Cabo San Lucas International Airport (MMSL), BCS
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Overview
Cabo San Lucas International Airport, MMSL, serves the southern tip of Baja California Sur near the city of Cabo San Lucas. The field pairs a 6,998-foot paved runway with a shorter paved helipad surface, and it sits within 20 nautical miles of Los Cabos International Airport, a common alternate for operators working this region. Cross-border business aviation traffic tracked by the FAA places MMSL in the top traffic tier among the airports in this data set.
Runways
Cabo San Lucas International Airport has one paved runway, 11/29, 6,998 ft long and 148 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Helipads and surfaces under 500 ft are excluded.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Business aviation traffic
Cabo San Lucas International Airport recorded 10,599 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in November and December. Business aviation traffic at MMSL concentrates heavily in the November-through-January period, with volumes falling to their lowest point in September.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month November, 1,310 movements in 2025.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity at the airfield.
Source: FAA TFMSC, cross-border movements, 2025.
Climate
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 94.5°F, and January the coldest, at 79.9°F.
Weather station is 4.3 NM from the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.
Nearby airfields
Cabo San Lucas International Airport has one airfield within 18 NM. The closest is Los Cabos International Airport (MMSD), 17.16 NM northeast.
Part of the Los Cabos and La Paz area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
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Frequently asked questions
What is MMSL and where is it located?
MMSL, also known as Cabo San Lucas International Airport or by its local identifier CSL, sits near the city of Cabo San Lucas in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It reports one paved runway of 6,998 feet and a shorter paved helipad surface of 2,430 feet. Field elevation is 459 feet. The nearest airport in the surrounding traffic data is Los Cabos International Airport, roughly 17 nautical miles away on a bearing of 45 degrees. Dispatchers planning into this region often compare the two fields for routing and alternate purposes.
What runway length is available at Cabo San Lucas International Airport (MMSL)?
Cabo San Lucas International Airport, identified as MMSL, offers a primary paved runway designated 11/29 measuring 6,998 feet long and 148 feet wide. A second paved surface, listed as H1, measures 2,430 feet long and 75 feet wide. The longer runway sets the maximum paved distance available at the field at 6,998 feet. These dimensions inform runway-length planning for business aviation operators evaluating this airport against aircraft performance requirements. No additional runway surfaces are listed in the airport data.
How much business aviation traffic moves through MMSL?
Cross-border business aviation traffic at MMSL, seen by the FAA through TFMSC data for 2025, totaled 10,599 operations against an overall reported figure of 15,015 operations for the year. This places the airport at ops tier 1, the highest traffic classification in this data set. Monthly figures show wide swings, with November recording 1,310 operations and September recording only 275. Dispatchers should note that this reflects cross-border activity as tracked by the FAA rather than the airport's full domestic operations count.
Does traffic at Cabo San Lucas International Airport vary by season?
Yes, traffic at Cabo San Lucas International Airport, MMSL, is concentrated in specific months rather than spread evenly across the year. Business aviation operations peak from November through January, with November at 1,310 operations, December at 1,268, and January at 1,207. Traffic drops sharply through the summer, bottoming out in September at 275 operations. Operators scheduling flights into this field should expect materially higher activity levels in the late fall and winter months compared to late summer.
What are typical high temperatures at MMSL through the year?
At Cabo San Lucas International Airport, MMSL, maximum temperatures climb from the high 70s in winter to the low 90s in late summer. January averages a high of 79.9 degrees Fahrenheit, while August reaches 94.5 degrees Fahrenheit, the warmest month on record in this data. July and September also run warm, at 93.9 and 92.7 degrees respectively. These figures give dispatchers a baseline for seasonal density altitude and performance planning at this field, though they should be read alongside current forecasts rather than treated as guaranteed conditions.