Hermosillo International Airport

General Ignacio Pesqueira García International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio Pesqueira García
General Ignacio Pesqueira García International Airport; Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio Pesqueira García
	IATA: HMO; ICAO: MMHO;
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Location	Hermosillo, Sonora
Hub for	Aéreo Servicio Guerrero
Focus city for	TAR
Elevation AMSL	627 ft / 191 m
Coordinates	29°05′45″N 111°02′52″W
Map
	HMO Location of airport in Sonora HMO HMO (Mexico)
Runways
Statistics (2022)
Total Passengers
Total Passengers	1,945,400
Ranking in Mexico	12th 1
	Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Hermosillo International Airport (IATA: HMO, ICAO: MMHO), officially known as General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio L. Pesqueira), is an international airport located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. With approximately 1,945,400 passengers passing through it in 2022,[1] it is the largest passenger airport in Sonora and the twelfth-largest in Mexico. It serves as a focus city for the regional airline TAR Aerolineas. The airport handles several domestic flights, as well as flights to Phoenix.

Information

View of terminal

Hermosillo airport terminal

Hermosillo airport entrance

The current airport was inaugurated in the year 1982, to replace the former airfield previously located in an area known as La Manga.[2] It is named after Ignacio Pesqueira, a general who helped the Mexican army resist the French army during the 19th-century invasion.

The facility is composed of one main runway (5/23), taxiways, hangars, and a commercial terminal which has capacity for 9 or more aircraft. The airport normally serves as the primary alternate airport for flights headed to Tijuana International Airport due to unfavorable weather in Tijuana or other technical problems.

Aeroméxico operated a hub out of Hermosillo for many years. The hub connected cities throughout Mexico and also offered flights to the U.S. cities of Los Angeles and Phoenix.[3] The hub was eventually downsized to a focus city, with it ultimately closing in 2017.[4] The airport's runways and taxiways were widened during the early 2000s to handle wide-body aircraft that may divert, like Aeroméxico's Boeing 787 on several occasions.[5]

The airport hosts also a military base, denominated BAM-18, handling Mexican Air Force's flights.

It handled 1,559,900 passengers in 2021, and 1,945,400 passengers in 2022, an increase of 3.8%.[6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroméxico	Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect	Mexico City
Aéreo Servicio Guerrero	Guerrero Negro
American Eagle	Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Calafia Airlines	La Paz
Mexicana de Aviación	Mexico City–AIFA (begins December 2, 2023)[7]
TAR	Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Durango (begins October 30, 2023),[8] La Paz, Mazatlán, Mexicali, Querétaro
Viva Aerobus	Guadalajara, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Monterrey, San José del Cabo
Volaris	Cancún, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, León/El Bajío, Mexicali, Mexico City, Tijuana

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Ameriflight	Phoenix–Sky Harbor
DHL Aviation	Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Estafeta	Mexico City, San Luis Potosi, Tijuana
TUM AeroCarga	Guadalajara, Tijuana, Toluca

Statistics

Passengers

Hermosillo Airport Passengers. See Wikidata query.

Busiest Routes

**Busiest routes at Hermosillo International Airport (2022)**[9]
Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Mexico City, Mexico City	429,577		Aeroméxico, VivaAerobús, Volaris
2	Jalisco, Guadalajara	181,123		VivaAerobús, Volaris
3	Nuevo León, Monterrey	98,103		TAR, VivaAerobús
4	Baja California, Tijuana	97,498		Volaris
5	United States, Phoenix	13,926		American Eagle
6	Baja California Sur, San José del Cabo	12,556		VivaAerobús
7	Baja California Sur, La Paz	11,616	2	Calafia Airlines, TAR
8	United States, Dallas/Fort Worth	9,155		American Eagle
9	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	7,750	1	TAR
10	Sinaloa, Culiacán	6,975	3	TAR

References

"GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO REPORTS IN DECEMBER 2022" (PDF).
"Aeropuertos de Hermosillo | Casa de las Ideas".
"Delta, Aeromexico File Antitrust Immunity Application" (Press release).
"Volaris le quita el trono a Aeroméxico".
"Flights to Tijuana diverted to Hermosillo due to fog" (in Spanish). El Imparcial. June 2016.
"GAP Traffic Report 2022" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. January 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
"These Are Our Destinations". Mexicana (in Spanish). October 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
"TAR Aerolíneas adds three destinations from Durango". Aviacion Online (in Spanish). October 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
"Estadística operacional por origen-destino / Traffic Statistics by City Pairs" (in Spanish). Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil. January 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.

External links

Hermosillo International Airport

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[1] "GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO REPORTS IN DECEMBER 2022" (PDF).

[2] "Aeropuertos de Hermosillo | Casa de las Ideas".

[3] "Delta, Aeromexico File Antitrust Immunity Application" (Press release).

[4] "Volaris le quita el trono a Aeroméxico".

[5] "Flights to Tijuana diverted to Hermosillo due to fog" (in Spanish). El Imparcial. June 2016.

[gap2022-6] "GAP Traffic Report 2022" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. January 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.

[mexicana2023-7] "These Are Our Destinations". Mexicana (in Spanish). October 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

[8] "TAR Aerolíneas adds three destinations from Durango". Aviacion Online (in Spanish). October 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

[sase2022-9] "Estadística operacional por origen-destino / Traffic Statistics by City Pairs" (in Spanish). Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil. January 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.