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(Top) 1 Facilities 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Passenger 2.2 Cargo 2.3 Destinations map 3 Statistics 3.1 Passengers 3.2 Busiest routes 4 Incidents and accidents 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

San Luis Potosí International Airport

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Ponciano Arriaga International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Ponciano Arriaga

IATA: SLP

ICAO: MMSP

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner/Operator

Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

Serves

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Hub for

Estafeta Carga Aérea

Time zone

CST (UTC−06:00)

Elevation AMSL

1,839 m / 6,033 ft

Coordinates

22°15′16″N 100°55′51″W / 22.25444°N 100.93083°W

Website

www.oma.aero/en/passengers/san-luis-potosi/index.php

Map

SLP

Location of the airport in San Luis Potosí

SLP

SLP (Mexico)

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
04/22	993	3,258	Asphalt
14/32	3,007	9,867	Asphalt

Statistics (2023)

Total passengers	718,639
Ranking in Mexico	31st

Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte^[1]

San Luis Potosí International Airport, (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de San Luis Potosí); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Ponciano Arriaga (Ponciano Arriaga International Airport) (IATA: SLP, ICAO: MMSP) is an international airport located in the municipality of San Luis Potosí, within the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. It serves the Greater San Luis Potosi Metropolitan Area. In addition to national and international passenger traffic, San Luis Potosí Airport accommodates logistics and courier companies as well as industries involved in auto parts, steel, textiles, and furniture. Since 2005 it has served as the cargo airline Estafeta's main hub.^[2]

Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA) is the operator of the airport. It was named after Ponciano Arriaga, a Mexican constitutional lawyer from San Luis Potosí who supported the government of Benito Juárez. As of 2023, SLP is the 9th busiest airport in Mexico for cargo traffic, and it served 718,639 passengers during that year, as indicated by data published by its owner and operator.^[1]

Facilities[edit]

The airport features a primary runway designated as 14/32, measuring 3,007 metres (9,865 ft) in length. Additionally, there is a smaller runway, 04/22, with a length of 993 metres (3,258 ft), primarily used for general aviation and with limited utilization. Estafeta, a cargo airline, manages numerous daily domestic cargo flights from its dedicated cargo facilities located to the north of the passenger terminal. The commercial aviation apron features five narrowbody aircraft parking positions.

The airport features a single terminal that caters for both domestic and international flights. The terminal building contains a check-in hall, a common baggage claim hall, a large retail area with food and retail outlets as well as waiting areas located on the ground floor. The upper level contains a security area and a departure concourse with a VIP Lounge and five gates, one of which has a jetbridge.^[3] The terminal can accommodate up to 300 people.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroméxico	Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect	Mexico City
Aerus	Monterrey
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth
Magnicharters	Seasonal: Cancún
TAR	Puerto Vallarta
United Airlines	Houston–Intercontinental
United Express	Houston–Intercontinental
Volaris	Cancún, Tijuana

Cargo[edit]

Airlines	Destinations
Estafeta	Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Colima, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana, Villahermosa

Passenger terminal airside

Check-in area

Terminal concourse

Arrivals hall

Aeromexico Connect Embraer E190 at SLP

American Eagle CRJ-900 at SLP

Destinations map[edit]

SLP

Mexico City

Tijuana

Cancún

Puerto Vallarta

Monterrey

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Domestic destinations from San Luis Potosí International Airport
Red = Year-round destination
Blue = Future destination
Green = Seasonal destination

Dallas/Fort Worth

Houston–Intercontinental

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International destinations from San Luis Potosí International Airport
Red = Year-round destination
Blue = Future destination
Green = Seasonal/charter destination

Statistics[edit]

Passengers[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

San Luis Potosí Airport Passengers. See Wikidata query.

Busiest routes[edit]

**Busiest routes from San Luis Potosí International Airport (2023)**^[4]
Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Mexico City, Mexico City	149,691		Aeroméxico Connect
2	United States, Dallas/Fort Worth	61,517	1	American Airlines
3	Quintana Roo, Cancún	53,938	1	Magni, Volaris
4	United States, Houston-Intercontinental	38,548		United Airlines
5	Baja California, Tijuana	29,538		Volaris
6	Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta	6,304		TAR
7	Nuevo León, Monterrey	3,360		Aeroméxico Connect

Incidents and accidents[edit]

On November 4, 2008, former Secretary of the interior Juan Camilo Mouriño was killed when the SEGOB-owned Learjet he was travelling in on his way back from San Luis Potosí crashed at Mexico City before reaching the airport.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "OMA's December 2023 Total Passenger Traffic" (PDF; 292 KB). oma.aero. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.