the pilot. It is alleged that the aircraft had an engine shutdown due to icing in the carburetors; this aircraft was on a flight between Uruapan Airport and Guadalajara Airport with intermediate stops in Apatzingán and Zamora.

References

External links

• AFAC-Mexico official website