San Ignacio Downtown Airstrip
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San Ignacio Downtown Airstrip is a pair of public dirt runway
s located East of San Ignacio
, Municipality of Mulegé
, Baja California Sur
, Mexico
. The airstrips are used solely for general aviation
purposes. Although the airstrip is not paved as the San Ignacio West Airport
, it's closer to the town and this is the advantage of using this airstrip. The SGM 2 and MSIC codes are used as identifiers.
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
s located East of San Ignacio
San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
San Ignacio is a palm oasis town in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, located between Guerrero Negro and Santa Rosalía. The town had a 2010 census population of 667 inhabitants and grew at the site of the Cochimí settlement of Kadakaamán and the Jesuit Mission San Ignacio founded in 1728 by...
, Municipality of Mulegé
Mulegé (municipality)
Mulegé is the northernmost municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is the second-largest municipality by area in the country, with an area of 32,092.2 km² . In the census of 2010 it had a population of 59,114 inhabitants...
, Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur , is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state on October 8, 1974, the area was known as the South Territory of Baja California. It has an area of , or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The airstrips are used solely for general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
purposes. Although the airstrip is not paved as the San Ignacio West Airport
San Ignacio Airfield
San Ignacio Airfield is a public paved airstrip located 4 km NW of San Ignacio, Municipality of Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The airport is used solely for general aviation purposes...
, it's closer to the town and this is the advantage of using this airstrip. The SGM 2 and MSIC codes are used as identifiers.