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MMES · ESE

Ensenada International Airport / El Cipres Air Base

31.79530°N

-116.60300°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 75.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

ON-TIME

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schedules pending

AVG DELAY

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7d window

Ensenada International Airport / El Cipres Air Base (MMES/ESE) is a small international airport located in Ensenada, Mexico. It features 1 runway measuring 4,892 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 1 route. The most active carrier is Secretaria de Marina (ANX). The busiest route is to General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport (MMTJ).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KSDM, 58 mi away (MMES does not publish METAR)

51m ago

Temp

79°F

Wind

6 kts

280°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KSDM 241753Z COR 28006KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02610183 10261 20200 56002 $

Runways

1 installed

4,892 FT MAX

11/29

4,892 ft × 115

ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

95% of ops

84 land · 0 TO

5% of ops

4 land · 63 TO

Runway 11 carries 95% of operations (84 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 5%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

11 84 landings

UA 4%

29 4 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 11 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 84 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

2.4

flights/day · 72 total

Busy hour (local)

10pm

also 11pm · 9pm

Day vs night

29%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.6 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (20% of 69 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

I_Am_So_Handsome

01/07/2026

Renew the comments

Ensenada International Airport functions primarily as a military air force base (Air Force Base No. 3) for the Mexican Air Force, but it also handles general and private aviation activities. It does not have scheduled commercial flights.

KPC6NDB

06/23/2017

NDB AN BOING 245 kHz Decommissioned

Decommissioned Apr 2007.