Private Jet Airports in Los Cabos and La Paz
Choosing an airfield here
What drives the choice in this area: where the traffic goes, where you can clear, and what you can land.
Overview
6 airfields serve Los Cabos and La Paz. Los Cabos International Airport (MMSD) handles the most business aviation traffic, with 47% of the area's cross-border business jet movements , followed by Cabo San Lucas International Airport and Manuel Márquez de León International Airport . The area spans the southern tip of Baja California Sur, reaching north toward Sonora across the Gulf of California and out to the remote Revillagigedo Archipelago. Two fields, Los Cabos International Airport and Cabo San Lucas International Airport, sit close together near the coast, while La Paz, Loreto, and Guaymas extend the area's reach over greater distances. Winter and spring bring the heaviest movement, tapering through the hurricane season into a clear September low. Every airport here operates without a control tower, so traffic patterns and sequencing rely on standard non-towered procedures throughout the region.
Comparison
All six airfields serving Los Cabos and La Paz, ranked by business jet traffic. Distance is measured from the area center, and runway length is the longest paved surface on the field.
All six airfields in the area are shown above.
Source: FAA Form 5010 and CBP list of ports of entry.
Seasonality
Business jet traffic across Los Cabos and La Paz peaks in November and is lowest in September. Seven months run above the yearly average. September sees about four times fewer movements than November.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity in the area.
Source: FAA TFMSC, 28,517 business jet movements across the area, 2025.
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Frequently asked questions
How spread out are the airfields across the Los Cabos and La Paz area?
The Los Cabos and La Paz area stretches from the southern tip of Baja California Sur into Sonora and out to the Revillagigedo Archipelago. Los Cabos International Airport (MMSD) and Cabo San Lucas International Airport (MMSL) sit close together, only 17 NM apart. Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (MMLP) in La Paz is 66 NM from MMSD and 71 NM from MMSL. Farther out, Loreto International Airport (MMLT) and General José María Yáñez International Airport (MMGM) in Guaymas add 121 to over 300 NM of separation from the southern cluster, depending on the pair. A dispatcher weighing options across this area is looking at a compact southern core plus two distant outliers.
What does the November-to-September traffic swing mean for the Los Cabos and La Paz area?
Business aviation traffic in the Los Cabos and La Paz area peaked at 3,409 movements in November 2025 and bottomed out at 902 in September, a difference of over 2,500 movements in a single year. Seven of twelve months ran above the 2,376 average, with the winter and spring months carrying most of that load. September stands as a clear trough, consistent with the tail end of the regional hurricane season. Planners working this area should treat fourth-quarter and first-quarter volumes as the operational norm, with late summer representing the quiet stretch rather than the baseline.
Why does Los Cabos International Airport dominate traffic in this area?
Los Cabos International Airport (MMSD) recorded 13,454 business jet movements in 2025, or 47% of the area's total of 28,517. Cabo San Lucas International Airport (MMSL) follows with 10,599 movements, meaning these two fields together, just 17 NM apart, account for nearly all activity in the southern Baja cluster. Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (MMLP) in La Paz trails far behind at 2,845 movements. The remaining fields further north and offshore each post movement counts under 1,200. For an operator working the Los Cabos and La Paz area, MMSD and MMSL together carry the bulk of the regional business aviation load.
How does the paved runway length compare among airports in the Los Cabos and La Paz area?
Los Cabos International Airport (MMSD) has the longest paved surface in the Los Cabos and La Paz area at 9,843 ft. Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (MMLP) in La Paz follows at 8,202 ft, and General José María Yáñez International Airport (MMGM) in Guaymas offers 7,710 ft. Loreto International Airport (MMLT) has 7,218 ft, while Cabo San Lucas International Airport (MMSL) posts 6,998 ft. The Isla Socorro naval station has a shorter 4,085 ft surface but sits outside the area's public-facing airport set. These figures let an operator match airframe requirements against each field before weighing distance or traffic factors.
What does cross-border business jet traffic look like for the Los Cabos and La Paz area?
Traffic figures for the Los Cabos and La Paz area reflect cross-border business jet movements as tracked by the FAA, not total activity at each field. The area logged 28,517 such movements in 2025 across airports spanning Baja California Sur, Sonora, and the Revillagigedo Archipelago. This framing matters for dispatchers filing US-Mexico segments: the numbers represent the flow the FAA sees crossing the border, concentrated heavily at Los Cabos International Airport (MMSD) and Cabo San Lucas International Airport (MMSL) in the southern cluster. Fields further north, including Loreto International Airport (MMLT) and General José María Yáñez International Airport (MMGM), show comparatively light cross-border counts by contrast.