Culiacán International Airport

Bachigualato Federal International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Federal de Bachigualato, IATA: CUL, ICAO: MMCL), commonly named Culiacán International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán), is an international airport located at Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Culiacán.

Culiacán International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
ServesCuliacán and Navolato
LocationBachigualato, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Elevation AMSL108 ft / 33 m
Coordinates24°45′52″N 107°28′28″W
WebsiteOfficial website
Map
CUL
CUL
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,300 7,546 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Total Passengers2,458,863
Ranking in Mexico10th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

The airport is among the Top 10 busiest airports in Mexico, and the busiest in domestic traffic and second busiest for international operations in the state of Sinaloa. It is currently handled by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, having undergone major construction consisting of a new terminal layout and a new boarding system. It has two jetways.

In 2019, Culiacán airport moved 2,458,863 passengers, an increase of 8.28% from previous year.[1]

Bachigualato Federal International Airport is named after the neighborhood of Bachigualato, where the airport is located.

In favorable weather, flights from the Baja California peninsula and north arrive to runway 02, and flights from the rest of the country to runway 20.

The state executive announced plans to expand the airport and the construction of a second runway to support Boeing 777 landings.

Facilities
Airport's new façade.
Airport's ticket counters.
Culiacán Airport Terminal map.
Airport's main corridor.
Culiacán International Airport.
Jetway.
  • Number of gates: 5
  • Contact positions: 5
  • Remote positions: 3
  • Number of jetways: 2
  • Number of halls: 2 (Domestic & International)
  • Number of baggage claiming carousels: 4 (Domestic & International gates)
  • Food court and bar (Upper Level)
  • Check-in area: (Boarding area & Ticket sales)
  • Customs (Arrivals area)
  • Taxi & car rentals (Main road & Domestic arrivals area)
  • Duty Free (Floor Level & Upper Lever)
  • Hotel service (offices):
    • Lucerna Hotel
    • Fideicomiso
  • Parking area
  • Aeroméxico offices (Floor Level & Country Courts)
  • Interjet offices (Floor Level)
  • VivaAerobus offices (Floor Level)
  • Volaris offices (Floor Level)

Terminals

The CIA (Culiacán International Airport) has two terminals.

Main Terminal

The Main Terminal is used for all commercial flights, domestic and international. It has two jetways and 3 remote positions.

Terminal expansion

From February to November 2012, the airport began the work of expansion to the terminal building. The work consists of improve the operation, the airport functionality and the passenger comfort, with an expansion of 3,000m², including: the new terminal lobby and the growth in outpatient, remodeling of 2,500m² for passengers, reconfiguration of check-in point on upper level with 3 simultaneous check-in lines, the construction of a vertical circulation core in the front façade including a panoramic elevator, the growth of the waiting lounge area, the shopping area redesign and a projection of an image of modernity in its façade and inside it.

General Aviation Terminal

The General Aviation Terminal (also known as the Private Aviation Terminal) is located next to the Main Terminal. The Terminal is used for private planes, and helicopters.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
Aero Pacífico San José del Cabo
Calafia Airlines Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, Mexicali, Monterrey
Interjet Mexico City (suspended)[2]
TAR Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Hermosillo, Mexicali
VivaAerobus Guadalajara, La Paz, Mexico City, Monterrey, San José del Cabo, Tijuana
Seasonal: Cancún (begins July 11, 2020), Chihuahua
Volaris Ciudad Juárez (suspended),[3] Guadalajara, Mexicali (suspended),[3] Mexico City, Phoenix–Sky Harbor (suspended),[3] San José del Cabo (suspended),[3] Tijuana

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Estafeta San Luis Potosí, Tijuana

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Culiacán International Airport (2019)[4]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Baja California, Tijuana 459,453 Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Mexico City, Mexico City 339,341 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Jalisco, Guadalajara 168,232 VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Nuevo León, Monterrey 69,576 Calafia Airlines, VivaAerobus
5  Baja California, Mexicali 61,298 Calafia Airlines, TAR, Volaris
6  Baja California Sur, Los Cabos 55,325 Aero Pacífico, VivaAerobus, Volaris
7  Baja California Sur, La Paz 35,826 Calafia Airlines, VivaAerobus
8  Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez 16,275 2 TAR, Volaris
9  Sonora, Hermosillo 9,465 1 TAR
10  Chihuahua, Chihuahua 8,091 1 TAR, VivaAerobus

Accidents and incidents
  • On July 5, 2007, a twin-engine Sabreliner cargo jet failed to take off from the airport due to a loss of control resulting from a tire blowout and slid off the runway onto a highway. Three people died on board the plane and six on the ground; five more were injured.[5]
  • On April 24, 2012, a Cessna 182 registered XBMPN for private use crashed in the airport few seconds after took off. The plane was heading to Chihuahua Airport and at the time of the crash was only manned by the pilot of the aircraft who resulted with only minor injuries. The aircraft remained in some trees at the end of the runway, still on airport property.[6]

See also

References
  1. "OMA's Monthly Traffic Report". Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. Retrieved Jan 30, 2020.
  2. "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  3. "Routes that we are operating". Volaris. June 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. December 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  5. "Plane crashes in Sinaloa, 9 dead (in Spanish)". La Jornada. July 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  6. "Plane plummets in Culiacán Airport (in Spanish)". Linea Directa Portal. April 2012. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
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