Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport

Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas
Serves Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Location Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico
Elevation AMSL 457 m / 1,499 ft
Coordinates 16°33′49″N 093°01′21″W / 16.56361°N 93.02250°W / 16.56361; -93.02250Coordinates: 16°33′49″N 093°01′21″W / 16.56361°N 93.02250°W / 16.56361; -93.02250
Map
TGZ
TGZ
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,500 8,202 Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft Operations 20,151
Passengers 1,342,345
Ranking in Mexico 14th Steady

Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (IATA: TGZ, ICAO: MMTG) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo), also known as Tuxtla Gutierrez International Airport, is an international airport serving the Mexican municipality of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. It handles air traffic for the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez and central Chiapas, including the popular tourist destination of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

It was inaugurated by President Vicente Fox and by the State's Governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía on June 27, 2006,[2] replacing the Francisco Sarabia National Airport. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas, a government-owned corporation.

The airport has capacity to handle 350 daily operations and 850,000 passengers per year,[2] it comprises a concrete runway, a parallel taxiway, several hangars, a commercial aviation apron, a general aviation apron, a military base, and a state-of-the-art commercial terminal equipped with six glass jetways, two of which are capable of handling medium-large airliners such as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330. To improve the airport's capacity, the check-in and boarding gates areas will be expanded in 2017 to accommodate up to 140,000 passengers per month.[3]

According to official statistics provided by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, in 2017 the airport handled 1,342,345 passengers, an increase of 5.47% from 2016. It is among the fastest growing airports in Mexico, the busiest in the Southwestern region and the 14th in the country.[1] The airport reached the million-passenger milestone for the first time on November 28, 2015.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Destinations by airlines
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Seasonal: Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
Calafia Airlines Cancún, Guadalajara, Palenque, Puebla
Interjet Mexico City
Magni Seasonal: Monterrey
VivaAerobus Cancún, Guadalajara, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey
Seasonal: Puebla (begins December 13, 2018)[5]
Volaris Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Tijuana (resumes October 17, 2018)[6]
Total: 8 national destinations, 7 national airlines

Traffic statistics

Operations, Passengers and Cargo at Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport
YearPassenger TrafficCargo Traffic (Tons)Aircraft Operations
2006334,1815717,649
2007704,9031,31213,756
2008788,4861,09915,862
2009663,4791,00112,832
2010650,0531,08112,367
2011803,6111,04614,182
2012786,8291,28415,674
2013855,07390115,930
2014928,2431,16417,980
20151,121,3321,13218,067
20161,272,6891,23619,325
2017 1,342,3451,346 20,151
2018
(jan-aug)		910,24180311,385
An Interjet A320 on the tarmac.
An OCC bus at the airport.
Last waiting hall at the Airport.
Inside of the Airport.

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport (2017)[7]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City 460,642 Steady Aeromar, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Quintana Roo, Cancún 61,078 Increase 1 VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Nuevo León, Monterrey 56,744 Decrease 1 VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Jalisco, Guadalajara 56,217 Steady TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
5  Yucatán, Mérida 13,746 Steady Aeromar, TAR
6  México (state), Toluca 5,373 Steady TAR
7  Oaxaca, Oaxaca 5,281 Steady Aeromar, TAR
8  Tabasco, Villahermosa 527 Increase 1 Aeromar, TAR
9  Veracruz, Veracruz 189 Increase 1
10  Chiapas, Tapachula 164

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Traffic Statistics by Airline". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Tuxtla Gutierrez International Airport" (Web). Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Un vistazo al proyecto de ampliación del Aeropuerto Internacional 'Ángel Albino Corzo' (in Spanish)" (Web). Tinta Fresca. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tuxtla Gutierrez airport reaches a million passengers (in Spanish)" (Web). Grupo En Concreto. November 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  5. ↑ "Viva Aerobus launches four new routes" (in Spanish). EnElAire. September 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Departure flight - Tuxtla Gutierrez/Tijuana" (Web). Volaris. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Operational Statistics of Airports in the ASA Network" (in Spanish). Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. January 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.


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