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Ciudad Pemex Air Force Base

Ciudad Pemex Air Force Base

Base Aérea Militar N° 16 de Ciudad Pemex
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorSecretariat of National Defense
ServesCiudad Pemex, Tabasco
LocationMacuspana Municipality
CommanderGeneral de Ala Piloto Aviador de Estado Mayor Luis Uriel Guerrero Olvera
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates17°52′50″N 092°28′30″W / 17.88056°N 92.47500°W / 17.88056; -92.47500
Websitehttps://www.gob.mx/defensa/acciones-y-programas/bases-aereas
Map
PMX is located in Tabasco
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PMX
Location of the airport in Tabasco
PMX is located in Mexico
PMX
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PMX (Mexico)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 5,413 1,650 Asphalt
SEDENA[1]

Ciudad Pemex Air Force Base (ICAO: MM48, AFAC: PMX) is a military airport located in Ciudad Pemex, Macuspana, Tabasco, Mexico. It is located southeast of Ciudad Pemex and has one unlit runway, oriented 05/23, measuring 1,650 meters long and 30 meters wide, with turn ramps at both ends, it has also a 10,000-square-meter apron and a hangar.[2]

The Ciudad Pemex Air Base began operating as such on December 1, 1995, the date on which Tenosique Airfield ceased to function as an air base and became Military Air Station No. 10. It is currently staffed by a general, a chief, 16 officers, and 70 troops responsible for providing flight equipment, air traffic control, aviation weapons, meteorology, and aerology. BAM-16 is the permanent headquarters of the 109th Air Squadron, which operates Cessna 182 aircraft.[3]

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ^ AFAC (2025). "Bases Aéreas" [Mexican Air Force Bases] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
  2. ^ "Aerodromos de Tabasco" [Airfields in Tabasco] (in Spanish). Blogspot. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  3. ^ Góngora, Rubén Concepción (2019-02-09). "Reubicarán Base Aérea N.º16 de Ciudad Pemex a Palenque" [Ciudad Pemex 16th Air Force Base will be relocated to Palenque] (in Spanish). Novedades de Tabasco. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  4. ^ "ASN data base ocurrence 211528". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
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