General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport

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General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez

Image:Tijuana Airpor front of terminal.JPG

IATA: TIJ – ICAO: MMTJ
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Location Tijuana, Mexico
Elevation AMSL 149 m / 489 ft
Coordinates 32°32′27″N 116°58′12″W / 32.54083, -116.97
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,960 9,711 Concrete

General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport (IATA: TIJ, ICAO: MMTJ) in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, is Mexico's second northernmost airport after Mexicali's. It is a busy modern airport, handling 3.8 million passengers in 2006[1], and projected 4.6 million passengers in 2007, fifth busiest in Mexico after Mexico City, Cancun, Guadalajara and Monterrey airports in that order. It is designed to handle up to 10 million passengers and 120 flights per day.

The runway of the Tijuana Airport runs (east-west) parallel to the U.S.-Mexico border fence and is approximately 100 meters south of it. The approach to the runway is either from the east (normally) or from the west (when Santa Ana wind conditions exist).

Tijuana's airport is a hub for Avolar, a new low-cost airline (since August 2005). It was the first low-cost airline in Mexico, before some airlines as Interjet and Volaris. Tijuana (TIJ) has flights coming from other parts of the country, such as Mexico City and Guadalajara. Aeroméxico together with Aeroméxico Connect, the leading airline in Tijuana, for example, operate up to 80 daily flight to/from 13 Mexican cities. The only international services are Tokyo-Narita and Shanghai (starts March 4, 2008).

Commercially speaking, the airport is composed of a sole runway, a parallel taxiway, and a 23 gate terminal with two concourses, a renewed food court and a high tech control tower, considered as one of the tallest in Mexico. It has a Salón Premier lounge for Aeromexico. Non-commercial flights on either the main runway or the parallel runway are performed by the Mexican Armed Forces, which have their base at the south part of the airport.

It is part of the Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, a holding group that controls 12 international airports in Mexico.

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[edit] Caveat

Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM / KSDM) in San Diego, California lies just over one nm north of TIJ, with a similar runway length and a slightly different orientation (08 / 26). However SDM is a general aviation field not set up for scheduled passenger service.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Image:Tijterminal2.JPG
View of gates

[edit] Concourse A (Gates A1-A12)

  • Aeroméxico (Cancún, Culiacán, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, León, Mexico City, Mazatlán, Morelia, Puerto Vallarta, Shanghai-Pudong [begins April 8, 2008], Tokyo-Narita)
    • Aeroméxico Connect (Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Merida, Monterrey, Veracruz, Villahermosa)
  • ALMA de Mexico (Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Guadalajara, Los Mochis, La Paz)
  • Aviacsa (Acapulco, Cancun, Culiacán, Guadalajara, León, Merida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca)

[edit] Concourse B (Gates B12-B24)

  • Aero California (Chihuahua, Ciudad Obregon, Colima, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Merida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, Tepic, Torreón, Veracruz)
  • Avolar (Acapulco, Aguascalientes [Begins January 17, 2008], Colima, Cuernavaca, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Morelia, León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro [Resumes January 17,2008], Tapachula [Begins January 17, 2008], Tepic, Uruapan, Toluca, Zacatecas [Begins January 17, 2008])
  • Mexicana (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Zacatecas)
  • Viva Aerobus (Culiacán, Monterrey)
  • Volaris (Aguascalientes, Cancún, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, León, Los Cabos, Morelia, Puebla, Toluca)

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] Domestic airlines that formerly served

[edit] International airlines that formerly served

[edit] Trivia

[clarify]
  • The airport was home for an old Boeing 747 from Cabo Airlines (Nigeria) that had been there for more than 15 years. Now, it is home for a B747 from Global Peace Ambassadors.
  • Just almost a day before former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was arrested in Chile, he landed for the first time on the American continent on Tijuana's airport for a short stop of an hour.
  • The airport shares its main runway with the Mexican Armed Forces.
  • It is, until now, the only airport in the world, that actually is located exactly between an international border and a university.
  • On September 11th, 2001, the airport successfully handled the arrivals of a B-747 of Korean Air, a B-747 of Malaysia Airlines and a DC-10 of Varig. Also, others of Aeromexico and Mexicana.

[edit] Gallery

Tijuana Airport Control Tower.JPG

Control tower.

Tijuana Airport Main Corridor.JPG

Main corridor.

Tijuana Airport Luggage Carousels.JPG

Luggage claim conveyors.

Tijuana Airport Parking Lot.JPG

Parking Lot.

Tijuana Airport Front of.JPG

East front side of the terminal.

Tijterminal.jpg

View of airport.

[edit] External links

es:Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez id:Bandar Udara Internasional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez ja:ヘネラル・アベラルド・L・ロドリゲス国際空港 pl:Port lotniczy Tijuana

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