Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport

Guadalajara International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara), officially known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla) (IATA: GDL, ICAO: MMGL), is the main airport of Mexico's second-largest city Guadalajara. Opened in 1966, it is located 16 km south of the city center. In 2020 it handled 8,094,115 passengers, a decrease of 45.40% from 2019 as a result of the COVID-19 contingencies.[1] It is Latin America's sixth and Mexico's third-busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport and Cancún International Airport, and second-busiest for cargo flights.[2]

Guadalajara International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara
GDL Airport Front View
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico
ServesGuadalajara, Jalisco
LocationTlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL1,529 m / 5,016 ft
Coordinates20°31′18″N 103°18′40″W
Maps

Guadalajara airport diagram
GDL
Location of airport in Mexico
GDL
GDL (Mexico)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
02/20 1,818 5,964 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Total Passengers8,125,600
Ranking in Mexico3rd
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Guadalajara's International Airport consists of two runways and one terminal. A major airport for connections, it became a hub for Volaris and its primary gateway to the United States.[3] It is also a focus city for Aeroméxico, Interjet, and VivaAerobus. Flights are offered to destinations within Mexico and to Central America and the United States. In addition, cargo flights are offered to many destinations, including countries in Asia and Europe.

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".

In 2020, it was announced that the Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico group have invested around $14 billion pesos to build a new runway and terminal building, along with new facilities and improvements such as an expanded parking lot, a hotel, office block, and a solar-powered plant.[4] Additionally, the airport aims to expand services to the United States as well as Europe.[4] Expected to be completed by 2024, it is part of GAP's new expansion plan for its airports in the state of Jalisco, both Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta, and its total budget is $18 billion pesos.[4]

Terminals
Airport's Main entrance.
Terminal Map.
Main Corridor at the airport.
VIP Lounge (East) at the Airport.
VIP Lounge (East) at the Airport.
VIP Lounge (East) at the Airport.
Concourse A at the Airport.
Concourse A at the Airport.
Concourse A at the Airport.

Passenger terminal

The Passenger Terminal or Terminal 1, is used by all airlines for international and domestic flights.[5] The terminal has customs facilities. There are also 27 remote parking positions. It also has 12 jetways and 5 concourses:

  • Concourse A - Airside Walk-up gates A1 through A8
  • Concourse B - Jetway gates B10 through B13
  • Concourse C - Lower level, Bus gates C20 through C29
  • Concourse D - Jetway gates D30 through D38
  • Concourse E - Lower level, Bus gates E40 through E50

Cargo terminal

The Cargo Terminal was recently expanded and has a capacity to store approximately 350,000 tons of goods annually in its 27,000 square meters. It has 6 positions that can handle any kind of major aircraft.

Terminal interior

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aeromar Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta
Aeroméxico Cancún, Chicago–O'Hare, Fresno, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San José del Cabo, Tijuana
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City, Monterrey
Alaska Airlines Los Angeles, San Jose (CA)
American Airlines Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth
American Eagle Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Calafia Airlines La Paz, Loreto, Los Mochis, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo
Copa Airlines Panama City
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City
Interjet Mexico City (suspended)[6]
Magnicharters Cancún
Seasonal: Tijuana
TAR Aerolineas Durango, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, Toluca/Mexico City
United Airlines Houston–Intercontinental
United Express Houston–Intercontinental
VivaAerobús Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Angeles, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Reynosa, Tampico, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa
Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental, San José del Cabo
Charter: Havana
Volaris Acapulco, Cancún, Charlotte, Chetumal, Chicago–Midway, Chicago–O'Hare, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Durango, Fresno, Hermosillo, Houston–Intercontinental, La Paz, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Mochis, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, New York–JFK, Oakland, Oaxaca, Ontario, Orlando, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Portland (OR), Puerto Escondido, Querétaro, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Jose (CA), San José del Cabo, Seattle/Tacoma, Tapachula, Tijuana, Torreón/Gómez Palacio, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
AeroUnion Los Angeles, Mexico City
Air France Cargo Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Amerijet International Miami
Cargolux Houston–Intercontinental, Luxembourg
Cathay Pacific Cargo Anchorage, Hong Kong
DHL Aviation Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Querétaro
Emirates SkyCargo Dubai–Al Maktoum, Frankfurt, Houston–Intercontinental, Mexico City
Estafeta La Paz, San Luis Potosí
FedEx Express Memphis
Korean Air Cargo Seoul–Incheon, Vancouver
Lufthansa Cargo Dallas/Fort Worth, Frankfurt
Mas Air Bogotá, Los Angeles, Miami
Panalpina operated by Atlas Air Huntsville, London–Stansted
Qatar Airways Cargo[7] Doha, Liege
TUM AeroCarga Hermosillo, Tijuana, Toluca
UPS Airlines Louisville

Amenities

Restaurants

Car rental

Hotels
  • City Express Guadalajara Aeropuerto
  • Hampton Inn de Hilton Guadalajara-Aeropuerto
  • Hangar Inn

VIP Lounges
  • Aeroméxico Salón Premier
  • Citibanamex Salón Beyond
  • VIP Lounge East
  • VIP Lounge West

