Mazatlán International Airport
General Rafael Buelna International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional General Rafael Buelna, IATA: MZT, ICAO: MMMZ), also known as Mazatlán International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Mazatlán), is located in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. This airport is the most important in Sinaloa for its international operations, and second to Culiacan International Airport for its domestic operations. It has one terminal with two concourses. It is located on the southeastern edge of the city and it is one of four airports in Mexico which has an Area Control Center (Centro Mazatlán/Mazatlán Center); the other ones being Mexico City International Airport, Monterrey International Airport and Mérida International Airport. Mazatlán Center controls air traffic over the northwest part of the country.
Mazatlán International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional General Rafael Buelna | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte | ||||||||||
Location | Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 38 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°09′41″N 106°15′58″W | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
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Runways | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2022) | |||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte |
The airport moved 1,106,071 passengers in 2021, and 1,450,944 in 2022 according to Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, an increase of 31.18%.[1]
Facilities
- Contact positions: 4
- False Contact positions: 4
- Remote positions: 7
- Number of jetways: 4
- Number of baggage claiming carousels: 4
- Food court (Floor & Upper Level)
- Customs (Arrivals area)
- Taxi & car rentals (Arrivals area)
- Duty Free (Main corridor)
- Parking area
Airlines and destinations

Airlines | Destinations |
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Aéreo Servicio Guerrero | San José del Cabo |
Aeroméxico | Mexico City |
Aeroméxico Connect | Mexico City |
Alaska Airlines | Los Angeles Seasonal: San Francisco |
American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth, Phoenix–Sky Harbor |
American Eagle | Los Angeles |
Calafia Airlines | Cabo San Lucas, La Paz |
Magni | Monterrey, San José del Cabo Seasonal: Chihuahua |
Mexicana de Aviación | Mexico City–AIFA (begins December 2, 2023)[2] |
Sun Country Airlines | Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul |
Sunwing Airlines | Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, Montréal–Trudeau, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg |
TAR | Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Hermosillo, La Paz, Querétaro |
United Express | Seasonal: Houston–Intercontinental |
Viva Aerobus | Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, La Paz, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Monterrey, Tijuana |
Volaris | León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Tijuana Seasonal: Monterrey |
WestJet | Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton (resumes November 4, 2023),[3] Vancouver |


Statistics
Busiest routes
Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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1 | ![]() |
256,338 | ![]() |
Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
2 | ![]() |
176,802 | ![]() |
VivaAerobús, Volaris |
3 | ![]() |
77,581 | ![]() |
Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
4 | ![]() |
18,171 | ![]() |
Aeromar, Calafia Airlines, TAR, VivaAerobús |
5 | ![]() |
15,940 | ![]() |
Magni, TAR, VivaAerobús |
6 | ![]() |
11,610 | ![]() |
Calafia Airlines |
7 | ![]() |
6,109 | ![]() |
TAR |
8 | ![]() |
5,596 | ![]() |
TAR |
9 | ![]() |
3,089 | ![]() |
Aeromar |
10 | ![]() |
816 |
Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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1 | ![]() |
38,213 | ![]() |
American Airlines, American Eagle |
2 | ![]() |
32,591 | ![]() |
Alaska Airlines, American Eagle |
3 | ![]() |
20,349 | ![]() |
American Airlines, American Eagle |
4 | ![]() |
10,881 | ![]() |
WestJet |
5 | ![]() |
7,044 | ![]() |
WestJet |
6 | ![]() |
6,693 | ![]() |
Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines |
7 | ![]() |
5,068 | ![]() |
Swoop |
8 | ![]() |
3,414 | ![]() |
Sunwing Airlines |
9 | ![]() |
2,786 | ![]() |
Alaska Airlines |
10 | ![]() |
1,841 | ![]() |
Sunwing Airlines |
References
- "Passenger's Traffic" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (in Spanish). January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- "These Are Our Destinations". Mexicana (in Spanish). October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- "WestJet NW23 Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- "Estadística operacional por origen-destino / Traffic Statistics by City Pairs" (in Spanish). Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil. January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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