Airports / Mexico / NLU
Felipe Ángeles International Airport
MMSM / NLUMexico City, MexicoELEV 7,369 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
2 nm
To the nearest alternate
Base N°1 de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (General Alfredo Lezama Álvarez) (MX-2118) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Felipe Ángeles International Airport (MMSM / NLU) is a large commercial airport serving Mexico City, Mexico. The field lies at an elevation of 7,369 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
NLU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Base N°1 de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (General Alfredo Lezama Álvarez) (MX-2118, 2 nm), Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX, 19 nm), and Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC, 40 nm).
Quotes for flights out of NLU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Santa Lucia AFB and Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from NLU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
MMSM
IATA
NLU
FAA / Local
SLM
Elevation
7,369 ft
Coordinates
19.7438° N · 99.0151° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Mexico fields
state range 10–8,466 ft
At 7,369 ft, NLU sits higher than 96% of the 71 Mexico fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 2nmMX-2118Base N°1 de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (General Alfredo Lezama Álvarez)Zumpango
- 19nmMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico City
- 40nmTLCAdolfo López Mateos International AirportToluca
- 51nmPBCHermanos Serdán International AirportPuebla
- 56nmCVJGeneral Mariano Matamoros International AirportTemixco
- 84nmQROQuerétaro Intercontinental AirportQuerétaro
Location
Open the full mapMMSM · Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico City, Mexico