Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport

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Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport
IATA: GDL - ICAO: MMGL
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico
Serves Guadalajara, Jalisco
Elevation AMSL 5,016 ft (1,529 m)
Coordinates 20°31′18″N, 103°18′40″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 13,123 4,000 Asphalt
02/20 5,964 1,818 Asphalt

Guadalajara International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara), also known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (IATA: GDLICAO: MMGL), is the third busiest airport in Mexico after Mexico City International Airport and Cancún International Airport. Opened in 1966 the airport is located 16 km from the city centre.

Guadalajara's International Airport is composed of two runways and two terminals. It is also a major airport for connections, being a hub for Mexicana, Aerolitoral, and a secondary hub for Aeroméxico. Flights are offered to several destinations within Mexico, the United States, Canada, and South America, with connections to Europe.

The airport is named for Miguel Hidalgo, who began the war that brought Mexican independence from Spain. He has been called the "father of Mexican independence".

The airport is part of the Spanish holding group Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which also controls airports at Tijuana, Hermosillo, Leon, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz, Los Mochis, Morelia, Mexicali, Aguascalientes and Manzanillo.

The airport is being renovated and expanded under a project that will allow it to double its operating capacity by 2007. This renovation includes a new Terminal 1 concourse and four additional taxiways.

Frontier Airlines will begin service to Denver on December 22, 2006. Negotiations are also in the works for Mexicana service to Little Rock, Arkansas.

Contents

[edit] Terminals

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Gdl's Intl. Airport

[edit] Terminal 1

[edit] Concourse A

Domestic Flights

  • Aero California (Chihuahua, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Durango, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mexico City, Puebla, Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz)
  • Aeroméxico (Mexico City, Tijuana, Villahermosa)
  • Aerolíneas Mesoamericanas (Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, La Paz, Los Mochis, Monterrey, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Torreón, Queretaro)
  • Aviacsa (Cancún, Hermosillo, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana)
  • Avolar (Cuernavaca, Culiacán, Durango, Hermosillo, La Paz, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Tijuana)
  • Interjet (Monterrey, Toluca)
  • Líneas Aéreas Azteca (Cancún, Hermosillo, Mexico City, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana)
  • Magnicharters (Cancún, Ixtapa)
  • Mexicana (Mexicali, Mexico City, San José del Cabo, Tijuana)
  • Volaris (Monterrey, Toluca, Tijuana)

[edit] Concourse B

International Flights

  • Aeroméxico (Chicago-O'Hare, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Ontario, Phoenix)
  • Aviacsa (Las Vegas)
  • Líneas Aéreas Azteca (Ontario)
  • Mexicana (Chicago-O'Hare, Fresno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose (CA), Oakland, Portland (OR))

[edit] Concourse C

International Flights

[edit] Terminal 2

[edit] Concourse D

Domestic Flights

  • Aeroméxico
    • Aerolitoral (Acapulco, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacan, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexicali, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz)

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