Oaxaca International Airport

Xoxocotlán International Airport (IATA: OAX, ICAO: MMOX) (Classical Nahuatl: Xōxōkot͡ɬan [ʃoʃokotlan], χoχokot͡ɬán in Mexican Spanish) is an international airport located at Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. The airport has only one terminal that handles domestic and international air traffic. An airport lounge[2] operated by Global Lounge Network[3] is located at the terminal.

Oaxaca International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Oaxaca
Summary
Airport typePublic/Militar
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
LocationOaxaca, Oaxaca
Elevation AMSL4,989 ft / 1,521 m
Coordinates17°0′0″N 96°43′36″W
Map
OAX
Location of airport in Oaxaca
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 8,038 2,450 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Total Passengers1,196,245
Ranking in Mexico17th 3
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste[1]

Information

In 2018, the airport handled 951,037 passengers, and in 2019 it handled 1,196,245 passengers, an increase of 25.78%. Due to Oaxaca's popularity as a tourist destination, it has become one of the fastest growing airports in the country, with traffic doubling in the last five years.[1]

The airport has the exclusive VIP lounge, The Lounge by GLN.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aeromar Mexico City, Tapachula, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Aeroméxico Seasonal: Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
Aerotucán Huatulco, Ixtepec, Puerto Escondido
Aerovega Huatulco, Puerto Escondido
American Eagle Dallas/Fort Worth
Interjet Cancún (suspended),[4] Mexico City
TAR Aerolineas Guadalajara, Huatulco
United Express Houston–Intercontinental
VivaAerobus Mexico City, Monterrey
Volaris Chicago–O'Hare (suspended),[5] Guadalajara (suspended),[5] Los Angeles (suspended),[5] Mérida (suspended),[5] Mexico City, Monterrey (suspended),[5] Tijuana

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Oaxaca International Airport (2019)[6]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Mexico City, Mexico City 380,442 Aeromar, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Baja California, Tijuana 75,617 Volaris
3  Nuevo León, Monterrey 31,065 VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Jalisco, Guadalajara 27,259 TAR, Volaris
5  Yucatán, Mérida 16,268 3 Volaris
6  Oaxaca, Huatulco 6,586 1 Aerotucán, Aerovega, TAR
7  Quintana Roo, Cancún 5,281 3 Interjet
8  Querétaro, Querétaro 894 1 TAR
9  México (state), Toluca 45
10  Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 13

Name

The name of the airport is due to its location within the municipality of Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, a Southern suburb of Oaxaca City.

See also

References
  1. "ASUR Passenger Traffic". ASUR. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  2. "Búsqueda de Sala VIP - Priority Pass". www.prioritypass.com.
  3. "Global Lounge Network". www.globalloungenetwork.com.
  4. "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  5. "Routes that we are operating". Volaris. June 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  6. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
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