Hermosillo International Airport
Hermosillo International Airport (IATA: HMO, ICAO: MMHO), also known by its ceremonial name, General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio L. Pesqueira), is an international airport located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The airport handles several domestic flights and as well a flight to the U.S. city of Phoenix.
General Ignacio Pesqueira García International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio Pesqueira García | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | ||||||||||||||
Location | Hermosillo, Sonora | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Aéreo Servicio Guerrero | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 627 ft / 191 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°05′45″N 111°02′52″W | ||||||||||||||
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HMO Location of airport in Mexico | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico |
Information
The facility is composed of one main runway (5/23), taxiways, hangars, and a commercial terminal which has capacity for 9 or more aircraft.
The airport normally serves as the primary alternate airport for flights headed to Tijuana International Airport, therefore, it is not unusual to see planes otherwise headed to Tijuana being diverted to Hermosillo (or vice versa) due to unfavorable weather at Tijuana or other technical problems. The airport's runways and taxiways were recently widened during the early 2000s so as to handle heavy aircraft that may divert to Hermosillo. Aeroméxico has had to divert its Boeing 787 to Hermosillo on several occasions.
The airport is also a military base, denominated BAM-18, handling Mexican Air Force's flights.
The airport is named after Ignacio Pesqueira, a general who helped the Mexican army resist the French during the 19th century invasion.
It handled 1,708,963 passengers in 2018, and 1,840,477 passengers in 2019.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aeroméxico | Mexico City |
Aeroméxico Connect | Monterrey |
Aéreo Servicio Guerrero | Guaymas, Guerrero Negro, Nogales, Puerto Peñasco |
American Eagle | Phoenix–Sky Harbor |
Calafia Airlines | Ciudad Obregón, Guaymas, Guerrero Negro, La Paz |
Interjet | Mexico City (suspended)[2] |
TAR | Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, La Paz (resumes August 17, 2020),[3] Mazatlán, Mexicali, Querétaro |
VivaAerobus | Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey Seasonal: San José del Cabo |
Volaris | Chihuahua (suspended),[4] Ciudad Juárez (suspended),[4] Guadalajara, León/El Bajío (suspended),[4] Mérida (suspended),[4] Mexicali (suspended),[4] Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta (suspended),[4] Tijuana Seasonal: Phoenix–Sky Harbor |
Cargo
Airlines | Destinations |
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Ameriflight | El Paso, Phoenix–Sky Harbor |
DHL Aviation | Phoenix–Sky Harbor |
Estafeta | Mexico City, San Luis Potosi, Tijuana |
TUM AeroCarga | Guadalajara, Tijuana, Toluca |
Busiest Routes
Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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1 | 410,210 | Aeroméxico, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris | ||
2 | 193,501 | VivaAerobus, Volaris | ||
3 | 99,127 | Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus | ||
4 | 85,448 | Volaris | ||
5 | 21,272 | TAR, Volaris | ||
6 | 19,582 | TAR, Volaris | ||
7 | 12,960 | Volaris | ||
8 | 10,543 | Calafia Airlines | ||
9 | 9,410 | TAR | ||
10 | 8,555 | TAR |
References
- "Traffic Report". Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. December 2019. Retrieved Jan 30, 2020.
- "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- "La Paz will have new national air routes". El Sudcaliforniano (in Spanish). August 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- "Routes that we are operating". Volaris. June 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
External links
- Hermosillo International Airport
- Airport information for MMHO at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.