The nearest airport is UPN - Uruapan Licenciado Y Gen Ignacio Lopez Rayon, located 85.7 km north west of El Salitre.
Other airports nearby include LZC - Lazard Cardenas Lazaro Cardenas (112.4 km south west), MLM - Morelia General Francisco J Mujica Intl (129.9 km north east), ZIH - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Intl (131.1 km south), ZMM - Zamora (159.5 km north west),