Manuel Márquez de León International Airport guide

Manuel Márquez de León International Airport, also called La Paz International Airport, serves La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Its IATA code is LAP and its ICAO code is MMLP. The airport sits at kilometre 13 of the Transpeninsular Highway, at an elevation of 21 metres.

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico operates the airport as part of its network of 12 Mexican airports. It handled about 1.3 million passengers in 2025, up from 1.08 million in 2022, the year it first passed one million. The busiest routes in 2025 were Tijuana, Mexico City and Guadalajara. Airlines serving the airport include Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Alaska Airlines, TAR México, Viva, Volaris and Aéreo Servicio Guerrero. Calafia Airlines uses La Paz as a focus city.

The airport has one concrete runway, 18/36, which is 2,500 metres long. The passenger terminal covers about 5,180 square metres and has a departure concourse with three gates, plus nine narrow-body aircraft stands on the apron. A separate terminal handles general and executive aviation. The field is shared with Mexican Air Force Base No. 9 and La Paz Naval Air Base. From 1960 until its bankruptcy in 2006, it was the headquarters and hub of Aero California.