As United’s Latin American hub, Houston serves a lot of out-of-the-way destinations south of the border, both with mainline aircraft and with regional jets. One such destination is Puerto Escondido on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
Server: Solo
Airline: United Express (Operated by Mesa Airlines)
Aircraft: Embraer E175
Origin: George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas (IAH)
Destination: Puerto Escondido International Airport, Puerto Escondido, Mexico (PXM)
Flight Number: UA6318
Route: KIAH-MMPS
Seat: 4A (Domestic First)
Time En Route: 2 Hours 41 Minutes
Boarding on a hot day in Houston
Seated in Domestic First
Flaps down and ready to taxi by the parking garage
Looking down at the Landmark Aviation FBO as we depart Houston
Crossing the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico
In cruise near Tampico, Mexico
Descending over the mountains of the Costa Region
Landing in coastal Oaxaca
Turned around at the end of the runway to backtaxi to our gate
Disembarked via airstair in Puerto Escondido
is a wonderful place to fly out/in ! Wonderful job
