Airport type Public, Military 10L/28R 2,600 Elevation 23 m | Elevation AMSL 23 m / 75 ft Code MXL Phone +52 686 552 2148 | |
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Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico Serves Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico Website Mexicali International Airport Address Mesa de Andrade Km. 23.5 S/N, Col. Mariano Abasolo, 21600 Mexicali, BC, Mexico | ||
General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (IATA: MXL, ICAO: MMML) Is an international airport located outside Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. It is the northern-most airport in Mexico. It is named after Mexican military officer, politician and former Governor of Baja California Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada.
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The General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport is located 20 kilometres east of the City of Mexicali. The airport is 535 hectares in area, with an asphalt runway 2600 metres long and 45 metres wide, designed to handle aircraft such as the Boeing 737, Boeing 757 and Airbus A320. It has two taxiways, 385 and 460 metres long by 23 metres wide.
The airport has two aprons, one for commercial aviation, made of hydraulic concrete with three parking positions; and another for general aviation, made of asphalt, with 24 parking positions and three helipads. It also has a building for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, a machinery room, visual aids, control tower, three hangars and a water treatment plant.
In 2015 the airport served 595,600 passengers, while in 2016 it served 716,200 passengers, an increase of 20.2%.
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Aviacsa ceased operations at this airport in May 2008.