The nearest airport is UPN - Uruapan Licenciado Y Gen Ignacio Lopez Rayon, located 52.1 km north east of El Varal.
Other airports nearby include LZC - Lazard Cardenas Lazaro Cardenas (109.8 km south), ZMM - Zamora (116.6 km north), CLQ - Colima (138.9 km west), MLM - Morelia General Francisco J Mujica Intl (163.4 km north east),