Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport

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Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
IATA: GDL – ICAO: MMGL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico
Serves		Guadalajara, Jalisco
Location		Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco
Hub for		Mexicana MexicanaLink Aeromexico Connect
Elevation AMSL		1,529 m / 5,016 ft
Coordinates		20°31′18″N 103°18′40″W / 20.52167°N 103.31111°W / 20.52167; -103.31111
Website		www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	4,000	13,123	Asphalt
02/20	1,818	5,964	Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
7,193,200

Guadalajara International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara), also known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (IATA: GDL, ICAO: MMGL). It opened in 1966 and is located 16 km from the city centre. In 2008, the airport handled 7,193,200 passengers, representing a 1.9% decrease from 2007.^[1]. It is Mexico's third busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport and Cancún International Airport.

Guadalajara's International Airport is composed of two runways and two terminals. It is also a major airport for connections, being a hub for Mexicana, Aeroméxico Connect, MexicanaLink, and a secondary hub for Aeroméxico. Flights are offered to several destinations within Mexico, Central America, and the United States.

The airport is named for Miguel Hidalgo, who began the war that brought Mexican independence from Spain. He has been called the "father of Mexican independence".

The airport is part of the Spanish holding group Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which also controls airports at Tijuana, Hermosillo, Leon, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz, Los Mochis, Morelia, Mexicali, Aguascalientes and Manzanillo. The airport is being renovated and expanded under a project that will allow it to double its operating capacity by 2007. This renovation includes a new Terminal 1 concourse and four additional taxiways. The new Terminal 2 was recently inaugurated, this facility is exclusive for express or regional flights, trying to serve as a relief for the already saturated Terminal 1. As of today, the airport has a desperate need for a new terminal, since during peak-hours, all of the contact positions in Terminal 1 get crowded, and the remote ones have to be used. Generally speaking, there is a 30% chance that an aircraft gets a contact parking position at Guadalajara.

Contents 1 Terminals, airlines and destinations 1.1 Cargo airlines 2 Traffic Statistics 3 Accidents and incidents 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Terminals, airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal/Concourse
Aeroméxico	Chicago-O'Hare, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Ontario, Tijuana	1 A & C
Aeroméxico Connect	Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Torreón/Gómez Palacio, Veracruz, Villahermosa	2
Alaska Airlines	Los Angeles	1 A
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth	1 A
American Eagle	Dallas/Fort Worth	1 A
Continental Airlines	Houston-Intercontinental	1 A
Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines	Houston-Intercontinental	1 A
Copa Airlines	Panama City	1 A
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City [seasonal]	1 A
Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America	Atlanta [seasonal], Salt Lake City [seasonal]	1 A
Interjet	Cancún [resumes December 19], Mexico City, Monterrey, San José del Cabo, Tijuana, Toluca	1 C
Magnicharters	Cancún	1 C
Mexicana	Chicago-O'Hare, Fresno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, New York-JFK, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Tijuana	1 A & C
MexicanaClick	Mexico City, San José del Cabo	1 C
MexicanaLink	Acapulco, Chihuahua, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, San José del Cabo, Tijuana, Torreón/Gómez Palacio, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa	2
US Airways	Phoenix	1
US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines	Phoenix	1
Viva Aerobus	Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, La Paz, Los Mochis, Hermosillo, Monterrey, San José del Cabo, Veracruz	2
Volaris	Cancún, Culiacán, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Angeles, Mexicali, Oakland, Tijuana, Toluca	1 A & C

[edit] Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
ABX Air	Los Angeles
Aerounion - Aerotransporte de Carga Union	Chicago O-Hare, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tamarindo
Air France Cargo	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
BAX Global
Capital Cargo International Airlines	Los Angeles, Toledo
DHL
FedEx Express	Los Angeles, Memphis
LAN Cargo	Campinas, Santiago de Chile
Lufthansa Cargo	Dakar, Frankfurt
MasAir	Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami
Nippon Cargo Airlines	Los Angeles, Tokyo-Narita
UPS Airlines	Los Angeles, Ontario

[edit] Traffic Statistics

Busiest International Routes out of Guadalajara International Airport (January to May 2009) ^[2]

Rank	City	Passengers
1	Los Angeles, California	128,071
2	Houston, Texas	39,832
3	Phoenix, Arizona	29,425
4	Chicago, Illinois	28,242
5	Dallas, Texas	18,180
6	San Jose, California	18,109
7	Fresno, California	15,723
8	Atlanta, Georgia	15,306
9	San Francisco, California	15,065
10	Ontario, California	13,745

Busiest Domestic Routes out of Guadalajara International Airport (January to May 2009) ^[3]

Rank	City	Passengers
1	Mexico City, D.F.	367,678
2	Tijuana, Baja California	180,070
3	Monterrey, Nuevo León	90,356
4	Toluca, Estado de México	48,610
5	Mexicali, Baja California	35,605
6	Culiacán, Sinaloa	26,715
7	Cancún, Quintana Roo	26,616
8	Hermosillo, Sonora	26,529
9	San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur	26,046
10	Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco	22,786

[edit] Accidents and incidents

• Aeroméxico Flight 498: On August 31, 1986 an Aeroméxico DC-9 that originated from Mexico City and stopped at Guadalajara and other Mexican destinations collided with a private aircraft while attempting to land at Los Angeles International Airport.

[edit] See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

[edit] References

1. ^ Passenger Statistics for 2008 http://www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/assets/files/reportes/reportes_de_trafico/2008/Reporte%20trafico%20GAP%20Dic%2008.pdf
2. ^ http://dgac.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=467
3. ^ http://dgac.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=467

[edit] External links

• Guadalajara International Airport
• Grupo Aeroportuario del Pácifico
• AeropuertosMexico.com (in English)
• The Airport Guide: Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Intl (GDL/MMGL)
• Airport information for MMGL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• FlightAware U.S. airport activity to/from: Don Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Int'l (MMGL)
• A-Z World Airports: Don Miguel Hidalgo Airport (GDL/MMGL)