Private Jet Airports in Puerto Vallarta
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
3 airfields serve Puerto Vallarta. Puerto Vallarta International Airport (MMPR) handles the most business aviation traffic, with 95% of the area's cross-border business jet movements , followed by Amado Nervo National Airport and Teacapán Naval Air Station / Escuinapa National Airport . The area spans coastal Jalisco into inland Nayarit and Sinaloa, with Puerto Vallarta International Airport sitting at sea level near the coast while Amado Nervo National Airport in Tepic sits more than 3,000 feet higher inland. Traffic here is read as cross-border activity from a FAA perspective rather than the full operational count at each Mexican field. The area stretches widely: the farthest field, near Teacapán, sits well over 100 NM from the coastal center, spanning three states rather than a single dense cluster. Winter months bring noticeably heavier movement than the mid-year low.
Comparison
All three airfields serving Puerto Vallarta, ranked by business jet traffic. Distance is measured from the area center, and runway length is the longest paved surface on the field.
All three airfields in the area are shown above.
Source: FAA Form 5010 and CBP list of ports of entry.
Seasonality
Business jet traffic across Puerto Vallarta peaks in January and is lowest in September. Six months run above the yearly average. September sees about three times fewer movements than January.
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, 10,831 business jet movements across the area, 2025.
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Frequently asked questions
How far apart are Puerto Vallarta International Airport and Amado Nervo National Airport?
Puerto Vallarta International Airport (MMPR) and Amado Nervo National Airport (MMEP) sit 50 NM apart, based on their published coordinates. MMPR handles the large majority of business jet movements in the Puerto Vallarta area, while MMEP in Tepic, Nayarit, logs a much smaller share. An operator weighing a repositioning leg or a fuel stop between the two fields should use this 50 NM figure directly rather than the distance each field carries from the center of the area, since those two numbers measure different things. State crossing from Jalisco to Nayarit is part of that routing.
How does business jet traffic in the Puerto Vallarta area change between January and September?
Business jet movements in the Puerto Vallarta area peak in January at 1,346 operations and drop to a 2025 low of 498 in September, according to the annual traffic breakdown. That is a swing of more than two and a half times between the busiest and quietest months. Six months of the year run above the average of 903 monthly movements, with January, November, and December forming the strongest stretch. Dispatchers planning ramp space, fuel uplift, or crew scheduling into Puerto Vallarta International Airport (MMPR), which carries the bulk of this traffic, should weight capacity planning toward the winter months rather than assuming a flat annual pattern.
What separates Teacapán Naval Air Station / Escuinapa National Airport from the other fields in the Puerto Vallarta area?
Teacapán Naval Air Station / Escuinapa National Airport (MX-0433), near Teacapán, Sinaloa, sits 117 NM from the center of the Puerto Vallarta area, the farthest of the three fields tracked here. Its runway is paved to 6,562 feet, shorter than the 10,171 feet available at both Puerto Vallarta International Airport (MMPR) and Amado Nervo National Airport (MMEP). No business jet movement figure is recorded for this field in the 2025 data, unlike its two counterparts. It sits 114 NM from MMPR and 83 NM from MMEP by direct measurement, spanning Jalisco, Nayarit, and Sinaloa across the area.
How concentrated is business jet traffic at Puerto Vallarta International Airport compared to the rest of the area?
Puerto Vallarta International Airport (MMPR) accounts for 95% of the 10,831 annual business jet movements recorded across the Puerto Vallarta area in 2025. Amado Nervo National Airport (MMEP) in Tepic logs 542 of those movements, and Teacapán Naval Air Station / Escuinapa National Airport (MX-0433) shows no recorded figure. This concentration means fuel, ramp, and slot planning for the area effectively tracks MMPR's own schedule pressure, particularly during the January peak of 1,346 movements. Any diversion planning toward MMEP should account for its much thinner traffic base rather than treating it as a proportional share of the area total.
What elevation difference exists between the airports in the Puerto Vallarta area?
Puerto Vallarta International Airport (MMPR) sits at 23 feet elevation, close to sea level, while Amado Nervo National Airport (MMEP) in Tepic sits at 3,020 feet, nearly 3,000 feet higher. Teacapán Naval Air Station / Escuinapa National Airport (MX-0433) sits at 7 feet. This spread matters for performance planning on any leg connecting the coastal Puerto Vallarta area fields to the higher inland field at Tepic, since density altitude at MMEP will behave differently than at either coastal airport, especially in warmer months. Crews routing between these fields should treat MMEP as a distinct performance environment rather than an equivalent alternate to the coastal pair.