Culiacán International Airport
Culiacán International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte | ||||||||||
| Serves | Culiacán and Navolato | ||||||||||
| Location | Bachigualato, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | VivaAerobús Volaris | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 108 ft / 33 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°45′52″N 107°28′28″W / 24.76444°N 107.47444°WCoordinates: 24°45′52″N 107°28′28″W / 24.76444°N 107.47444°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte | |||||||||||
Bachigualato Federal International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Federal de Bachigualato, IATA: CUL, ICAO: MMCL), commonly named Culiacán International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán), is an international airport located at Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Culiacán.
The airport is among the Top 10 busiest airports in Mexico, and the busiest in domestic traffic and second busiest for international operations in the state of Sinaloa. It is currently handled by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, having undergone major construction consisting of a new terminal layout and a new boarding system. It has two jetways.
In 2020, Culiacán airport moved 1,373,102 passengers, and 1,970,211 in 2021.[1]
Bachigualato Federal International Airport is named after the neighborhood of Bachigualato, where the airport is located.
In favorable weather, flights from the Baja California peninsula and north arrive to runway 02, and flights from the rest of the country to runway 20.
The state executive announced plans to expand the airport and the construction of a second runway to support Boeing 777 landings.
Facilities
- Number of gates: 5
- Contact positions: 5
- Remote positions: 3
- Number of jetways: 2
- Number of halls: 2 (Domestic & International)
- Number of baggage claiming carousels: 4 (Domestic & International gates)
- Food court and bar (Upper Level)
- Check-in area: (Boarding area & Ticket sales)
- Customs (Arrivals area)
- Taxi & car rentals (Main road & Domestic arrivals area)
- Duty Free (Floor Level & Upper Lever)
- Hotel service (offices):
- Lucerna Hotel
- Fideicomiso
- Parking area
- Aeroméxico offices (Floor Level & Country Courts)
- VivaAerobus offices (Floor Level)
- Volaris offices (Floor Level)
Terminals
The CIA (Culiacán International Airport) has two terminals.
Main Terminal
The Main Terminal is used for all commercial flights, domestic and international. It has two jetways and 3 remote positions.
Terminal expansion
From February to November 2012, the airport began the work of expansion to the terminal building. The work consists of improve the operation, the airport functionality and the passenger comfort, with an expansion of 3,000m², including: the new terminal lobby and the growth in outpatient, remodeling of 2,500m² for passengers, reconfiguration of check-in point on upper level with 3 simultaneous check-in lines, the construction of a vertical circulation core in the front façade including a panoramic elevator, the growth of the waiting lounge area, the shopping area redesign and a projection of an image of modernity in its façade and inside it.
General Aviation Terminal
The General Aviation Terminal (also known as the Private Aviation Terminal) is located next to the Main Terminal. The Terminal is used for private planes, and helicopters.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Destinations map
| Destinations map |
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 Culiacán Domestic destinations from Culiacán International Airport Red = Year-round destination Blue = Future destination Green = Seasonal destination Italic = Suspended destination |
International destinations from Bajío International Airport Red = Year-round destination Blue = Future destination Green = Seasonal/charter destination Italic = Suspended passenger destination |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Estafeta | San Luis Potosí, Tijuana |
Statistics
Passengers
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Baja California, Tijuana
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431,985 | 
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VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 2 |  Mexico City, Mexico City
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239,379 |
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Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 3 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara
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114,466 |
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VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 4 |  Baja California Sur, San José del Cabo
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53,019 |
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Aero Pacífico, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 5 | Baja California, Mexicali
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49,934 |  1
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Calafia Airlines, TAR, Volaris |
| 6 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey
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44,323 |  1
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Calafia Airlines, TAR, VivaAerobús |
| 7 | Baja California Sur, La Paz
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28,950 |
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Calafia Airlines, TAR, VivaAerobús |
| 8 |  Sonora, Hermosillo
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8,330 | 1
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TAR |
| 9 |  Chihuahua, Chihuahua
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7,157 | 1
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TAR, VivaAerobús |
| 10 |  Quintana Roo, Cancún
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1,079 | VivaAerobús, Volaris |
Accidents and incidents
- On July 5, 2007, a twin-engine Sabreliner cargo jet failed to take off from the airport due to a loss of control resulting from a tire blowout and slid off the runway onto a highway. Three people died on board the plane and six on the ground; five more were injured.[3]
- On April 24, 2012, a Cessna 182 registered XBMPN for private use crashed in the airport few seconds after took off. The plane was heading to Chihuahua Airport and at the time of the crash the plane carried only the pilot who resulted with only minor injuries. The aircraft remained in some trees at the end of the runway, still on airport property.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Passenger's Traffic" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (in Spanish). January 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ "Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (in Spanish). January 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Plane crashes in Sinaloa, 9 dead (in Spanish)". La Jornada. July 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
- ^ "Plane plummets in Culiacán Airport (in Spanish)". Linea Directa Portal. April 2012. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
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