Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport

Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (sometimes abbreviated as Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport) (IATA: PVR, ICAO: MMPR) is an international airport located at Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco in Mexico. The airport is named after President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964–70). Airport had a total of 4,931,026 passengers during 2019.[1]

Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Vallarta Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
ServesPuerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit
LocationPuerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Focus city for
  • TAR Aerolineas
Elevation AMSL23 ft / 7 m
Coordinates20°40′48″N 105°15′15″W
Websiteaeropuertosgap.com.mx
Map
PVR
Location of airport in Mexico
PVR
PVR (Jalisco)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 10,171 3,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Total passengers4,931,026
Ranking in Mexico7th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Airport statistics

Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport is mainly a tourist airport, with most passengers visiting the airport in the winter, spring and early summer, just before the rainy season hits the area. The airport serves multiple destinations in North America, and the British tourist airline TUI Airways serves the airport with two weekly year-round flights to both London-Gatwick and Manchester using their Boeing 787 aircraft. Los Angeles, Dallas, and Houston are the busiest international routes from the airport, serving more that than 100 thousand passengers annually. Among all airlines that serve the airport, WestJet serves the greatest number of international destinations, connecting 11 different Canadian cities with Puerto Vallarta during the high season. Free Wifi is available throughout the airport, and food services and shopping are both abundant after clearing security.

Expansion and growth

Puerto Vallarta has seen growth and expansion due to higher demand. In the 21st century, multiple airlines have expanded at the airport, along with new airlines and aircraft upgrades.

In 2020, it has been announced that the Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico operator group have invested about $4 billion pesos to build a 35,000-square-meter non-energy terminal, which would increase passenger traffic by 60% after completion.[2] In addition, the funds will also be used for a new bus terminal and improved parking lots.[2] This is part of GAP's new expansion plan for its airports in the state of Jalisco, spending a total of $18 billion pesos, and is expected to be completed by 2024.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
Airport's exterior in 2015
Waiting hall interior
Check-in hall
Commercial Zone.
AirlinesDestinations
AeromarGuadalajara, Mexico City
AeroméxicoMexico City
Aeroméxico ConnectMexico City
Air CanadaVancouver
Seasonal: Calgary, Montréal–Trudeau (suspended)[3]
Air Canada Rouge Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson
Air TransatCalgary, Edmonton, Montréal–Trudeau, Vancouver
Seasonal: Québec City, Toronto–Pearson, Victoria, Winnipeg
Alaska AirlinesLos Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA)
Seasonal: Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma
American AirlinesDallas/Fort Worth, Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare
American EagleLos Angeles
Calafia AirlinesCabo San Lucas, Guadalajara
Copa AirlinesPanama City
Delta Air LinesAtlanta, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City
Seasonal: Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Seattle/Tacoma
FinnairSeasonal: Helsinki
Frontier AirlinesSeasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Denver
InterjetMexico City, Toluca/Mexico City (suspended)[4]
Seasonal: Guadalajara, León/El Bajío
MagnichartersMexico City, Monterrey
Seasonal: Chihuahua, Nuevo Laredo
Southwest AirlinesDenver, Houston–Hobby, Phoenix-Sky Harbor (begins October 8, 2020)[5]
Seasonal: Oakland
Sun Country AirlinesSeasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth ,[6] Las Vegas, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Sunwing AirlinesEdmonton
Seasonal: Calgary, Montréal–Trudeau, Ottawa, Québec City, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg
SwoopEdmonton
Seasonal: Abbotsford, Hamilton (ON), Winnipeg
TAR AerolineasAguascalientes, Guadalajara, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí
TUI AirwaysLondon–Gatwick, Manchester (UK)
United AirlinesDenver, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, San Francisco
Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Los Angeles
United ExpressSeasonal: Houston–Intercontinental
VivaAerobusGuadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla
Seasonal: Tijuana
VolarisAguascalientes, Chihuahua (begins July 2, 2020),[7] Hermosillo (begins July 3, 2020),[7] León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Monterrey, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Querétaro, Tijuana
Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare
WestJetCalgary, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver
Seasonal: Comox, Edmonton, Kelowna, Prince George, Regina, Saskatoon, Victoria, Winnipeg
Terminal Map

Busiest Routes
Busiest domestic routes at Puerto Vallarta International Airport (2019)[8]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Mexico City, Mexico City 550,955 Aeromar, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Nuevo León, Monterrey 130,426 Aeroméxico Connect, Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Baja California, Tijuana 78,321 VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Jalisco, Guadalajara 62,204 Aeromar, Calafia Airlines, Interjet, TAR, VivaAerobus
5  Guanajuato, León 35,695 2 Interjet, Volaris
6  México (state), Toluca 31,003 1 Interjet
7  Puebla, Puebla 14,003 1 VivaAerobus
8  Querétaro, Querétaro 11,872 3 TAR, Volaris
9  Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 10,242 3 TAR
10  Chihuahua, Chihuahua 5,652 1 Magni
11  San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 3,488 1 TAR
12  Sinaloa, Mazatlán 1,385
13  Baja California Sur, Los Cabos 916
14  Baja California Sur, La Paz 357 8
15  Baja California Sur Loreto 180
View of the tarmac
Busiest international routes at Puerto Vallarta International Airport (2019)[8]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  United States, Los Angeles 202,066 Alaska Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines
2  United States, Dallas 140,823 American Airlines, Sun Country Airlines
3  United States, Houston[Note 1] 120,720 Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, United Express
4  United States, San Francisco 111,202 Alaska Airlines, United Airlines
5  Canada, Calgary 107,135 Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet
6  Canada, Vancouver 89,084 1 Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet
7  United States, Phoenix 79,171 1 American Airlines, Volaris
8  United States, Denver 77,745 2 Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
9  United States, Chicago 73,036 American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Volaris
10  Canada, Toronto 70,557 Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet
11  United States, Seattle 44,089 2 Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines
12  United States, Atlanta 42,486 1 Delta Air Lines
13  Canada, Montréal 40,171 4 Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines
14  United States, Minneapolis 37,514 2 Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines
15  Canada, Edmonton 36,659 Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, Swoop WestJet

Note
  1. Official statistics include airports George Bush and Hobby.

See also

References
  1. "GAP Traffic Report". Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. "Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta airports in line for major upgrades". Mexico News Daily. Mexico News Daily. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. "Air Canada / Air Canada rouge W19 Sun Destinations service changes as of 16JUL19". RoutesOnline. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. "Southwest announces new international flights from Phoenix to Mexico". AZCentral. March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. "Sun Country will fly from Dallas to Puerto Vallarta and San José del Cabo" (in Spanish). Transponder 1200. November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  7. "Volaris S20 Domestic Network Expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  8. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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