Airports / Mexico / SLP
Ponciano Arriaga International Airport
MMSP / SLPSan Luis Potosí, MexicoELEV 6,035 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
82 nm
To the nearest alternate
Guanajuato International Airport (BJX).
Overview
Ponciano Arriaga International Airport, listed as MMSP / SLP, is a mid-sized airport in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The field lies at an elevation of 6,035 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
SLP has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Guanajuato International Airport (BJX, 82 nm), Aguascalientes International Airport (AGU, 84 nm), and Captain Rogelio Castillo National Airport (CYW, 103 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SLP vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Estafeta. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SLP, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
MMSP
IATA
SLP
FAA / Local
MMSP
Elevation
6,035 ft
Coordinates
22.2620° N · 100.9357° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Mexico fields
state range 10–8,466 ft
At 6,035 ft, SLP sits higher than 85% 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.
- 82nmBJXGuanajuato International AirportSilao
- 84nmAGUAguascalientes International AirportAguascalientes
- 103nmCYWCaptain Rogelio Castillo National AirportCelaya
- 104nmZCLGeneral Leobardo C. Ruiz International AirportZacatecas
- 107nmQROQuerétaro Intercontinental AirportQuerétaro
- 139nmCVMGeneral Pedro Jose Mendez International AirportCiudad Victoria
Location
Open the full mapMMSP · Ponciano Arriaga International Airport · San Luis Potosí, Mexico