Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport

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Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport Puerto Vallarta International Airport
IATA: PVR - ICAO: MMPR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Serves		Puerto Vallarta
Elevation AMSL		23 ft (7 m)
Coordinates		20°40′48″N, 105°15′15″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
04/22	10,171	3,100	Asphalt

Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (IATA: PVR, ICAO: MMPR) is an international airport located at Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Located at the Pacific Ocean coast, it receives thousands of tourists all year. It handled 2,978,400 passengers in 2006 and 3,139,100 passengers in 2007 ^[1]. The airport is named after President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.

1 Airlines and destinations

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Terminal 1

[edit] Air Taxi Services

Aéreo Calafia (Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán)

[edit] Domestic Services

Aeroméxico (Mexico City, Tijuana)
- Aeroméxico Connect (Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Monterrey)
ALMA de Mexico (Aguascalientes, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara)
Aviacsa (Mexico City)
Interjet (Toluca)
Magnicharters (Mexico City, Monterrey)
Mexicana (Mexico City) [ends June 30]
- Click Mexicana (Mexico City) [begins July 1]
Viva Aerobus (Monterrey)
Volaris (Toluca)

[edit] International Terminal

Air Canada (Calgary)
Air Transat (Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Regina, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
Aeromexico (Los Angeles, San Diego)
Alaska Airlines (Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma)
American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City)
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
Frontier Airlines (Denver, Kansas City [seasonal])
- Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines (Albuquerque [ends June 14], Denver) [seasonal]
Mexicana (Los Angeles)
Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]
Sun Country Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]
Sunwing Airlines (Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver) [seasonal]
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
- Ted operated by United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, San Francisco)
US Airways (Phoenix)
- US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego)
USA3000 Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Detroit) [seasonal]

[edit] Charter Services

First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester) [seasonal]
Ryan International Airlines (Milwaukee) [seasonal]
Skyservice (Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
WestJet (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson)

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, originating in Puerto Vallarta en route to San Francisco and Seattle-Tacoma, crashed after the horizontal stabilizer jammed and caused the aircraft to dive into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California while attempting to divert to Los Angeles. All 88 passengers and crew on board perished.