Loma Bonita Air Force Station
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Airport typeMilitary
OperatorSecretariat of National Defense
ServesLoma Bonita, Oaxaca
LocationLoma Bonita Municipality
Loma Bonita Air Force Station Estación Aérea Militar No. 8 de Loma Bonita | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Secretariat of National Defense | ||||||||||
| Serves | Loma Bonita, Oaxaca | ||||||||||
| Location | Loma Bonita Municipality | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 90 ft / 30 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°01′24″N 095°51′13″W / 18.02333°N 95.85361°W | ||||||||||
| Website | https://www.gob.mx/defensa/acciones-y-programas/bases-aereas | ||||||||||
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  LMB Location of the airport in Oaxaca  LMB LMB (Mexico) | |||||||||||
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| SEDENA[1] DOF[2] | |||||||||||
Loma Bonita 8th Air Force Station (ICAO: MX67, AFAC: LMB) is a small military airfield located in the municipality of Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, 13 km south of the city of the same name. The military field where the airfield is located is the permanent headquarters of the 6th Motorized Cavalry Regiment "Centinelas del Papaloapan". Being an air station, it does not permanently house FAM air squadrons, but it is occasionally used by them. The airfield has an aviation platform of 8,100 square meters. The runway measures 1,400 m long and 28 m wide and has an orientation 18/36.[3][4]