Mexicali International Airport

General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (IATA: MXL, ICAO: MMML) Is an international airport located outside Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. It is the northern-most airport in Mexico. It is named after Mexican military officer, politician and former Governor of Baja California Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada.

Mexicali International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Mexicali
Summary
Airport typePublic, Military
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
ServesMexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Elevation AMSL23 m / 75 ft
Coordinates32°37′50″N 115°14′29″W
WebsiteMexicali International Airport
Map
MXL
MXL
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,600 8,530 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Total Passengers1,191,920
Ranking in Mexico18th 1
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Information

The General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport is located 20 kilometres east of the City of Mexicali. The airport is 535 hectares in area, with an asphalt runway 2600 metres long and 45 metres wide, designed to handle aircraft such as the Boeing 737, Boeing 757 and Airbus A320. It has two taxiways, 385 and 460 metres long by 23 metres wide.

The airport has two aprons, one for commercial aviation, made of hydraulic concrete with three parking positions; and another for general aviation, made of asphalt, with 24 parking positions and three helipads. It also has a building for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, a machinery room, visual aids, control tower, three hangars and a water treatment plant.

Thanks to the opening of new routes during 2018, the airport experienced in that year the highest growth percentage in the country. In 2019, it handled 1,191,920 passengers.[1]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Calafia Airlines Culiacán, La Paz
TAR Culiacán, Hermosillo
VivaAerobus Guadalajara, Monterrey
Volaris Chihuahua (suspended),[2] Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo (suspended),[2] León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Monterrey (suspended),[2] Morelia (suspended)[2]

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Mexicali International Airport (2019)[3]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Mexico City, Mexico City 224,752 1 Aeroméxico, Volaris
2  Jalisco, Guadalajara 216,070 1 VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Sinaloa, Culiacán 57,416 Calafia Airlines, TAR, Volaris
4  Nuevo León, Monterrey 39,115 VivaAerobus, Volaris
5  Guanajuato, León 14,897 2 Volaris
6  Sonora, Hermosillo 7,925 TAR
7  Chihuahua, Chihuahua 7,591 Volaris
8  Michoacán, Morelia 6,646 3 Volaris
9  Baja California Sur, La Paz 1,227 Calafia Airlines
10  Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 100 1
  • Front side of Main Terminal.
  • General Aviation Terminal and Airport Commander's Office.
  • Control tower.
  • Airport's gate.

See also

References
  1. "Traffic Report". Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. "Routes that we are operating". Volaris. June 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.



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