- IATA
- GDL
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- MMGL
- used by air traffic control
- Passengers
- 17.7M
- in 2023
- Routes here
- 1
- in the catalogue
History & name
Guadalajara International Airport takes its name from Guadalajara and honours Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla, a Catholic priest and leader of the Mexican War of Independence. Operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, it lies 18 km from Guadalajara at 5,016 feet, and handled 17.7 million passengers in 2023.
Named afterMiguel Hidalgo Y Costilla — Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Guadalajara International Airport
- Serves
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- City centre
- 18 km from Guadalajara
- Operator
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
- Passengers
- 17.7 million in 2023
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 4,000 m
- Elevation
- 5,016 ft (1,529 m)
- Website
- aeropuertosgap.com.mx ↗
Where it sits
20.5°N, 103.3°W puts GDL in the northern hemisphere, 2,282 km from the equator and 7,725 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 391st most northerly, which makes it the 271st most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 20.5°S, 76.7°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (MRU) in Mauritius, still 1,979 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Guanajuato (BJX), 197 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from GDL
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico City | MEX | 459 km | 1h 04m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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