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Ensenada International Airport / El Cipres Air Base

31.79530°N
-116.60300°W
ARR / DAY
0
50.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%
ON-TIME
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
7d window

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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
76% of ops
55 land · 2 TO
29
24% of ops
17 land · 31 TO
Runway 11 carries 76% of operations (55 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

11 55 landings
UA 0%
29 17 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 11 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 55 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
3.1
flights/day · 93 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 8pm · 10pm
Day vs night
32%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.1 vs 3.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 76 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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.
KPC6NDB
06/23/2017
NDB DEORO 210 kHz Decommissioned
Decommissioned Feb 2009.
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