Bajío International Airport
Guanajuato International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional del Bajío | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | ||||||||||
| Serves | The State of Guanajuato including León's metropolitan area | ||||||||||
| Location | Silao, Guanajuato | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,956 ft / 1,815 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°59′36″N 101°28′51″W / 20.99333°N 101.48083°W | ||||||||||
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  BJX Location of airport in Mexico | |||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | |||||||||||
Bajío International Airport, officially known as Aeropuerto Internacional de Guanajuato (Guanajuato International Airport) (IATA: BJX, ICAO: MMLO) is an international airport located in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic of the area that includes the city of León and the state capital, Guanajuato. Guanajuato International Airport is an important connecting point for some flights from Mexico City to the United States. The general director announced plans to build a cargo terminal and to construct of a second runway. The facility replaced the San Carlos Airport which is now part of the urban center of León. In late 2015, work began on the construction of a parallel taxiway that would run the length of the runway. In August 2016, the airport opened its first and only VIP lounge, while in January 2017, work began on the modernization of the entire terminal, including expansion of the departures level as well as relocation of the customs and immigration checkpoint. Work was completed in mid 2018.
It is one of the ten busiest airports in Mexico; it handled 2,746,824 passengers in 2019, an increase of 18.21% from previous year.[1]
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroméxico | Seasonal: Mexico City |
| Aeroméxico Connect | Detroit (resumes September 1, 2020),[2] Los Angeles, Mexico City, Monterrey (suspended)[2] Seasonal: Tijuana |
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| American Eagle | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Interjet | Mexico City (suspended)[3] |
| Magnicharters | Cancún |
| United Airlines | Houston–Intercontinental |
| VivaAerobus | Cancún, Ciudad Juárez, Monterrey, Tijuana Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare |
| Volaris | Cancún, Chicago–Midway, Chicago–O'Hare, Ciudad Juárez (suspended),[4] Dallas/Fort Worth (suspended),[4] Fresno (suspended),[4] Hermosillo, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mérida (suspended),[4] Mexicali, Mexico City (suspended),[4] Oakland, Puerto Vallarta, Sacramento, San Jose (CA), San José del Cabo, Tijuana |
Statistics
Top destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Baja California, Tijuana
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317,573 | 
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Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 2 |  Mexico City, Mexico City
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265,596 |
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Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris |
| 3 |  Quintana Roo, Cancún
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172,520 |
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Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 4 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey
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141,634 |
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Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus |
| 5 |  Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez
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70,096 |
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VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 6 |  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta
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34,753 |
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Volaris |
| 7 |  Baja California Sur, San José del Cabo
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26,994 |
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Volaris |
| 8 | Baja California, Mexicali
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15,666 |
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Volaris |
| 9 |  Yucatán, Mérida
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14,551 |
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Volaris |
| 10 | Jalisco, Guadalajara
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223 |  3
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| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  United States, Houston
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72,413 | 1
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United Airlines |
| 2 | United States, Los Angeles
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60,954 |  1
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Aeromexico Connect, Volaris |
| 3 | United States, Dallas
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48,475 |
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American Eagle |
| 4 | United States, Chicago (Midway and O'Hare)[Note 1]
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44,259 | 1
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VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 5 | United States, Oakland
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22,233 | 1
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Volaris |
| 6 | United States, Atlanta
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18,573 | 2
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Aeroméxico Connect |
| 7 | United States, Detroit
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16,268 |
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Aeroméxico Connect |
| 8 | United States, Sacramento
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14,133 | 2
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Volaris |
| 9 | United States, San Jose
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13,944 | 1
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Volaris |
| 10 | United States, Fresno
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1,684 | Volaris |
- Notes
- ^ The official statistics include both Midway and O'Hare airports.
Services
Hotels
Car Rental
- Veico Car Rental Low Cost Car Rental
See also
References
- ^ "GAP Traffic Report". Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ a b "Safety Precautions: COVID-19". Aeroméxico. July 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Routes that we are operating". Volaris. June 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
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