THE SAN FELIPE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The San Felipe International
Airport in Baja, Mexico, has an excellent
airstrip. The available runway is 4850 feet oriented
310° and 130°, coordinates 30°57' lat. 114°51'
long. The radio control tower has bilingual operators.
The airport has an adequate tie-down area for parking
your craft, but bring your own tie-down lines. Personnel
are cordial and easy to communicate with. After landing,
expect a routine military inspection. Passengers are
directed to customs & immigration while the pilot
fills out an arrival report at dispatch before joining
them.
Hours:
15:00 Z to
01 Z
Winter 7 AM - 5PM
Summer 8 AM - 6 PM |
Airport hours are strictly
enforced.
Customs and Immigration officials will not
be on hand outside of these hours, so please
plan to land or take off during these hours. |
Required
Documentation:
-
Registration (in owner's name
--non-owners require
written, notarized permission to bring the plane
into Mexico)
- Air Worthiness Certificate
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Current Pilot's License
- Mexican Liability Insurance
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Current Medical Certificate
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An approximate outline of
your itinerary
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Passport or Certified Birth
Certificate
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FEES
Landing
Fee: |
$8/single
or $16/twin/medium size craft or $25/jet |
Parking: |
$8/day/single
engine or $16/day/twin engine |
Federal
Airspace Fee: |
$50/entry
Multiple entry permit can be purchased -$50/calendar
year |
US re-entry Fee:
(purchased in the US) |
$30/annual
fee (per calendar year)
Must re-enter at Yuma, Calexico or San Diego
Brown Airport. |
Tourist
Card (Visa) |
$21,
if you don't already have one. |
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VFR
Frequencies.
(Mexican VFR only available
during daylight hours)
Mazatlán
Center |
128.3 |
Mexicali
Tower |
118.2 |
Puerto
Peñasco Unicom |
122.8 |
San
Felipe Tower |
118.5 |
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Multiple
Entry Permit:
A multiple Entry Permit is good for one
calendar year. It is not pro-rated, so don't wait until
November to purchase one.
These must be obtained from Mexico City, so don't expect
same-day service.
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Planes awaiting short-arm
inspection
alongside the runway at the airport. |
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Insurance:
You'll need Mexican Liability Insurance
on the plane. You might consider joining the Baja
Bush Pilots. It's only $39/year and they have discounts
on members' plane insurance. You can visit their
site at www.bajabushpilots.com.
Use their Insurance
link to read about their policies. You can also
visit DriveMex.com
and see what they offer for aircraft insurance.
ClubMex
works in conjunction with Mexico's SEGUROS
COMERCIAL AMERICA and offers a Special Tourist
Aircraft policy.
Fuel:
Av. gas - $3.22/gal (varies
with the value of the peso)
Jet-A - $2.58/gal
Taxi
Service:
There is taxi
service from the airport into San Felipe. It costs
about $15. |
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San
Felipe Airport Phone Lines:
011-52-686-577-1858 (Phone and Fax)
011-52-686-577-1368 (Phone) |
Questions
and Suggestions: Contact Daniel Padilla:
danielpg60@hotmail.com
and please use the word
AIRPORT in the Subject line. |
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Before entering Mexican airspace,
you need to file a standard VFR flight plan. You
must also file a US re-entry plan no later than
1 hour prior to re-entering US airspace. This
can be done by phone or radio. Frequencies 122.6,
122.4 or 122.2. Telephone: from Mexico 001-858-277-3493.
Pilot Wayne Silva of Sacramento, CA
has logged many flights into Mexico. "I was
unnecessarily apprehensive before my first flight
from Sacramento to San Felipe. Since thn I have
made over fifty flights, trouble-free in all aspects."
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