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Ixtapa Zihuatanejo International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
26 ft / 8 m

Address
  
Guerrero, Mexico

Elevation
  
8 m

Location
  
Zihuatanejo, Guerrero

08/26
  
8,202

Code
  
ZIH

Phone
  
+52 755 554 2070

Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport

Operator
  
Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

Similar
  
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Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport (IATA: ZIH, ICAO: MMZH) is an international airport in the state of Guerrero on Mexico's Pacific Ocean coast. It receives thousands of tourists all year to visit beaches and resorts. It handles national and international air traffic for the cities of Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo.

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It handled 562,099 passengers in 2015, and 557,389 passengers in 2016.

Architecture

The architect of the 1998 new Ixtapa International Airport, its renovation, expansion and extended facilities, was Mexican architect and great-grandson of Queen Isabella II of Spain, Manuel De Santiago-de Borbón González Bravo. He was a member of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites, UNESCO), and his lifetime architectural legacy to Mexico adds to 11,000,000 built square meters nationwide, including famous buildings and national sites, as well as important national restorations like the Mexican Houses of Congress Palace, Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro.

References

Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport Wikipedia