Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum

Compiled by Bill Gao

Tulum, Quintana Roo (Mexico)

IATA: TQO ICAO: MMTL

Longest Active Runway

12,139 ft

3,700 meters

Field Elevation

66 ft

20 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

20.1721°, -87.6603°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #160 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#256 of 7558

Top 3.4% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Mexico)

#5 of 16 in MX

#5 of 87 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+21.4%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 TQO in numbers: 12,139 ft longest runway · tied #160 of 650 published · #256 of 7,558 worldwide (top 3.4%) · #5 in Mexico.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

TQO lies at 20 m (66 ft), #483 of 650 published airports by elevation and 22.5 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 5,420 ft below the Mexico median (5,486 ft, 16 airports); TLC is highest at 8,466 ft, 8,400 ft higher than TQO.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

1 Qualifying Aerodrome in Vicinity

Closest of 1 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbour within 100 NM: Cancún International Airport (CUN), 68.4 NM, 11,483 ft. TQO has the longest runway in this radius, 656 ft over CUN.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 12,139 ft (3,700 m)

TQO runway: 12/30 12,139 × 148 ft concrete (con). National standing: #5 of 16 in Mexico; NLU leads by 2,625 ft (14,764 ft). +21.4% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
12/30	12,139 ft (3700 m / 3.700 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Cancún International Airport (Cancún)	`CUN`	68.4 NM (126.7 km)	11,483 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →