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MMES · ESE

Ensenada International Airport / El Cipres Air Base

31.79530°N

-116.60300°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 54.5%

DEP / DAY

▼ 73.3%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 5 routes. The most active carrier is Aeronautical Radio (XAA). The busiest route is to On the Rocks Airport (1CA6).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

54m ago

Temp

84°F

Wind

8 kts

280°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

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KSDM 301953Z 28008KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02890172 $

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

75% of ops

33 land · 1 TO

25% of ops

11 land · 24 TO

Runway 11 carries 75% of operations (33 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

11 33 landings

UA 0%

29 11 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 11 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 33 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

3.0

flights/day · 91 total

Busy hour (local)

10pm

also 9pm · 8pm

Day vs night

35%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.6 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 70 flights). Top three types: , , .

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.

KPC6NDB

06/23/2017

NDB DEORO 210 kHz Decommissioned

Decommissioned Feb 2009.

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