Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport

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Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tuxtla Gutiérrez
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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 / 16.56361°N 93.02250°W / 16.56361; -93.02250Coordinates: 16°33′49″N 093°01′21″W / 16.56361°N 93.02250°W / 16.56361; -93.02250
Map
TGZ is located in Chiapas
TGZ
TGZ
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,500 8,202 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft Operations13,774
Total Passengers1,186,528
Ranking in Mexico14th Steady
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas

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.

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, and 1,186,528 in 2021. It is 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[]

Passengers[]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
Magni Seasonal: Monterrey
VivaAerobús Cancún, Guadalajara, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey
Volaris Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Tijuana

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinations
TUM AeroCarga Oaxaca, Toluca/Mexico City

Traffic statistics[]

Tuxtla Gutiérrez Airport Passengers. See source Wikidata query.
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]
Year Passenger Traffic Cargo Traffic (Tons) Aircraft Operations
2006 334,181 571 7,649
2007 704,903 1,312 13,756
2008 788,486 1,099 15,862
2009 663,479 1,001 12,832
2010 650,053 1,081 12,367
2011 803,611 1,046 14,182
2012 786,829 1,284 15,674
2013 855,073 901 15,930
2014 928,243 1,164 17,980
2015 1,121,332 1,132 18,067
2016 1,272,689 1,236 19,325
2017 1,342,345 1,346 20,151
2018 1,388,706 1,287 17,832
2019 1,496,152 1,343 17,768
2020 756,786 755 10,813
2021 1,186,528 885 13,774

Busiest routes[]

Busiest domestic routes at Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport (2020)[6]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1 Mexico City 227,229 Steady Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet VivaAerobús, Volaris
2 Guadalajara 38,831 Steady VivaAerobús, Volaris
3 Monterrey 38,101 Increase 1 Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobús
4 Cancún 34,765 Decrease 1 VivaAerobús, Volaris
5 Tijuana 20,602 Increase 1 Volaris
6 Mérida 12,005 Decrease 1 Interjet, VivaAerobús
7 Puebla 3,400 Steady VivaAerobús
8 Oaxaca 376
9 Tapachula 197

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Traffic Statistics by Airline". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Tuxtla Gutierrez airport reaches a million passengers" (in Spanish). Grupo En Concreto. November 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  6. ^ "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

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