General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base (MMIT), OAX
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
MMIT, General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base, serves the city of Ixtepec in Oaxaca state with a single paved runway. As a Mexico-facing field, cross-border traffic here is tracked by the FAA rather than reported as total field activity. The nearest listed neighbor is Estación Aeronaval de Salina Cruz, roughly 15 nautical miles to the southwest.
Runways
General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base has one paved runway, 17/35, 7,640 ft long and 148 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Business aviation traffic
General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base recorded 231 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in December. Cross-border business aviation traffic at MMIT concentrates toward the end of the year, with December volumes well above the levels seen from April through August.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month December, 55 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
May is the warmest month, with average highs of 92.8°F, and December the coldest, at 82.6°F.
Weather station is 4.0 NM from the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.
Nearby airfields
General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air Base has one airfield within 16 NM. The closest is Estación Aeronaval de Salina Cruz (MMSZ), 15.33 NM southwest.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at MMIT
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The same order, priced two ways.
$1,200.00 catering order at MMIT.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
It does not move with the size of the order.
At cost.
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Frequently asked questions
What runway is available at MMIT?
MMIT, General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport, offers a single paved runway, 17/35, measuring 7,640 feet long and 148 feet wide. The surface is asphalt. This length accommodates a wide range of business aircraft without a runway-length constraint driving the planning decision.
How much business aviation traffic does Ixtepec Air Base see?
FAA TFMSC data shows 231 cross-border business aviation operations at MMIT in 2025, against 684 total cross-border operations tracked for the field. This places Ixtepec Air Base in the moderate-traffic tier among Mexico-facing airports monitored by the FAA. The figures reflect cross-border activity only, not the airport's total operational count.
When is traffic busiest at MMIT?
Cross-border business aviation traffic at MMIT peaks in December, with 55 operations recorded that month according to FAA TFMSC data. Volumes taper through the middle of the year, with June and August each showing single-digit operation counts. Dispatchers planning winter movements should expect the field's highest monthly demand during that period.
What are typical high temperatures near Ixtepec Air Base?
Monthly high temperatures near MMIT, Ixtepec Air Base, range from the low 80s Fahrenheit in December and January to the low 90s in April and May. May shows the warmest reading at 92.8°F, while December is the coolest listed month at 82.6°F. These figures give a general sense of seasonal heat exposure for ground operations.