The nearest airport is UPN - Uruapan Licenciado Y Gen Ignacio Lopez Rayon, located 89.8 km north west of El Varal.
Other airports nearby include LZC - Lazard Cardenas Lazaro Cardenas (111.8 km south west), ZIH - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Intl (127.9 km south), MLM - Morelia General Francisco J Mujica Intl (131.7 km north east), ZMM - Zamora (163.5 km north west),