Eloy Alfaro International Airport

Eloy Alfaro International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorMilitary of Ecuador
LocationManta, Ecuador
Elevation AMSL48 ft / 15 m
Coordinates00°56′45″S 80°40′43″W / 0.94583°S 80.67861°W / -0.94583; -80.67861
Map
MEC
Location of airport in Ecuador
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,860 9,383 Asphalt
Source: WAD GCM

Eloy Alfaro International Airport (IATA: MEC, ICAO: SEMT) is a combination civilian airport and military air base on the Pacific coast near Manta, a city in the Manabí Province of Ecuador. The airport, also known as Eloy Alfaro Air Base, is named in honor of Eloy Alfaro, a former president of Ecuador. It was inaugurated by the Ecuadorian Air Force on October 24, 1978. It is the fourth-busiest airport in Ecuador.