Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport

Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (IATA: TGZ, ICAO: MMTG) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo), also known as Tuxtla Gutierrez International Airport, is an international airport serving the Mexican municipality of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. It handles air traffic for the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez and central Chiapas, including the popular tourist destination of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas
ServesTuxtla Gutiérrez
LocationChiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico
Elevation AMSL457 m / 1,499 ft
Coordinates16°33′49″N 093°01′21″W
Map
TGZ
TGZ
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,500 8,202 Concrete
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft Operations10,813
Passengers756,786
Ranking in Mexico14th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas

It was inaugurated by President Vicente Fox and by the State's Governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía on June 27, 2006,[1] replacing the Francisco Sarabia National Airport. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas, a government-owned corporation.

The airport was originally designed with a capacity to handle 350 daily operations and 850,000 passengers per year,[1] it comprises a concrete runway, a parallel taxiway, several hangars, a commercial aviation apron, a general aviation apron, a military base, and a state-of-the-art commercial terminal equipped with six glass jetways, two of which are capable of handling medium-large airliners such as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330. To improve the airport's capacity, the operator invested 440 million MXP to expand and modernize all installations.[2] Works were completed in December 2020, expanding its surface by 140% for a total of 22,472 m2 and increasing the contact positions to 8 jetways.[3]

According to official statistics provided by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, in 2020 the airport handled 756,786 passengers, a decrease of 49.42% from 2019 as a result of the COVID-19 contingencies. It is still among the fastest growing airports in Mexico, the busiest in the Southwestern region and the 14th in the country.[4] The airport reached the million-passenger milestone for the first time on November 28, 2015.[5]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Seasonal: Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
Interjet Mexico City (suspended)[6]
Magni Seasonal: Monterrey
VivaAerobus Cancún, Guadalajara, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla
Volaris Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Tijuana

Traffic statistics
An Interjet A320 on the tarmac.
An OCC bus at the airport.
Last waiting hall at the Airport.
Inside of the Airport.
Operations, Passengers and Cargo at Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport[4]
YearPassenger TrafficCargo Traffic (Tons)Aircraft Operations
2006334,1815717,649
2007704,9031,31213,756
2008788,4861,09915,862
2009663,4791,00112,832
2010650,0531,08112,367
2011803,6111,04614,182
2012786,8291,28415,674
2013855,07390115,930
2014928,2431,16417,980
20151,121,3321,13218,067
20161,272,6891,23619,325
20171,342,3451,34620,151
20181,388,7061,28717,832
20191,496,1521,34317,768
2020756,78675510,813

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport (2019)[7]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Mexico City, Mexico City 488,248 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Jalisco, Guadalajara 72,926 1 VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Quintana Roo, Cancún 72,338 1 VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Nuevo León, Monterrey 57,591 Magni, VivaAerobus
5  Yucatán, Mérida 23,174 VivaAerobus
6  Baja California, Tijuana 17,187 1 Volaris
7  Puebla, Puebla 9,780 1 VivaAerobus
8  México (state), Toluca 150 3
9  Michoacán, Morelia 40

See also

References
  1. "Tuxtla Gutierrez International Airport". Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  2. "Ampliación y modernización del Aeropuerto de Tuxtla Gutiérrez "Ángel Albino Corzo" registra 40 por ciento de avance" (in Spanish). Chiapas en Contacto. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  3. "Amplían Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo" (in Spanish). Centro Urbano. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  4. "Traffic Statistics by Airline". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  5. "Tuxtla Gutierrez airport reaches a million passengers" (in Spanish). Grupo En Concreto. November 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  6. "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  7. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.


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