AviatDataCoronel Carlos Concha Torres Airport ESM / SETN
Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas · Ecuador · Direccion General de Aviacion Civil (DGAC)
2kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATASETN / ESM
OperatorDireccion General de Aviacion Civil (DGAC)
Coordinates0.9778°N, 79.6267°W
Elevation33 ft · 10 m
Time zoneECT (UTC-5, no DST)
Passengers / yr2,126 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceSETN — AIP Ecuador / DGAC
Operating hoursATS operates HJ (daylight hours per AIP GEN 2.7 tables) only, no scheduled night ops; no published PPR. Administrative office Mon-Fri 0800-1630 local. The weekend Aeroregional international leg to Cali is cleared via flight-specific customs/immigration dispatch rather than a permanent staffed post.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal, opened January 2014 after a 17-month, $45M+ renovation; rated for about 275 passengers simultaneously and roughly 250,000 passengers/year design capacity; apron parking with stairs, no jet bridges
Runways (1)
- 01/19 · 2,552 m / 8,373 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt (flexible pavement, PCN 52/F/D/W/T) · ILS ILS CAT I (LOC/GP/DME) on RWY 19; PAPI 3 deg on RWY 19 only (not RWY 01); VOR/DME ESV 115.7 MHz collocated at the field
Small Pacific-coast regional airport for Esmeraldas Province, historically served by TAME until 2020 and now by Aeroregional, whose weekend Quito-Esmeraldas-Cali-Esmeraldas-Quito rotation is the field's only current international service; annual traffic (about 2,100 passengers in 2024) remains far below pre-pandemic levels of roughly 22,700 in 2018 and 20,000 in 2019, after several years of near-dormant scheduled service.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
On request
Ramp handling
Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) del Ecuador
DGAC is the confirmed operator/administrator of the airport, and since ESM currently has no scheduled commercial service (regular carriers, including Aeroregional and TAME, ended years ago; 2022-2024 traffic was under 2,200 pax/year, consistent with irregular/charter movements only), any ramp coordination for the military, medevac, search-and-rescue, charter and general-aviation traffic that does use the field would fall to airport staff on an ad hoc basis. This is a reasonable inference from DGAC's direct administration of the field rather than a documented, named ground-handling service line.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
Jet fuel (Jet A / A-1)Avgas (100LL / UL94)
Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) del Ecuador
DGAC administers Esmeraldas/Tachina airport directly and the field hosts general aviation, military, medevac and flight-school traffic (West Pacific flight school), which implies some on-site aviation-fuel capability, but no fuel grade (Jet A-1 vs avgas), supplier brand, or continuity of supply could be independently verified across multiple source checks. The draft's claims of a DGAC "Ecuafuel" fuel division, a March-2026 refinery-fire disruption, a 100%-nationwide-restoration announcement, and a 2022 contract lapse could not be corroborated by any source found and appear to be fabricated detail; they have been removed rather than repeated as fact.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Available
Passenger & baggage screening
Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) del Ecuador
DGAC operates Esmeraldas/Tachina airport directly, and airport security screening is a standard in-house DGAC function at the fields it administers nationwide. Confirmed at the level of DGAC-as-operator; a field-specific published service listing and the specific hours in the draft (07:30-17:30) could not be independently located and are not repeated here.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
Flight planning & weatherCharter
Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) del Ecuador
DGAC operates air traffic control at the field — a new ATC tower was built as part of the airport's 2014 terminal/runway upgrade — and, as sole administering authority, also runs meteorology briefing and an operations desk in-house, serving as the de facto flight-support point for GA, charter, medevac and military users. Specific published operating hours for these functions could not be independently confirmed.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed