Mexicali International Airport
Mexicali International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Mexicali | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public, Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 23 m / 75 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°37′50″N 115°14′29″W / 32.63056°N 115.24139°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Mexicali International Airport | ||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | |||||||||||
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 northernmost airport in Mexico. It is named after Mexican military officer, politician and former Governor of Baja California Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada.
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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroméxico | Mexico City |
| Calafia Airlines | Culiacán, La Paz |
| TAR | Culiacán, Hermosillo |
| VivaAerobus | Guadalajara, Monterrey[2] |
| Volaris | Chihuahua (suspended),[3] Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo (suspended),[3] León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Monterrey (suspended),[3] Morelia |
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara
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224,752 |  1
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VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 2 |  Mexico City, Mexico City
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216,070 |  1
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Aeroméxico, Volaris |
| 3 |  Sinaloa, Culiacán
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57,416 | 
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Calafia Airlines, TAR, Volaris |
| 4 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey
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39,115 |
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Volaris |
| 5 |  Guanajuato, León
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14,897 | 2
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Volaris |
| 6 |  Sonora, Hermosillo
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7,925 |
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TAR |
| 7 |  Chihuahua, Chihuahua
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7,591 | Volaris | |
| 8 |  Michoacán, Morelia
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6,646 | 3
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Volaris |
| 9 |  Baja California Sur, La Paz
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1,227 | Calafia Airlines | |
| 10 | Sonora, Ciudad Obregón
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100 | 1
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Gallery
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Front side of Main Terminal. -
General Aviation Terminal and Airport Commander's Office. -
Control tower. -
Airport's gate.
See also
- List of the busiest airports in Mexico
- 2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment, involving a Boeing 727 that took off from General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport, to be deliberately crashed for the purpose of making a television show.
References
- ^ "Traffic Report". Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico on Twitter: "Nuestro... Date: December 4, 2020. Twitter. (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c "We are ready to fly with you". Volaris. November 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
External links
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