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  IATA GDL
  ICAO MMGL
  type Public
  run By Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico
  closest Town Guadalajara, Jalisco
  elevation Ft 5,016
  elevation M 1,529


  runway Angle 10/28
  runway Length F 13,123
  runway Length M 4,000
  runway Surface Asphalt


  runway Angle 02/20
  runway Length F 5,964
  runway Length M 1,818
  runway Surface Asphalt


Guadalajara International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara), also known as '''Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport''' . It opened in 1966 the airport is located 16 km from the city centre. In 2005, it handled some 5.6 million passengers, 2.2 million of them international. It is Mexico's third busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport and Cancún International Airport .

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 , Aeroméxico Connect , ALMA De Mexico , 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 and Asia .

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.


TERMINALS


Terminal 1


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)

  • Aladia (Cancún)

  • Aviacsa (Cancún, Culiacan, Hermosillo, Merida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana)

  • Avolar (Cuernavaca, Hermosillo, La Paz, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Tijuana)

  • Interjet (Monterrey, San José del Cabo, Toluca)

  • Líneas Aéreas Azteca (Cancún, Hermosillo, Mexico City, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Oaxaca) {Link without Title}

  • Magnicharters (Cancún, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo)

  • Mexicana (Mexicali, Mexico City, San José del Cabo, Tijuana)

  • --- Click Mexicana (Cancún, Mexico City, Veracruz)

  • Volaris (Hermosillo, Mexicali, Monterrey, Toluca, Tijuana)



Concourse B

International Flights


Terminal 2

  • Aero Cuahonte (Lázaro Cárdenas)

  • Aeroméxico

  • --- Aeroméxico Connect (Acapulco, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Durango, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Los Cabos, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexicali, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, San Antonio, Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz)

  • ALMA De Mexico (Cancun, Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Obregon, Chihuahua, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Merida, Monterrey, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, Reynosa, Tampico, Tijuana, Torreón, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa)



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