Santa Lucía Airport
| Base aérea n.º 1 Santa Lucía (still) | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | MMSM |
| IATA code | NLU |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 2245 m (7365 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Street | MEX 85 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | November 24, 1952 |
| operator | Fuerza Aérea Mexicana |
| Start-and runway | |
| 04/22 | 3450 m × 75 m asphalt |
The Santa Lucía airport is a planned Mexican airport on the area of a military airfield , the Base aérea n.º 1 Santa Lucía of the Fuerza Aérea Mexicana , named after "General Alfredo Lezama Álvarez". It is located in the municipality of Tecámac about 40 km northeast of downtown Mexico City .
The new President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced at the end of 2018 that the military airfield would be expanded into a civil airport with two runways. The military base is to be relocated for this purpose.
history
The base was completed in 1952 to replace the Campo Aéreo Militar de Balbuena (now the Jardín Balbuena neighborhood of Mexico City). The planes stationed in Balbuena were not moved to Santa Lucía until 1959.
Military use
The Air Force Base No. 1 Santa Lucía is home to 7,500 posts (as of 2018), a number of flying and non-flying units. The flying units are divided into two groups.
- 1 / o.Grupo Aéreo, you are under command of flying squadrons with helicopters
- 3 / o.Grupo Aéreo, you are responsible for the transport teams including one with helicopters; there is also an awareness relay
