Durango International Airport
General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional General Guadalupe Victoria, IATA: DGO, ICAO: MMDO), also known as Durango International Airport, is located northeast of Durango, Durango, Mexico. It is named after Guadalupe Victoria, the first President of Mexico.
Durango International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Durango | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte | ||||||||||
| Serves | Durango, Durango, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,860 m / 6,102 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°07′27″N 104°31′53″W | ||||||||||
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In 2008 the terminal building of Durango Airport was expanded and completely remodeled. Among the renovations of the terminal building, the construction of a national and international waiting room overlooking the Apron, the extension of the main terminal building, the establishment of two baggage claim carrousels; National and international. In 2009 the apron was expanded and runway 03/21 was fully resurfaced as were the taxiways, this with the purpose of increasing its operating capacity.
In 2020, the airport handled 271,231 passengers, and in 2021 it handled 446,030 passengers.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroméxico Connect | Mexico City |
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| TAR Aerolineas | Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta |
| Volaris | Chicago–Midway, Tijuana |
Statistics
Incidents and accidents
- On 31 July 2018, Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431, an Embraer 190 XA-GAL en route to Mexico City, crashed after take-off. The plane was carrying 99 passengers and 4 crew members.[2] There were no fatalities[3][4][5]
References
- "Passenger's Traffic" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (in Spanish). January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- "Mexico plane crash: All 103 people on board survive". BBC News. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- "Aeromexico plane crash reported near Durango, Mexico". 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- "Airliner crashes after take-off in Mexico". 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
- "Se desploma avión en cercanías del aeropuerto de Durango". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.