Durango International Airport

General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional General Guadalupe Victoria, IATA: DGO, ICAO: MMDO), also known as Durango International Airport, is located northeast of Durango, Durango, Mexico. It is named after Guadalupe Victoria, the first President of Mexico.

Not to be confused with Durango–La Plata County Airport.

Durango International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Durango
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
ServesDurango, Durango, Mexico
Elevation AMSL1,860 m / 6,102 ft
Coordinates24°07′27″N 104°31′53″W
Map
DGO is located in Durango
DGO
DGO
DGO is located in Mexico
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,900 9,514 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers485,524
Ranking in Mexico31st Steady
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

In 2008 the terminal building of Durango Airport was expanded and completely remodeled. Among the renovations of the terminal building, the construction of a national and international waiting room overlooking the Apron, the extension of the main terminal building, the establishment of two baggage claim carrousels; National and international. In 2009 the apron was expanded and runway 03/21 was fully resurfaced as were the taxiways, this with the purpose of increasing its operating capacity.

In 2021, the airport handled 446,030 passengers, and in 2022 it handled 485,524 passengers.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA[2]
American AirlinesDallas/Fort Worth
TAR Aerolineas Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo (begins October 30, 2023),[3] Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta (resumes November 1, 2023)[3]
Viva Aerobus Mexico City–AIFA (begins July 5, 2024),[4] Monterrey (resumes April 18, 2024)[5]
Volaris Chicago–Midway, Tijuana

Statistics

Passengers
Durango Airport Passengers. See Wikidata query.

Incidents and accidents

See also

References
  1. "Passenger's Traffic" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (in Spanish). January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. "Aeromexico increases operations at AIFA by up to 40%; it will increase to more than 1,000 flights per month 06-september-2023" (PDF). Aeroméxico. September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. "TAR Aerolíneas adds three destinations from Durango". Aviacion Online (in Spanish). October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. "Viva Aerobus Bets Big on AIFA: 17 New Routes". Aviacionline. September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. "Viva Aerobus announces the greatest growth in the aerial history of Monterrey". EnElAire (in Spanish). September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. "Mexico plane crash: All 103 people on board survive". BBC News. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. "Aeromexico plane crash reported near Durango, Mexico". Newsweek. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. "Airliner crashes after take-off in Mexico". BBC News. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  9. "Se desploma avión en cercanías del aeropuerto de Durango". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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