Tijuana International Airport

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Tijuana International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
ServesSan Diego–Tijuana
LocationTijuana, Baja California
(CBX terminal in Otay Mesa, San Diego, California)
OpenedMay 1, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-05-01)
Hub forVolaris
Focus city forViva Aerobus
Time zonePST (UTC-08:00)
 • Summer (DST)PDT (UTC-07:00)
Elevation AMSL149 m / 489 ft
Coordinates32°32′27″N 116°58′12″W / 32.54083°N 116.97000°W / 32.54083; -116.97000
Websitewww.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/en/tijuana-3.html
Map
TIJ/MMTJ is located in Tijuana
TIJ/MMTJ
TIJ/MMTJ
Location of airport in Tijuana
TIJ/MMTJ is located in Baja California
TIJ/MMTJ
TIJ/MMTJ
TIJ/MMTJ (Baja California)
TIJ/MMTJ is located in Mexico
TIJ/MMTJ
TIJ/MMTJ
TIJ/MMTJ (Mexico)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,960 9,711 Asphalt
10/28 (closed) 2,000 6,561 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers13,194,900
Ranking in Mexico5th Decrease
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico[1]

Tijuana International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Tijuana); officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez (General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport) (IATA: TIJ, ICAO: MMTJ), is an international airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of downtown Tijuana. It serves Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area, home to a population of five million people. The airport serves an extensive network of 42 domestic destinations including most of the major and secondary cities across Mexico.[2] It is a hub for Volaris and a focus city for Viva Aerobus. Additionally, the airport houses facilities for the Mexican Air Force and supports cargo flights, tourism, flight training, and general aviation activities. Operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, the airport is named after General Abelardo L. Rodríguez, President of Mexico from 1932 to 1934. It is Mexico's westernmost airport and second-northernmost airport after Mexicali International Airport.

Situated adjacent to the Mexico–United States border, Tijuana Airport is a geographically binational airport, having direct access to its terminal from Mexico, and from its Cross Border Xpress (CBX) terminal in the United States. This rare feature allows passengers with a boarding pass to walk across a bridge crossing the border. The CBX terminal handled 4,288,000 passengers in 2023, constituting approximately one-third of all passenger movements at Tijuana Airport.[1]

The airport ranks as the fifth busiest airport in Mexico for both passenger numbers and aircraft movements and holds the 13th position in Latin America and the 55th position in North America. It has witnessed significant growth, handling 8,925,900 passengers in 2019 and reaching 13,194,900 passengers in 2023. In 2022, Tijuana International Airport became the fifth airport in the country to surpass ten million passengers in a calendar year.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "GAP Traffic Report 2023" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. January 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Tijuana: Bien conectada". Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.