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Puerto Cabezas airport (Nicaragua)
Puerto Cabezas airport is located near Puerto Cabezas, with Puerto Cabezas at 1mi↑, Costa Caribe Norte at 58mi↑, Waspam at 62mi↑, Iralaya at 67mi↑, Auka at 68mi↑, La Cruz de Rio Grande at 84mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Nicaragua and Southernmost airports in Nicaragua
→ See also airports in Nicaragua
aerial view of Puerto Cabezas airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : MNPC
- IATA code : PUZ
- Local code : -
Elevation : 16 m = 52ft
→ See also Highest airports in Nicaragua and Lowest airports in Nicaragua
Runways
- runway 09/27 : 2478m = 8130ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Nicaragua
Coming to Puerto Cabezas airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Puerto Cabezas airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Waspam airport at 62mi : book on Trip.com
- Rosita airport at 69mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Puerto Cabezas airport MNPC PUZ
METAR for Puerto Cabezas airport MNPC PUZ
MNPC 211800Z 09014KT 7000 BKN016 31/27 Q1011 HZ
Decoded METAR for Puerto Cabezas airport MNPC PUZ
METAR issued by MNPC on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 18:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 20 days and 493 hours and -28776 minutes ago.
visibility is 7km = 4mi.
The temperature is 31°C = 88°F, dew point is 27°C = 81°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 79 %.
QNH is 1011hPa = 29.85inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 90°.
Clouds : broken at 1600ft = 490m.
haze
TAF for Puerto Cabezas airport MNPC PUZ
MNPC 211500Z 2118/2218 07014KT 7000 HZ SCT016 TEMPO 2200/2206 34008KT 6000 VCRA/-DZ BKN016TCU BECMG 2208/2212 7000 HZ SCT016
Decoded TAF for Puerto Cabezas airport MNPC PUZ
TAF issued by MNPC on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 20 days and 16 hours and 24 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, November 21, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, November 22, 2025 à 08:00 heure UTC
2118/2218 07014KT 7000 HZ SCT016
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is 7km = 4mi.
haze
scattered clouds at 1600ft = 490m
temporarily from Friday, November 21, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Saturday, November 22, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2200/2206 34008KT 6000 VCRA/-DZ BKN016TCU
VCRA/-DZ
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 340°
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
broken at 1600ft = 490m
becoming from Saturday, November 22, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Saturday, November 22, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2208/2212 7000 HZ SCT016
Visibility is 7km = 4mi.
haze
scattered clouds at 1600ft = 490m
NOTAM for Puerto Cabezas airport
Around Puerto Cabezas airport (Nicaragua)
near
- Hotels in Puerto Cabezas
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 1858mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 1931mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 5080mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 5127mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 5127mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 5127mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 5128mi↑
- San Sebastian at 5128mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 5128mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 5143mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 5143mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 5144mi↑
- for Puerto Cabezas airport at 0mi↑
- for Waspam airport at 62mi↑
- for Alamicamba airport at 69mi↑
nearest airports to Puerto Cabezas airport (Nicaragua)
- Waspam airport (MNWP WSP ) at 62mi↑NOTAM
- Alamicamba airport (MNAL ) at 69mi↑NOTAM
- Auca airport (MHUC ) at 69mi↑NOTAM
- Rosita airport (MNRT RFS ) at 69mi↑NOTAM
- Tipimuratara airport (MHTI ) at 70mi↑NOTAM
- Raya airport (MHRY ) at 71mi↑NOTAM
- Macantaca airport (MNMA ) at 73mi↑defunct airport
- La Katabila airport (MHTB ) at 80mi↑NOTAM
- Karawala airport (MNKW ) at 81mi↑NOTAM
- San Pedro airport (MNBZ BZA ) at 83mi↑NOTAM
- Rus Rus II airport (MHRD ) at 83mi↑NOTAM
- Rus Rus I airport (MHRR ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
- Durzona airport (MHDU ) at 86mi↑NOTAM
- Puerto Lempira airport (MHPL PEU ) at 88mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Cauquira airport (MHCU CDD ) at 89mi↑NOTAM
- Yaxu airport (MHYX ) at 90mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Nicaragua
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
