Los Cabos International Airport

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Los Cabos International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Cabos
IATA: SJD – ICAO: MMSD
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Location San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur
Elevation AMSL 374 ft / 114 m
Coordinates 23°09′06″N 109°43′15″W / 23.15167°N 109.72083°W / 23.15167; -109.72083
Map
SJD
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Total Passengers 3,523,010 Increase 12.52%
Ranking in Mexico 6th Steady
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Los Cabos International Airport (IATA: SJD, ICAO: MMSD) is the seventh busiest airport in Mexico, located at San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The airport serves Los Cabos area: San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. This airport has three terminals with 4 concourses. Terminal 1 serves both domestic and international operations for various air carriers while Terminal 3 services Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines and other seasonal international carriers. From September 2011 until January 2012, the airport temporarily gained nonstop service to Asia with flights to Shanghai, China.

The airport handled 3,130,986 passengers in 2014, and 3,523,010 in 2015.[1] It has become the most important airport in the state of Baja California Sur. Because of a dramatic increase in the number of holiday resorts and due to the region's fast population growth, the infrastructure of the airport is now insufficient compared to the increasing demand, causing a lack of available positions for aircraft during peak-hours, as in many other airports in Mexico.

On September 15, 2014, Los Cabos International Airport was badly damaged by Hurricane Odile. Planes were knocked against structures due to the winds from Odile. Many people went to the airport, demanding flights out of Cabo San Lucas. The Mexican government began airlifting the first of thousands of stranded tourists, free of charge, to airports in Tijuana, Mazatlan, Guadalajara and Mexico City to catch connecting flights and, in the case of foreigners, receive consular assistance.[2] As of September 20, all of the people stranded in Cabo San Lucas were back in their hometowns.

Architecture

The architect of the 1997 new Los Cabos International Airport, its renovation, expansion and extended facilities, was Mexican architect and great-grandson of Queen Isabella II of Spain, Manuel De Santiago-de Borbón González Bravo. He was a member of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), and his lifetime architectural legacy to Mexico adds to 11,000,000 built square meters nationwide, including famous buildings and national sites, as well as important national restorations like the Mexican Houses of Congress Palace, Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro.

Terminals

The name of the airport displayed over the exit of the international arrivals exit terminal.
Terminal 2.
Aeroméxico Boeing 767-300 at Terminal 1
American Airlines plane, after a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Terminal Layout (After T4 is completed)
Airport's Runway.
Airport's Control Tower.
Restaurants and stores at Terminal.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 operates both domestic and international flights.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 has replaced terminal three and four as the sole international terminal. It has four jet bridges and six non jet bridge gates.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Aéreo Calafia Guadalajara, León/El Bajío (begins March 20, 2016) 1
AeroméxicoMexico City 1
Aeroméxico ConnectMexico City 1
Air Canada Seasonal: Calgary, Vancouver 1
Air Canada Rouge Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson 1
Air Transat Seasonal: Calgary, Montréal-Trudeau, Saskatoon, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver 1
Alaska AirlinesLos Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA)
Seasonal: Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma 		2
American AirlinesCharlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Phoenix
Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare 		2
Apple Vacations
operated by Frontier Airlines		Seasonal: Kansas City[3] 2
Delta Air LinesAtlanta, Salt Lake City
Seasonal: Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma 		2
Delta ConnectionSalt Lake City 2
Frontier AirlinesSeasonal: Denver2
InterjetGuadalajara, Mexico City, Toluca/Mexico City 1
MagniMazatlán, Mexico City 1
Southwest Airlines Baltimore, Denver, Houston-Hobby, Orange County
Seasonal: Austin 		2
Spirit Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston–Intercontinental, San Diego 2
Sun Country Airlines Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul[4] 1
Sunwing Airlines Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal-Trudeau, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg 2
United AirlinesDenver, Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark
Seasonal: Austin, Chicago-O'Hare, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles 		1
United ExpressHouston-Intercontinental 1
Virgin AmericaSan Francisco 2
VivaAerobusCuliacán, Guadalajara, Monterrey
Seasonal: Mexico City 		1
VolarisCuliacán, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana, Toluca/Mexico City (resumes March 3, 2016)[5] 1
WestJetCalgary, Vancouver
Seasonal: Edmonton, Kelowna, Toronto-Pearson, Winnipeg 		2
Xtra Airways[6] Seasonal Charter: Chicago-O'Hare TBD

Statistics

Busiest domestic routes at Los Cabos International Airport (2015)[7]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City 264,225 Steady Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Jalisco, Guadalajara 105,835 Steady Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Nuevo León, Monterrey 34,557 Increase 1 Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Baja California, Tijuana 33,928 Decrease 1 Volaris
5  Sinaloa, Culiacán 31,539 Increase 1 VivaAerobus, Volaris
6  México (state), Toluca 26,463 Decrease 1 Interjet
Busiest international routes at Los Cabos International Airport (2015)[7]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  United States, Los Angeles 198,477 Steady Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, United Airlines
2  United States, Dallas 137,928 Increase 1 American Airlines, Spirit Airlines
3  United States, Phoenix 123,633 Decrease 1 American Airlines
4  United States, San Diego 113,495 Steady Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines
5  United States, San Francisco 109,980 Steady Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin America
6  United States, Houston 100,188 Steady United Airlines, United Express
7  United States, Denver 72,319 Steady Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
8  United States, Orange County 60,361 Steady Southwest Airlines
9  Canada, Calgary 44,159 Increase 1 Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet
10  United States, Chicago 43,075 Decrease 1 American Airlines, United Airlines

Facilities

Hotels

Restaurants

The airport has many restaurants and fast food outlets, among the best known are:

Parking

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GAP announces terminal passenger traffic figures for the month of December 2015" (PDF). GAP.
  2. ↑ theguardian.com - Hurricane Odile: Mexico begins airlifts of tourists stranded in Los Cabos
  3. ↑ http://www.applevacations.com/flight-schedule/mci-kansas_city/
  4. ↑ http://www.suncountry.com/reservations/routemap.shtml
  5. ↑ "On March 2016, Volaris will open a new flight Toluca – Los Cabos (in Spanish)". BCS Noticias. December 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Chicago, IL Flight Schedule". Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

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