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Ensenada International Airport / El Cipres Air Base

31.79530°N
-116.60300°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 11.1%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 20.0%
ON-TIME
—
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
—
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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 7 carriers across 1 route. The most active carrier is Aeronautical Radio (XAA). The busiest route is to General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport (MMTJ).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

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

52m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
11 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSDM 042153Z 25011G18KT 10SM CLR 25/14 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02500139

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

11
77% of ops
56 land · 2 TO
29
23% of ops
17 land · 32 TO
Runway 11 carries 77% of operations (56 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

11 56 landings
UA 0%
29 17 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 11 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 56 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
3.3
flights/day · 98 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 8pm · 10pm
Day vs night
38%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 3.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.1 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

12 · 16%
8 · 11%
8 · 11%
5 · 7%
5 · 7%
4 · 5%
Activity is led by (16% of 76 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

3
I_Am_So_Handsome
1/7/2026
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
6/23/2017
NDB AN BOING 245 kHz Decommissioned
Decommissioned Apr 2007.
KPC6NDB
6/23/2017
NDB DEORO 210 kHz Decommissioned
Decommissioned Feb 2009.
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