Mexicali International Airport

General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Mexicali General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada
Summary
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 / 32.63056; -115.24139Coordinates: 32°37′50″N 115°14′29″W / 32.63056°N 115.24139°W / 32.63056; -115.24139
Website Mexicali International Airport
Map
MXL
MXL
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10L/28R 2,600 8,530 Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Total Passengers 804,000
Ranking in Mexico 21st Increase 8
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 northern-most 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.

In 2016 the airport served 716,200 passengers, while in 2017 it served 804,000 passengers, an increase of 12.3%.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
Calafia Airlines Culiacán, La Paz
TAR Culiacán, Hermosillo
VivaAerobus Guadalajara, Monterrey
Volaris Culiacán, Guadalajara, León/El Bajío (begins November 21, 2018),[2] Mexico City, Monterrey, Morelia

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Mexicali International Airport (2017)[3]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City 189,360 Steady Aeroméxico, Volaris
2  Jalisco, Guadalajara 132,812 Steady VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Sinaloa, Culiacán 39,709 Increase 1 Calafia Airlines, TAR, Volaris
4  Nuevo León, Monterrey 9,398 VivaAerobus, Volaris
5  Sonora, Hermosillo 5,886 Decrease 2 TAR
6  Michoacán, Morelia 1,588 Volaris
7  Baja California, Tijuana 165 Decrease 2
8  Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 165 Decrease 1
9  México (state), Toluca 163
10  Baja California Sur, La Paz 121

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Traffic Report" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. January 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Volaris, the airline with the greatest connectivity in the Bajío" (in Spanish). Volaris. July 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Operational Statistics of Airports in the ASA Network" (in Spanish). Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. January 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.


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