Mexicali International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Mexicali | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | ||||||||||
Serves | Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico | ||||||||||
Focus city for | Volaris | ||||||||||
Time zone | PST (UTC-08:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-07:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 23 m / 75 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°37′50″N 115°14′29″W / 32.63056°N 115.24139°W | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico[1] |
Mexicali International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Mexicali); officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport) (IATA: MXL, ICAO: MMML) is an international airport located 20 kilometers east of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. It is the northernmost airport in Mexico and serves the metropolitan area of Mexicali and the transborder region of Calexico-Mexicali. In addition to domestic flights within Mexico, the airport also facilitates domestic and international charter flights, flight training, and executive, and general aviation activities.[2]
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico owns and operates the airport, which is named in honor of Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada, a Mexican military officer, politician, and former Governor of Baja California. The airport is a focus city for Volaris serving 15 domestic destinations. Mexicali Airport handled 1,289,900 passengers in 2021, increasing to 1,603,600 in 2023 and marking a 23.46% growth in traffic.[1]