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Guadalajara International Airport

Guadalajara · Mexico · America/Mexico_City

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3Runways

13,123Longest (ft)

5,016Elevation (ft)

39Route Records

14Airline Records

UTC-6Timezone

78Mapped Stands

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Route Intelligence

22Regional Hub

Shortest route

PVRPuerto Vallarta International Airport203.1 km

AeroMéxico

Longest route

PTYTocumen International Airport2,864.4 km

Copa Airlines

Nearest international

SATSan Antonio International Airport1,113.9 km

Interjet (ABC Aerolineas)

Longest international

PTYTocumen International Airport2,864.4 km

AeroMéxico

Longest domestic

TIJGeneral Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport1,902.3 km

Interjet (ABC Aerolineas)

Airport Connectivity Score

22/100

Regional Hub

Destinations served39 destinations

Airline diversity14 airlines

Haul mix coverage2 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

02/205,906 ftAsphaltCLOSED

11L/29R11,608 ftAsphaltLIT

11R/29L13,123 ftAsphaltLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul

medium-haul

Geographic Context

Nearest airport

CLQLicenciado Miguel de la Madrid International Airport141.4 km

Nearest same country

CLQLicenciado Miguel de la Madrid International Airport141.4 km

Nearest international

MFEMcAllen Miller International Airport814.2 km

Farthest airport

RRGSir Charles Gaetan Duval Airport18,621.2 km

Within 500 km: 20 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 54 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 262 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1CLQLicenciado Miguel de la Madrid International Airport141.4 kmM

2AGUAguascalientes International Airport166.4 kmL

3UPNUruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport182.6 kmM

4TPQAmado Nervo National Airport187.8 kmM

5BJXGuanajuato International Airport197.3 kmL

6ZLOPlaya de Oro International Airport201.4 kmM

7PVRPuerto Vallarta International Airport203.1 kmL

8MLMGeneral Francisco J. Mujica International Airport250 kmL

9CYWCaptain Rogelio Castillo National Airport252.4 kmM

10ZCLGeneral Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport271.4 kmM

ATC Frequencies4

APPGUADALAJARA APP119.3 MHz

ATISATIS127.9 MHz

GNDGND121.9 MHz

TWRGUADALAJARA TWR118.1 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

319

320

738

ERJ

737

CR9

73H

M80

CRJ

E90

Sample Routes

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PVRPuerto Vallarta International Airport203.1 km

short-haulAeroMéxicoCS

TLCAdolfo López Mateos International Airport413 km

short-haulAeroMéxicoCS

MZTGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport423.2 km

short-haulAeroMéxicoCS

IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport1,321.5 km

short-haulUnited Airlines

MIDManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport1,421.4 km

short-haulVolaris

DFWDallas Fort Worth International Airport1,509.4 km

medium-haulAmerican Airlines

MDWChicago Midway International Airport2,779.4 km

medium-haulVolaris

ORDChicago O'Hare International Airport2,789.2 km

medium-haulAeroMéxico

Airline Records in Dataset14

AMAeroMéxico

AFAir France

NZAir New Zealand

ASAlaska Airlines

AZAlitalia

AAAmerican Airlines

CMCopa Airlines

DLDelta Air Lines

4OInterjet (ABC Aerolineas)

KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines

USUS Airways

UAUnited Airlines

VSVirgin Atlantic Airways

Y4Volaris

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Airport HistoryEst. 1951

Guadalajara's airport opened in 1951 as a modest facility with two asphalt runways, later expanded and reconstructed in the late 1960s to handle wide-body jets. Named for independence hero Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, it became a Mexicana maintenance hub in the 1980s, was privatized into the Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) consortium in 1999, and has since grown into Mexico's third-busiest airport and Volaris's largest hub.

✦The airport was a maintenance hub for Mexicana starting in 1988 to relieve congestion at Mexico City's airport, and today plays a similar relief role for Volaris and Aeroméxico.

✦In 2025 the airport carried nearly 18.7 million passengers, making it Mexico's third-busiest by traffic.

1951

Airport Opens

The airport was inaugurated March 1, 1951, by President Miguel Alemán Valdés, featuring two asphalt runways, an apron, and a small passenger terminal.

1958

Aeronaves de México Flight 111 Crash

Aeronaves de México Flight 111 crashed in 1958, killing 45 people including two American scientists.

1968

Runway Reconstruction and Reinauguration

After safety concerns forced a brief 1966 suspension, the original 2,200-meter runway was rebuilt to 4,000 meters and the facility reinaugurated in 1968 as the new Miguel Hidalgo International Airport, now able to handle wide-body aircraft.

1993

Cardinal Posadas Ocampo Shooting

A cartel-related shootout in the airport parking lot in May 1993 killed seven people, including Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, in one of Mexico's most notorious unsolved political killings.

1999

Privatized into GAP Consortium

Under Mexico's 1995 Airports Law, Guadalajara joined the newly formed Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) consortium in 1999, which continues to operate the airport today.

2010

Volaris Establishes Largest Hub

Low-cost carrier Volaris absorbed routes from the defunct Mexicana and Aero California, establishing what became Volaris's largest hub at the airport in 2010.

2021

First Direct Route to Europe

Aeroméxico launched the airport's first-ever direct connection to Europe with nonstop Madrid service in December 2021.

2023

Second Runway Opens

A second, parallel 3,538-meter runway became operational in July 2023, expanding the airport's capacity.

General encyclopedic sources (Wikipedia, Simple English Wikipedia, Airport Technology). The 1993 Cardinal Posadas Ocampo killing remains a disputed and not fully resolved case in Mexican history; details here are limited to widely reported facts.