Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport
International airport in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Tuxtla Gutiérrez), officially known as Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo (Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport) (IATA: TGZ, ICAO: MMTG), is an international airport situated in the municipality of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. It serves air traffic for Tuxtla Gutiérrez and a significant part of the State of Chiapas, including San Cristóbal de las Casas and Comitán.
Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Tuxtla Gutiérrez | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas | ||||||||||
Serves | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | ||||||||||
Location | Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico | ||||||||||
Time zone | CST (UTC-06:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 457 m / 1,499 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 16°33′49″N 093°01′21″W | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas |
The airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas, a government-owned corporation. It replaced the Francisco Sarabia National Airport, which is now exclusively used for military purposes. According to official statistics from the Civil Aviation Federal Agency (AFAC), the airport handled 1,590,178 passengers in 2022 and 1,784,010 in 2023, marking a 12.19% increase.[1]