Bachigualato Federal International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Federal de Bachigualato, IATA: CUL, ICAO: MMCL), commonly named Culiacán International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán), is an international airport located at Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Culiacán.

Culiacán International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán
IATA: CUL ICAO: MMCL
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
Serves	Culiacán and Navolato
Location	Bachigualato, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Focus city for	VivaAerobús Volaris
Elevation AMSL	108 ft / 33 m
Coordinates	24°45′52″N 107°28′28″W
Website	Official website
Map
CUL Show map of Sinaloa CUL Show map of Mexico
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,300 7,546 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Total Passengers 1,970,211 Ranking in Mexico 10th 1
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

The airport is among the Top 10 busiest airports in Mexico, and the busiest in domestic traffic and second busiest for international operations in the state of Sinaloa. It is currently handled by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, having undergone major construction consisting of a new terminal layout and a new boarding system. It has two jetways.

In 2020, Culiacán airport moved 1,373,102 passengers, and 1,970,211 in 2021.[1]

Bachigualato Federal International Airport is named after the neighborhood of Bachigualato, where the airport is located.

In favorable weather, flights from the Baja California peninsula and north arrive to runway 02, and flights from the rest of the country to runway 20.

The state executive announced plans to expand the airport and the construction of a second runway to support Boeing 777 landings.

Facilities

• Number of gates: 5
• Contact positions: 5
• Remote positions: 3
• Number of jetways: 2
• Number of halls: 2 (Domestic & International)
• Number of baggage claiming carousels: 4 (Domestic & International gates)
• Food court and bar (Upper Level)
• Check-in area: (Boarding area & Ticket sales)
• Customs (Arrivals area)
• Taxi & car rentals (Main road & Domestic arrivals area)
• Duty Free (Floor Level & Upper Lever)
• Hotel service (offices):
  • Lucerna Hotel
  • Fideicomiso
• Parking area
• Aeroméxico offices (Floor Level & Country Courts)
• VivaAerobus offices (Floor Level)
• Volaris offices (Floor Level)

Terminals

The CIA (Culiacán International Airport) has two terminals.

Main Terminal

The Main Terminal is used for all commercial flights, domestic and international. It has two jetways and 3 remote positions.

Terminal expansion

From February to November 2012, the airport began the work of expansion to the terminal building. The work consists of improve the operation, the airport functionality and the passenger comfort, with an expansion of 3,000m², including: the new terminal lobby and the growth in outpatient, remodeling of 2,500m² for passengers, reconfiguration of check-in point on upper level with 3 simultaneous check-in lines, the construction of a vertical circulation core in the front façade including a panoramic elevator, the growth of the waiting lounge area, the shopping area redesign and a projection of an image of modernity in its façade and inside it.

General Aviation Terminal

The General Aviation Terminal (also known as the Private Aviation Terminal) is located next to the Main Terminal. The Terminal is used for private planes, and helicopters.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Destinations map

Destinations map
Culiacán Monterrey Mexico City Tijuana Cancún Guadalajara Mexicali Ciudad Juárez San José del Cabo Cabo San Lucas La Paz Hermosillo Chihuahua Domestic destinations from Culiacán International Airport Red = Year-round destination Blue = Future destination Green = Seasonal destination Italic = Suspended destination
Phoenix–Sky Harbor International destinations from Bajío International Airport Red = Year-round destination Blue = Future destination Green = Seasonal/charter destination Italic = Suspended passenger destination

Cargo

Statistics

Passengers

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Culiacán International Airport (2021)[2]

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Baja California, Tijuana	431,985		VivaAerobús, Volaris
2	Mexico City, Mexico City	239,379		Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobús, Volaris
3	Jalisco, Guadalajara	114,466		VivaAerobús, Volaris
4	Baja California Sur, San José del Cabo	53,019		Aero Pacífico, VivaAerobús, Volaris
5	Baja California, Mexicali	49,934	1	Calafia Airlines, TAR, Volaris
6	Nuevo León, Monterrey	44,323	1	Calafia Airlines, TAR, VivaAerobús
7	Baja California Sur, La Paz	28,950		Calafia Airlines, TAR, VivaAerobús
8	Sonora, Hermosillo	8,330	1	TAR
9	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	7,157	1	TAR, VivaAerobús
10	Quintana Roo, Cancún	1,079		VivaAerobús, Volaris

Accidents and incidents

Wikinews has related news:

• Nine dead as plane crashes into cars in Mexico

• On July 5, 2007, a twin-engine Sabreliner cargo jet failed to take off from the airport due to a loss of control resulting from a tire blowout and slid off the runway onto a highway. Three people died on board the plane and six on the ground; five more were injured.[3]
• On April 24, 2012, a Cessna 182 registered XBMPN for private use crashed in the airport few seconds after took off. The plane was heading to Chihuahua Airport and at the time of the crash the plane carried only the pilot who resulted with only minor injuries. The aircraft remained in some trees at the end of the runway, still on airport property.[4]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Culiacán International Airport.

• Official Culiacán Airport website
• Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte de México

На других языках

[de] Flughafen Culiacán

[es] Aeropuerto Internacional Federal de Culiacán

[fr] Aéroport international de Culiacán