(Excerpt from Mexico IFIM, April 1999)

To enter Mexican territory, foreign civil aircraft destined exclusively for private use must fulfill the following requirements and be in accordance with Circular TAI-FAL Number 1, dated April 20,1990:

a. Jet or turbine aircraft must use, for the entry and departure of Mexico, any of the following airports:

Acapulco, GRO; Aguascalientes, AGS; Cancun, QR; Campeche, CAMP; Cozumel, QR; Ciudad Acuña, COAH; Ciudad Juarez, CHIH; Bahias de Huatulco, OAX; Guadalajara, JAL; Chihuahua, CHIH; Chetumal, QR; Culiacan, SIN; Hermosillo, SON; Guaymas, SON; La Paz, BCS; Leon, GTO; Manzanillo, COL; Matamoros, TAMPS; Mazatlan, SIN; Mexicali, BCN; Mexico City; Merida, YUC; Aeropuerto del Norte, Monterrey, NL; Aeropuerto Mariano Escobedo, Monterrey, NL; Loreto, BCS; Nogales, SON; Nuevo Laredo, TAMPS; Piedras Negras, COAH; Puerto Vallarta, JAL; San Jose del Cabo, BCS; Tampico, TAMPS; Tapachula, CHIS; Reynosa, TAMPS; Saltillo, COAH; San Felipe, BCN; Tijuana, BCN; Toluca, EDO MEX; Torreon, COAH; Veracruz, VER; Villahermosa, TAB; and Zihuatanejo, GRO.

b. Single-engine or twin-engine aircraft can use (for entry or departure from Mexico one of the following international airports only:)

Northern zone (for flights to or from the northern border of Mexico): Tijuana, BCN; Mexicali, BCN; Nogales, SON; Hermosillo, SON; Ciudad Juarez, CHIH; Ciudad Acuña, COAH; Piedras Negras, COAH; Nuevo Laredo, TAMPS; Reynosa, TAMPS; Matamoros, TAMPS; Ensenada, BCN; San Jose del Cabo, BCS; San Felipe, BCN; Loreto, BCS; Aeropuerto del Norte, Monterrey, NL; Aeropuerto Mariano Escobedo, Monterrey, NL; Chihuahua, CHIH; and Guaymas, SON.

South /Southeastern Zones (for flights to or from the south/southeastern borders of Mexico): Bahias de Huatulco, OAX; Tapachula, CHIS; Chetumal, QR; Cozumel, QR; Cancun, QR; Merida, YUC; and Campeche, CAMP.