Torreón International Airport
International airport in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Torreón International Airport or Torreón/Gómez Palacio International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Torreón); officially Aeropuerto Internacional De Torreón Francisco Sarabia (Francisco Sarabia International Airport) (IATA: TRC, ICAO: MMTC), is an international airport located in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the La Laguna Metropolitan Area, which includes Torreón, Coahuila, and the cities of Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in Durango.
Torreón International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Torreón | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte | ||||||||||||||
Serves | La Laguna, e.g.:Torreón, Coahuila, Gómez Palacio, Durango | ||||||||||||||
Location | Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,124 m / 3,688 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°34′05″N 103°24′38″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte[1] |
The airport also supports a variety of tourism, flight training, executive and general aviation activities. Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA) is the operator of the airport, and it was named in honor of Francisco Sarabia, a pioneer of commercial aviation in Mexico. In 2023, the airport served 776,462 passengers.[1]