Statistics

Annual traffic
Annual Passenger Traffic
Year Passengers % Change
20106,918,621
20117,154,959 3.41%
20127,389,897 3.28%
20138,104,762 9.67%
20148,695,183 7.28%
20159,758,516 12.22%
201611,362,552 16.43%
201712,779,874 12.47%
201814,340,152 12.21%
201914,823,592 3.37%
20208,125,600 45.40%

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes from Guadalajara International Airport (2020)[8]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Mexico City, Mexico City 768,436 Aeromar, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobús, Volaris
2  Baja California, Tijuana 645,059 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris
3  Quintana Roo, Cancún 314,765 Aeromexico, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris
4  Nuevo León, Monterrey 182,576 Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobús, Volaris
5  Baja California, Mexicali 158,116 VivaAerobús, Volaris
6  Baja California Sur, Los Cabos 114,220 1 Aeroméxico, Calafia Airlines, Interjet, VivaAerobús, Volaris
7  Sonora, Hermosillo 113,248 1 Inyerjet, VivaAerobús, Volaris
8  Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez 77,629 1 VivaAerobús, Volaris
9  Sinaloa, Culiacán 77,241 1 VivaAerobús, Volaris
10  Baja California Sur, La Paz 68,902 Calafia Airlines, Viva Aerobus, Volaris
11  Chihuahua, Chihuahua 47,446 1 VivaAerobús, Volaris
12  Veracruz, Veracruz 46,960 1 VivaAerobús, Volaris
13  Yucatán, Mérida 46,777 1 VivaAerobús, Volaris
14  Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 39,590 VivaAerobús, Volaris
15  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta 30,408 Aeromar, Calafia Airlines, Interjet, TAR, VivaAerobús
16  Tabasco, Villahermosa 23,657 1 VivaAerobús
17  Puebla, Puebla 14,522 1 Aeromar, Viva Aerobus
18  Tamaulipas, Reynosa 13,993 VivaAerobús
19  Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 13,746 3 Volaris
20  Sinaloa, Los Mochis 12,100 4 Calafia Airlines, Volaris
Busiest international routes from Guadalajara International Airport (2020)[8]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  United States, Los Angeles 269,725 Aeroméxico, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Interjet, VivaAerobús, Volaris
2  United States, Chicago (Midway and O'Hare)[Note 1] 114,243 Aeroméxico, Interjet, VivaAerobús, Volaris
3  United States, Dallas 75,388 3 American Airlines, Volaris
4  United States, Houston 73,783 1 United Airlines, United Express, VivaAerobús, Volaris
5  United States, San Jose 73,071 1 Alaska Airlines, Volaris
6  United States, Sacramento 72,605 1 Aeroméxico, Volaris
7  United States, Fresno 66,947 Aeroméxico, Volaris
8  United States, Oakland 59,765 2 Volaris
9  United States, Las Vegas 44,248 1 Interjet, Volaris
10  United States, Phoenix–Sky Harbor 41,409 1 American Eagle, Volaris
11  United States, Portland 32,923 5 Volaris
12  United States, Seattle 31,932 3 Volaris
13  United States, Ontario 29,092 1 Volaris
14  United States, San Francisco 25,101 5 Aeroméxico, Interjet
15  United States, San Antonio 23,220 1 Inyerjet, Volaris
16  United States, Denver 22,654 3 Volaris
17  United States, Reno 14,462 4 Volaris
18  United States, Atlanta 13,321 5 Delta Air Lines
19  United States, Charlotte 12,891 3 Volaris
20  United States, Salt Lake City 11,967 3 Aeroméxico Connect, Delta Air Lines
Notes
  1. The official statistics include both Midway and O'Hare airports.

Local conflicts

Recently, the expansion projects are being delayed due to conflicts with the local residents. Also, several protests were made, blocking the parking lot access many times. These expansion projects include new and better access to the terminal, and it would take 3 years to build a 2nd runway (includes 2 years of land preparation and 1 to build the base and pave it). The locals argue that Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico has debts to the land where the airport sits on because of expropriation of land, which was taken from locals in 1975 to expand the airport.[9] This terrain consists of the airport's polygon plus 320 hectares — of which 51 hectares will be used to build the 2nd runway. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico urged the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation to resolve the problems by delaying the airport's 2nd runway construction. With this new runway and the expansion of the terminal building, the airport will be able to handle over 40 million passengers.[10] If not negotiated the next step could be another expropriation to complete the project.

Accidents and incidents

See also

References
  1. "Traffic Report" (Web). Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. December 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. "Statistics by Airport" (Web). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  3. "Volaris cements Guadalajara as a hub" (Web). Milenio. April 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  4. "Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta airports in line for major upgrades". Mexico News Daily. Mexico News Daily. February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  5. Quarter Studios - Soluciones Digitales. "Aeropuerto de Guadalajara". Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  6. "Interjet will not have more flights for the remainder of the year, cancel everything". explica. Explica.co. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  7. "Qatar Airways Cargo commences Macau-Guadalajara transpacific freighter service". Gulf Times Commercial Press. January 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  8. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  9. "Landowners continue their battle over Guadalajara airport land". Mexico News Daily. May 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  10. "Second runway urgent for Guadalajara". Mexico News Daily. October 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  11. "Accident". Aviation Safety Network. June 1958. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  12. "Bell Masayuki Shimada (1922-1958)". National Ocean Service. July 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  13. "NOAA Honors Nisei with Launch of Fisheries Vessel". Japanese American Veterans Association. December 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
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