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Mexico: airports in numbers

In the open OurAirports register, Mexico shows 29 large airports, 42 medium ones and 1,508 small fields. Opening the table is Abraham González International Airport (CJS), followed by Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC): 1,530.3 km in a straight line between the two, the second one southeast of the first. The "main airport" label in Mexico is a declared proxy, since the source measures no traffic: large before medium, scheduled service before the rest.

The airports, one by one

#AirportIATAICAOCitySizeElevation
1Abraham González International AirportCJSMMCSCiudad Juárezlarge1,190 m (3,904 ft)
2Adolfo López Mateos International AirportTLCMMTOTolucalarge2,580 m (8,466 ft)
3Aguascalientes International AirportAGUMMASAguascalienteslarge1,863 m (6,112 ft)
4Bachigualato Federal International AirportCULMMCLCuliacánlarge33 m (108 ft)
5Bahías de Huatulco International AirportHUXMMBTHuatulcolarge141 m (464 ft)
6Cancún International AirportCUNMMUNCancúnlarge7 m (22 ft)
7Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International AirportVSAMMVAVillahermosalarge14 m (46 ft)
8Cozumel International AirportCZMMMCZCozumellarge5 m (15 ft)
9Felipe Ángeles International AirportNLUMMSMMexico Citylarge2,246 m (7,369 ft)
10Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport TulumTQOMMTLTulumlarge20 m (66 ft)
11General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International AirportTIJMMTJTijuanalarge149 m (489 ft)
12General Francisco J. Mujica International AirportMLMMMMMMorelialarge1,839 m (6,033 ft)
13General Heriberto Jara International AirportVERMMVRVeracruzlarge27 m (90 ft)
14General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International AirportHMOMMHOHermosillolarge191 m (627 ft)
15General Juan N. Álvarez International AirportACAMMAAAcapulcolarge5 m (16 ft)
16General Rafael Buelna International AirportMZTMMMZMazatlànlarge12 m (38 ft)
17General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International AirportCUUMMCUChihuahualarge1,360 m (4,462 ft)
18Guadalajara International AirportGDLMMGLGuadalajaralarge1,529 m (5,016 ft)
19Guanajuato International AirportBJXMMLOSilaolarge1,815 m (5,956 ft)
20Hermanos Serdán International AirportPBCMMPBPueblalarge2,244 m (7,361 ft)
21Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International AirportZIHMMZHIxtapalarge8 m (26 ft)
22Loreto International AirportLTOMMLTLoretolarge10 m (34 ft)
23Los Cabos International AirportSJDMMSDSan José del Cabolarge114 m (374 ft)
24Manuel Crescencio Rejón International AirportMIDMMMDMéridalarge12 m (38 ft)
25Mexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMEXMMMXMexico Citylarge2,230 m (7,316 ft)
26Monterrey International AirportMTYMMMYMonterreylarge390 m (1,278 ft)
27Puerto Vallarta International AirportPVRMMPRPuerto Vallartalarge7 m (23 ft)
28Querétaro Intercontinental AirportQROMMQTQuerétarolarge1,919 m (6,296 ft)
29Xoxocotlán International AirportOAXMMOXOaxacalarge1,521 m (4,989 ft)
30Amado Nervo National AirportTPQMMEPTepicmedium920 m (3,020 ft)
31Angel Albino Corzo International AirportTGZMMTGTuxtla Gutiérrezmedium457 m (1,499 ft)
32Cabo San Lucas International AirportCSWMMSLCabo San Lucasmedium140 m (459 ft)
33Chetumal International AirportCTMMMCMChetumalmedium12 m (39 ft)
34Ciudad del Carmen International AirportCMEMMCECiudad del Carmenmedium3 m (10 ft)
35Ciudad Obregón International AirportCENMMCNCiudad Obregónmedium74 m (243 ft)
36El Tajín National AirportPAZMMPAPoza Ricamedium151 m (497 ft)
37Francisco Sarabia Tinoco International AirportTRCMMTCTorreónmedium1,124 m (3,688 ft)
38General Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez National Airport / Ixtepec Air BaseIZTMMITIxtepecmedium50 m (164 ft)
39General Francisco Javier Mina International AirportTAMMMTMCiudad Maderomedium24 m (80 ft)
40General Guadalupe Victoria International AirportDGOMMDODurangomedium1,860 m (6,104 ft)
41General José María Yáñez International AirportGYMMMGMGuaymasmedium18 m (59 ft)
42General Leobardo C. Ruiz International AirportZCLMMZCZacatecasmedium2,177 m (7,141 ft)
43General Lucio Blanco International AirportREXMMRXReynosamedium42 m (139 ft)
44General Pedro Jose Mendez International AirportCVMMMCVCiudad Victoriamedium232 m (761 ft)
45General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International AirportMXLMMMLMexicalimedium23 m (74 ft)
46General Servando Canales International AirportMAMMMMAMatamorosmedium8 m (25 ft)
47Ingeniero Alberto Acuña Ongay International AirportCPEMMCPCampechemedium10 m (34 ft)
48Licenciado Miguel de la Madrid International AirportCLQMMIAColimamedium752 m (2,467 ft)
49Manuel Márquez de León International AirportLAPMMLPLa Pazmedium21 m (69 ft)
50Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International AirportMTTMMMTCosoleacaquemedium11 m (36 ft)
51Piedras Negras International AirportPDSMMPGPiedras Negrasmedium275 m (901 ft)
52Plan de Guadalupe International AirportSLWMMIOSaltillomedium1,456 m (4,778 ft)
53Playa de Oro International AirportZLOMMZOManzanillomedium9 m (30 ft)
54Ponciano Arriaga International AirportSLPMMSPSan Luis Potosímedium1,839 m (6,035 ft)
55Puerto Escondido International AirportPXMMMPSPuerto Escondidomedium90 m (294 ft)
56Quetzalcóatl International AirportNLDMMNLNuevo Laredomedium148 m (484 ft)
57Tapachula International AirportTAPMMTPTapachulamedium30 m (97 ft)
58Uruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International AirportUPNMMPNUruapanmedium1,603 m (5,258 ft)
59Valle del Fuerte International AirportLMMMMLMLos Mochismedium5 m (16 ft)
60Base N°1 de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (General Alfredo Lezama Álvarez)-MX-2118Zumpangomedium2,245 m (7,365 ft)

The table shows 60 of the country's 71 large and medium airports, in the declared order: large before medium, scheduled service first, name as tiebreaker.

The geography of Mexico's fields

The country's highest airport in the register is Adolfo López Mateos International Airport, at 2,580 m (8,466 ft); the lowest is Ciudad del Carmen International Airport, at 3 m (10 ft). The northernmost field is General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (Mexicali), at latitude 32.63 N, and the southernmost is Tapachula International Airport (Tapachula), at 14.79 N: 3,045.4 km separate the two extremes in a straight line. Of the 71 large and medium fields listed, 59 had scheduled service in the source's snapshot. Between the highest and the lowest field there is a 2,577 m elevation gap. The IATA codes at the top of the table: CJS, TLC, AGU, CUL, HUX, CUN, VSA, CZM.

Source and method

Source: OurAirports, public domain, snapshot of 2026-07-08. The size classification (large, medium, small) belongs to the register itself; heliports and closed fields stay out of Mexico's count. The source carries no passenger traffic, so "the two main airports" on this page is a declared proxy: the first two in the table order. Elevations arrive in feet and are converted to meters by this site; distances use haversine, in straight lines. In the world ranking by large airports, Mexico sits in 6th place, next to Japan and Brazil. The whole world's numbers live in the airports of the world in numbers.

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