Agualeguas National Airport
Agualeguas National Airport Aeropuerto Nacional de Agualeguas Estación Aérea Militar #10 "Teniente Coronel P.A. Praxedis López Ramos" | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | SEDENA | ||||||||||
| Serves | Agualeguas | ||||||||||
| Location | Agualeguas Municipality | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 676 ft / 206 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°20′02″N 099°32′34″W / 26.33389°N 99.54278°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.sedena.gob/bases-aereas | ||||||||||
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  AGL Location of the airport in Nuevo Leon  AGL AGL (Mexico) | |||||||||||
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Agualeguas National Airport (ICAO: MMAL, AFAC: AGL) is an airport located 2 miles to north-northwest from Agualeguas, Nuevo León, Mexico. It currently operates as the 10th Air Force Station.
History and facilities
It was inaugurated in March 1990 by then-President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and on November 26 of that same year it welcomed the Mexican Air Force Boeing 757 "TP-01" and "Air Force One", carrying then-President George Bush, to sign the free trade agreement between Mexico and the United States.[2][3][4]
It has a 2,850-meter-long and 30-meter-wide runway with turn ramps at both ends, two taxiways, a 27,600-square-meter aviation apron, hangars, and a control tower. On December 1, 2020, it was closed to civil aviation to become the 10th Air Force Station "Lieutenant Colonel Praxedis López Ramos."[2][3][5][6]
References
- ^ AFAC (2025). "Bases Aéreas" [Mexican Air Force Bases] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ a b "El aeropuerto olvidado de Nuevo León que se volvió base militar" [Nuevo León's forgotten airport that became a military base]. YouTube (in Spanish). Reporte Indigo. 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
- ^ a b "Aeropuerto de Agualeguas" [Agualeguas Airport] (in Spanish). Grupo Reforma. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
- ^ Muñiz, Erick (2008-04-07). "Abandonado y en ruinas, el aeropuerto de Agualeguas" [Abandoned and in ruins, the Agualeguas airport] (in Spanish). Hora Cero Nuevo León. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
- ^ Alanís Carreón, Ricardo (2025-09-03). "Aterrizan aviones del Ejército en Aeropuerto de Agualeguas; diputados piden su conversión" [Army planes land at Agualeguas Airport; deputies call for its conversion] (in Spanish). Reporte Indigo. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
- ^ "MMAL - Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2025-09-13.