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
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
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
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
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