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Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

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MHLM

Elevation

91 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport

SAP

Location

San Pedro Sula · CR · Honduras

Connectivity

23 routes · 15 destinations

Position

15.453°, -87.924° · 91 ft elev.

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Honduras's busiest international gateway serving the industrial north.

Opened

1948

Location

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (IATA: SAP, ICAO: MHLM) is the principal international airport of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and one of the busiest airports in Central America. It serves the commercial and industrial heartland of Honduras, handling the majority of the country's cargo traffic alongside significant passenger volumes. The airport is named after Ramón Villeda Morales, a former president of Honduras who served from 1957 to 1963. It is located approximately 15 kilometers east of San Pedro Sula's city center and connects Honduras to destinations across North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. San Pedro Sula's airport competes with Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa as a major entry point to Honduras, and in many years has surpassed it in total passenger traffic due to its modern facilities and longer runway capable of accommodating wide-body aircraft.

Terminals

The airport operates a single terminal building handling both domestic and international passenger traffic.

Getting to & from

Ground transport to San Pedro Sula city center is primarily served by taxis, private shuttles, and rental car services, as there is no direct public bus connection from the terminal.

Airlines here

Major carriers serving SAP include American Airlines, United Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Copa Airlines, and Avianca, among other regional operators.

Notable facts

›Named after Honduran president Ramón Villeda Morales (1957–1963).
›Located approximately 15 km east of San Pedro Sula's city center.
›Handles the majority of Honduras's air cargo volume.
›The runway is capable of accommodating wide-body commercial aircraft.
›Frequently ranks as Honduras's busiest airport by passenger throughput.

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Route map (15 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Regional Air Iceland

American Airlines

AeroMéxico

Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia

Air Atlanta Icelandic

Routes

SAP → GUA5U · SF3

SAP → BZE9N · CNC

SAP → MIAAA · 738

SAP → MEXAM · E70

SAP → GUAAV · ATR

SAP → JFKAV · 320

SAP → MIAAV · 320 E90 319

SAP → SALAV · E90 ATR 320 319

SAP → SJOAV · ATR

SAP → GUACC · L4T

SAP → RTBCC · SF3

SAP → TGUCC · SF3

SAP → PTYCM · E90

SAP → SJOCM · 738

SAP → ATLDL · 319 320

SAP → FLLNK · 320 319

SAP → GUAP4 · CRJ

SAP → LCEP4 · L4T

SAP → RTBP4 · L4T

SAP → EWRUA · 738

SAP → IAHUA · 738

SAP → MIAUA · 320 E90 319

SAP → MIAUS · 738 320 E90 319

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A3207 routes Airbus A3196 routes Boeing 737-8005 routes Embraer 1905 routes Saab SF340A/B3 routes Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 42-6003 routes L4T3 routes CNC1 routes Embraer 1701 routes CRJ1 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport — also known as La Mesa International Airport — is located 11 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of the city of San Pedro Sula, in the Cortés Department of Honduras.

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