Acapulco International Airport

Acapulco International Airport, officially General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (IATA: ACA, ICAO: MMAA), is the main airport of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, located 26 km (16 miles) from the city.

General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional General Juan N. Álvarez
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
ServesAcapulco
LocationAcapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Elevation AMSL13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates16°45′21.7″N 99°45′05.8″W
Map
ACA is located in Guerrero
ACA
ACA
Location of airport in Guerrero
ACA is located in Mexico
ACA
ACA
ACA (Mexico)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,700 5,579 Concrete
10/28 3,302 10,832 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers838,991
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte[1]

In 2021, the airport handled 670,239 passengers, and in 2022 it handled 838,991 passengers.[2]

Information

Because Acapulco has always been considered an important resort and recreation area, Acapulco International Airport has long been important in the development of tourism in southern Mexico. It is the largest international airport in the country's southern Pacific region, and one of the largest air facilities in Mexico. Frequent flights are available daily from Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City as well as less frequent flights from other Mexican, American, and Canadian cities. The airport can accommodate jets up to the size of the Boeing 747.

This international airport is one of the top 15 airports in Mexico in terms of operations, receiving many international charter flights.

The facility has many services for passengers, including restaurants, VIP lounges, and several gates equipped with jetways, and is divided in two terminals, The Passenger terminal, serving all scheduled flight and all airlines (domestic and international) and the General Aviation terminal, which is a 1960s circular building.

The airport was named after Juan N. Álvarez Hurtado, a Mexican military officer who was instrumental in most of the armed conflicts in the beginning of Mexican independence, Governor of Guerrero and President of Mexico.

Terminal

A new terminal was inaugurated by Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto on 25 May 2018. The price was 547 million MXN. The terminal has two stories, has a capacity for 1.3 million people, and covers 18,800 m2. Some of the new features are new technology and more restaurants and shops.[3][4] The construction lasted almost two years, from July 2016 to May 2018.[5]

Airlines and destinations
Main corridor of the airport
Air Zone of the new terminal building
Airport baggage claim bands
Airport main corridor
Airport check-in counters
Last waiting room at the airport
Last waiting room at the airport
Last waiting room at the airport
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Aeroméxico ConnectMexico City, Mexico City–AIFA
Air TransatSeasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
American EagleSeasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth
MagniMonterrey
Mexicana de Aviación Mexico City–AIFA (begins December 2, 2023)[6]
Sunwing AirlinesSeasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
United Express Houston–Intercontinental
Viva Aerobus Cancún, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Monterrey
Volaris Guadalajara, León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Tijuana

Statistics

Passengers
Acapulco Airport Passengers. See Wikidata query.

List of passengers per year since 2001.[7][8]

YearTotal passengers % changeDomestic
passengers		 % changeInternational
passengers		 % change
2001940 197Decrease 7.6%569 195Increase 3.3%371 002Decrease 20.6%
2002793 420Decrease 15.6%523 172Decrease 8.0%270 248Decrease 27.1%
2003774 349Decrease 2.4%527 208Increase 0.7%247 141Decrease 8.5%
2004821 301Increase 6.0%542 437Increase 2.8%278 864Increase 12.8%
2005880 190Increase 7.1%554 988Increase 2.3%325 202Increase 16.6%
2006994 393Increase 13.0%638 543Increase 15.1%355 850Increase 9.4%
20071 057 332Increase 6.3%740 289Increase 15.9%317 043Decrease 10.9%
20081 087 974Increase 2.9%818 671Increase 10.6%269 303Decrease 15.1%
2009839 048Decrease 22.9%636 418Decrease 22.3%202 630Decrease 24.8%
2010736 878Decrease 12.2%547 420Decrease 14.0%189 458Decrease 6.5%
2011596 326Decrease 19.1%495 018Decrease 9.6%101 308Decrease 46.5%
2012546 951Decrease 8.2%486 268Decrease 1.7%60 683Decrease 40.1%
2013617 079Increase 12.9%560 945Increase 15.4%56 134Decrease 7.5%
2014631 570Increase 2.3%576 042Increase 2.7%55 528Decrease 1.1%
2015730 382Increase 15.7%677 698Increase 17.7%52 684Decrease 5.1%
2016718 493Decrease 1.7%664 418Decrease 2.0%54 075Increase 2.6%
2017673 809Decrease 6.2%631 829 Decrease 4.9%53 295 Decrease 1.4%
2018739 120Increase 9.7%681 587 Increase 7.9%57 533 Increase 8.0%
2019875 315Increase 18.4%814 636Increase 19.5%60 679Increase 5.5%
2020395 948Decrease 54.8%361 029Decrease 55.7%34 919Decrease 42.5%
2021670 239Increase 69.3%623 763Increase 72.8%46 476Increase 33.1%
2022838 991Increase 25.2%773 846Increase 24.1%65 145Increase 40.2%

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Acapulco International Airport (2021)[9]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Mexico City, Mexico City 204,716 Steady Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris, VivaAerobús
2  Baja California, Tijuana 52,244 Steady Volaris
3  Nuevo León, Monterrey 20,628 Steady Magni, VivaAerobús
4  Jalisco, Guadalajara 14,317 Steady Volaris
5  Quintana Roo, Cancún 11,392 Increase 1 VivaAerobús

See also

References
  1. "OMA reports 2.3 million passenger traffic in December 2022" (PDF; 292 KB). oma.aero. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. "Passenger's Traffic" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (in Spanish). January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. "Acapulco Airport Opens New Terminal". Travel Agent Central. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. "¡La nueva terminal del Aeropuerto de #Acapulco, a la altura de la belleza incomparable del puerto!". Mexican Government (in Spanish). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. "OMA invertirá 547 mdp en nueva terminal de Aeropuerto de Acapulco • Forbes México". Forbes México (in Mexican Spanish). 13 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. "These Are Our Destinations". Mexicana (in Spanish). October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  7. "Investor Relations". Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte de México. January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  8. "Passenger's Traffic". Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte de México. January 2017. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. "Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (in Spanish). January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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