Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
IATA: GDL – ICAO: MMGL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico
Serves		Guadalajara, Jalisco
Location		Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco
Hub for		Aeroméxico Connect
Elevation AMSL		1,529 m / 5,016 ft
Coordinates		20°31′18″N 103°18′40″W / 20.52167°N 103.31111°W / 20.52167; -103.31111
Website		www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	4,000	13,123	Asphalt
02/20	1,818	5,964	Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Total Passengers			6,453,100
International Passengers			2,019,500
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Guadalajara International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara), also known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (IATA: GDL, ICAO: MMGL). It opened in 1966 and is located 16 km from the city centre of Guadalajara. In 2008, the airport handled 7,193,200 passengers, representing a 1.9% decrease from 2007.. It is Mexico's third busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport and Cancún International Airport.

Guadalajara's International Airport is composed of two runways and two terminals. It is also a major airport for connections, being a hub for Aeroméxico Connect and a secondary hub for Aeroméxico a focus city for VivaAerobus, Interjet, and Volaris. Flights are offered to several destinations within Mexico, Central America, and the United States.

The airport is named for Miguel Hidalgo, who began the war that brought Mexican independence from Spain. He has been called the "father of Mexican independence".

The airport is part of the Spanish holding group Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which also controls airports at Tijuana, Hermosillo, Leon, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz, Los Mochis, Morelia, Mexicali, Aguascalientes and Manzanillo. The airport is being renovated and expanded under a project that will allow it to double its operating capacity by 2007. This renovation includes a new Terminal 1 concourse and four additional taxiways. The new Terminal 2 was recently inaugurated, this facility is exclusive for express or regional flights, trying to serve as a relief for the already saturated Terminal 1. As of today, the airport has a desperate need for a new terminal, since during peak-hours, all of the contact positions in Terminal 1 get crowded, and the remote ones have to be used. Generally speaking, there is a 30% chance that an aircraft gets a contact parking position at Guadalajara.

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Accidents and incidents

• Aeroméxico Flight 498: On August 31, 1986 an Aeroméxico DC-9 that originated from Mexico City and stopped at Guadalajara and other Mexican destinations collided with a private aircraft while attempting to land at Los Angeles International Airport.

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