El Papalon Airport

MSSM · San Miguel, El Salvador

About El Papalon Airport

ICAO MSSM
FIR Central American FIR
Region San Miguel
Country El Salvador
Runways 13/31
Type Small airport
Coordinates (ARP) 13.4441, -88.127   132639N 0880737W
Coordinates (Center) 13.44344, -88.12648   132636N 0880735W
Variation 0.8° W (2024)
Timezone El_Salvador (-6 h)
Local time May 7, 2024 18:17

El Papalon Airport

El Papalon Airport is a small airport in San Miguel, El Salvador. The airport is located at latitude 13.44344 and longitude -88.12648. The airport has 2 runways: 13/31 and 13/31. The ICAO airport code of this field is MSSM. Nearby other airfields are La Aramuaca Airport, Los Comandos Airport, San Ramon Airport, Santa Rosa de Lima Airport and El Tamarindo Airport.

El Papalon Airport publishes a METAR. The flight information region (FIR) is Central American.

El Papalon Airport is in the timezone of America/El_Salvador. Difference with UTC is -6 h. Today the sun rises at 05:28 and sets at 18:09. This applies to El Papalon Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -6 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

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The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

ID True Heading Magnetic Heading Latitude Longitude Approx. length
13 128° 128° 13.4407 -88.1232 937 m
31 308° 308° 13.446 -88.1299
13 129° 129° 13.4408 -88.1231 924 m
31 309° 309° 13.4462 -88.1297

Do not use for flight planning.
True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Runway lengths are calculated as the distance between the coordinates of the runway ends. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Nearby airports

Airport ID Distance Direction
La Aramuaca Airport MSAC 0.4 km 057°
La Union MSLU 29 km 114°
Los Comandos Airport MSLD 32 km 003°
San Ramon Airport MSSN 33 km 146°
Santa Rosa de Lima Airport SV-0004 34 km 055°
El Tamarindo Airport MSET 39 km 142°
La Chepona Airport MSCH 42 km 226°
Usulutan Private Airport SV-0005 42 km 253°
Casas Nuevas Airport MSCN 44 km 250°

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