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Ensenada International Airport / El Cipres Air Base

31.79530°N
-116.60300°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 58.3%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 25.0%
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 3 carriers across 1 route. The most active carrier is VJA (VJA). 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)

59m ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSDM 210853Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 21/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02060194 58001 $

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
70% of ops
26 land · 1 TO
29
30% of ops
11 land · 27 TO
Runway 11 carries 70% of operations (26 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

11 26 landings
UA 0%
29 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 11 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 26 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
2.9
flights/day · 86 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
35%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.4 vs 3.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

15 · 22%
8 · 12%
7 · 10%
4 · 6%
4 · 6%
4 · 6%
Activity is led by (22% of 68 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

3
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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