Hermosillo International Airport

General Ignacio Pesqueira García International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio Pesqueira García
IATA: HMO ICAO: MMHO
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Location	Hermosillo, Sonora
Hub for	Aéreo Servicio Guerrero
Elevation AMSL	627 ft / 191 m
Coordinates	29°05′45″N 111°02′52″W / 29.09583°N 111.04778°W / 29.09583; -111.04778
Map
HMO Location of airport in Mexico
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 7,546 2,300 Asphalt 11/29 (Closed) 3,609 1,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Total Passengers 1,561,500 Ranking in Mexico 11th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Hermosillo International Airport (IATA: HMO, ICAO: MMHO), also known by its ceremonial name, General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio L. Pesqueira), is an international airport located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The airport handles several domestic flights as well as flights to the U.S. cities of Tucson and Phoenix. It handles around 50 daily commercial flights to destinations within Mexico and the United States.

Information

View of terminal

The facility is composed of one main runway (5/23), one alternate runway which is currently closed (11/29), taxiways, hangars, and a commercial terminal which has capacity for 9 or more aircraft.

The airport normally serves as the primary alternate airport for flights headed to Tijuana International Airport, therefore, it is not unusual to see planes otherwise headed to Tijuana being diverted to Hermosillo due to unfavorable weather at Tijuana or other technical problems. The airport's runways and taxiways were recently widened so as to handle heavy aircraft that may divert to Hermosillo. Aeroméxico has had to divert its Boeing 777 to Hermosillo on several occasions.

The airport is also a military base, denominated BAM-18, handling Mexican Air Force's flights.

The airport is named after Ignacio Pesqueira, a general who helped the Mexican army resist the French during the 19th century invasion.

It handled 1,349,300 passengers in 2015, and 1,561,500 passengers in 2016.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Busiest Routes

Busiest domestic routes at Hermosillo International Airport (2016)

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City	328,973		Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris
2	Jalisco, Guadalajara	135,055		Aeromar, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3	Nuevo León, Monterrey	109,217		Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
4	Baja California, Tijuana	70,335		Volaris
5	Baja California Sur, La Paz	21,510	2	Aéreo Calafia, TAR
6	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	18,617	2	TAR
7	Baja California, Mexicali	18,462	2	TAR
8	Sinaloa, Culiacán	16,174	2	TAR
9	Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez	10,083		TAR
10	Sinaloa, Mazatlán	2,908	4	Aeromar

Busiest international routes at Hermosillo International Airport (2016)^[3]

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	USA, Phoenix	14,910		American Eagle, Volaris
2	USA, Los Angeles	10,830		Aeroméxico Connect
3	USA, Tucson	502		Aeromar
4	USA, Las Vegas	153
5	USA, Sacramento	90
6	USA, Salt Lake City	34

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

References

1. ↑ "Annual Report (in Spanish)". Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. January 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017. 
2. ↑ "TAR - Vuelo redondo de MXL" (Web) (in Spanish). TAR Aerolineas. Retrieved June 25, 2017. 
3. ↑ "Air carrier operational statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017. 

External links

• Hermosillo International Airport
• Airport information for MMHO at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.