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Cabo San Lucas International Airport (MMSL) is a privately owned international airport serving the town of Cabo San Lucas at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. It is a secondary field to the much larger Los Cabos International Airport further north, and caters mainly to general and executive aviation, air taxi operators and flight training rather than scheduled airline traffic.
Cabo San Lucas International Airport, known locally as Aeropuerto Internacional de Cabo San Lucas, lies close to the resort town of Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur. It is notable as the only privately owned international airport in Mexico, and it functions as a secondary gateway to the Los Cabos region, focused on general and executive aviation, air taxi services and flight training rather than the large-scale airline operations handled at the region's main airport. For a visiting VFR pilot it offers a compact, single-runway field with a control tower, making it a manageable and interesting destination away from the busier commercial hub to the north.
The airport sits in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, on the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, close to the coast near the town itself. It serves as the smaller of two airports in the Los Cabos region, with the much larger Los Cabos International Airport (MMSD/SJD) situated to the north; Wikipedia places that separation at roughly 32 kilometres (20 miles). According to the airport's own operator information, the field is only about ten minutes from downtown Cabo San Lucas.
The airport has a single physical runway, 11/29, with a hard surface and a length of 6,851 feet. There is no ILS. Field elevation is 650 feet.
Cabo San Lucas Tower operates on 118.75 MHz, and UNICOM is available on 122.8 MHz. The airport's own operational information also describes IFR VOR/DME and NDB approach and departure procedures, published on Jeppesen plates, supporting instrument arrivals and departures alongside the control tower service.
Cabo San Lucas International Airport developed as a secondary airfield to the Los Cabos region, distinct from the larger Los Cabos International Airport that serves as the area's principal gateway. It is the only privately owned international airport in Mexico, and its role has centred on regional flights within western Mexico together with charter and commercial services to the United States, rather than the scheduled international airline traffic handled further north. The airport also supports general and executive aviation, air taxi operations and flight training, and it handled 51,201 passengers in 2025.
Today the airport continues to focus on general and executive aviation, air taxi services and flight training, complementing the airline-dominated operation at Los Cabos International Airport. It operates with a staffed control tower and supports instrument approaches via VOR/DME and NDB procedures with published Jeppesen plates, in addition to visual operations.