Maria Madre Island Naval Air Station

Isla de María Madre Naval Air Station
Aeropuerto Nacional Comodoro P.A. Carlos Castillo Bretón Barrero
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorSecretariat of the Navy
ServesPuerto Balleto
LocationIsla de María Madre
CommanderContralmirante C.G. DEM Victor Manuel Fernando Carrasco[1]
Elevation AMSL26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates21°39′00″N 106°32′17″W / 21.65000°N 106.53806°W / 21.65000; -106.53806
Websitehttps://www.gob.mx/semar/documentos/directorio-de-mandos-navales
Map
IMM
Location of the airport in Nayarit
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 4,593 1,400 Asphalt
SEMAR[2]
Aeródromos de México[3]

Isla de María Madre Naval Air Station (ICAO: MM40, AFAC: IMM) officially known as Comodoro P.A. Carlos Castillo Bretón Barrero National Airport is a military airport operated by Mexican Navy located in Puerto Balleto in Isla María Madre, Nayarit, Mexico.

It has a night-lit runway heading 01/19, 1,400 meters long and 28 meters wide, as well as a small 4,800-square-meter apron adjacent to the runway. The airport was only used for the transfer of inmates from the former penal colony of the Marías Islands.[4][5] In October 2024, following the opening of the Islas Marías to the public, the airport was opened to civil aviation, with Aero Servicio Guerrero being the only airline operating seasonal flights from Tepic Airport.[6][7][8] The airport was named in honor of the sailor and pilot Carlos Castillo Breton Barrero.[9]

Airlines and destinations

Only one single airline operates seasonal flight from Puerto Balleto.

AirlinesDestinations
Aéreo Servicio Guerrero Seasonal: Tepic

References

  1. ^ "Mandos Navales-Islas Marías" [Naval Commands-Islas Marías] (PDF) (in Spanish). Secretaría de Marina. 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  2. ^ SEMAR (2025). "Directorio de bases navales" [Directory of naval bases] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
  3. ^ "Bases y estaciones aéreas militares y aeronavales de México" [Naval/Military Air Bases and Stations in Mexico] (in Spanish). Aeródromos de México. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  4. ^ Pérez Corona, Fernando (2012-10-07). "Trasladan a 102 reos de Puebla a las Islas Marías y penales federales" [102 inmates transferred from Puebla to the Islas Marías and federal prisons] (in Spanish). Excelsior. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  5. ^ "Comodoro P.A. Carlos Castillo Breton Barrero Airport". Metar-TAF. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  6. ^ "Comunicado de prensa núm.: 116/2024" [Press Release No.: 116/2024] (in Spanish). Secretaría de Marina. 2024-09-12. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  7. ^ Torres, Alejandro (2024-09-13). "MARINA Y ASG PRESENTAN "EXPERIENCIA DE UN DÍA", AL CENTRO TURÍSTICO ISLAS MARÍAS" [MEXICAN NAVY AND ASG PRESENT “ONE-DAY EXPERIENCE” AT THE ISLAS MARÍAS TOURIST CENTER] (in Spanish). América Vuela. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  8. ^ Sena, Gastón (2024-09-07). "Aéreo Servicio Guerrero (ASG) volará a las Islas Marías del estado de Nayarit, México" [Aéreo Servicio Guerrero (ASG) will fly to Islas Marías in the state of Nayarit, Mexico.] (in Spanish). AviaciONLine. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  9. ^ Martínez, Ángel Amador. "Comodoro Carlos Castillo Breton Barrero (1897-1935)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Secretaría de Marina. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.