Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport

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Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport
IATA: GDL - ICAO: MMGL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico
Serves		Guadalajara, Jalisco
Elevation AMSL		5,016 ft (1,529 m)
Coordinates		20°31′18″N, 103°18′40″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	13,123	4,000	Asphalt
02/20	5,964	1,818	Asphalt

Guadalajara International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara), also known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (IATA: GDL, ICAO: MMGL), is the third busiest airport in Mexico after Mexico City International Airport and Cancún International Airport. Opened in 1966 the airport is located 16 km from the city centre.

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, Aerolitoral, 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.

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.

Frontier Airlines will begin service to Denver on December 22, 2006. Negotiations are also in the works for Mexicana service to Little Rock, Arkansas.

1 Terminals
- 1.1 Terminal 1
- 1.2 Terminal 2
  - 1.2.1 Concourse D
2 External links

[edit] Terminals

[edit] Terminal 1

[edit] Concourse A

Domestic Flights

Aero California (Chihuahua, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Durango, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mexico City, Puebla, Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz)
Aeroméxico (Cancún, Culiacán, Hermosillo, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana, Villahermosa)
Aerolíneas Mesoamericanas (Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, La Paz, Los Mochis, Monterrey, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Torreón)
Aviacsa (Cancún, Hermosillo, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana)
Avolar (Cuernavaca, Culiacán, Durango, Hermosillo, La Paz, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Tijuana)
Interjet (Monterrey, Toluca)
Líneas Aéreas Azteca (Cancún, Hermosillo, Mexico City, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana)
Magnicharters (Cancún, Ixtapa)
Mexicana (Mexicali, Mexico City, San José del Cabo, Tijuana)
- Click Mexicana (Cancún, Mexico City, Veracruz)
Volaris (Monterrey, Toluca, Tijuana)

[edit] Concourse B

International Flights

Aeroméxico (Chicago-O'Hare, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Ontario, Phoenix)
Aviacsa (Las Vegas)
Líneas Aéreas Azteca (Ontario)
Mexicana (Chicago-O'Hare, Fresno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose (CA), Oakland, Portland (OR))

[edit] Concourse C

International Flights

Alaska Airlines (Los Angeles)
American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth)
- American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth)
ATA Airlines (Chicago-Midway)
Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City [starts December 2, 2006])
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
Frontier Airlines (Denver) [starts December 22, 2006]
US Airways
- US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Phoenix)

[edit] Terminal 2

[edit] Concourse D

Domestic Flights

Aeroméxico
- Aerolitoral (Acapulco, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacan, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mexicali, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Torreón)