Tijuana International Airport

Tijuana International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
ServesSan Diego–Tijuana
LocationTijuana, Baja California
(CBX terminal in Otay Mesa, San Diego, California)
OpenedMay 1, 1951 (1951-05-01)
Hub forVolaris
Focus city forViva
Time zonePST (UTC-08:00)
 • Summer (DST)PDT (UTC-07:00)
Elevation AMSL149 m / 489 ft
Coordinates32°32′27″N 116°58′12″W / 32.54083°N 116.97000°W / 32.54083; -116.97000
Websitewww.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/en/tijuana-3.html
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,960 9,711 Asphalt
10/28 (closed) 2,000 6,561 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Total passengers12,545,800
Ranking in Mexico5th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico[1]

Tijuana International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Tijuana); officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez (General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport) (IATA: TIJ, ICAO: MMTJ), is an international airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of downtown Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

It serves Tijuana and the surrounding San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area, home to a population of five million people.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Seasonal: Guadalajara
American Eagle Phoenix–Sky Harbor[2]
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital[3]
Magnicharters Seasonal: Guadalajara
Mexicana de Aviación Mexico City–AIFA[4]
Viva Cancún, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo1 (begins May 22, 2025),[5] La Paz (begins May 22, 2025),[5] León/Del Bajío, Mazatlán, Mérida2,[6] Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro2 (begins May 23, 2025),[5] San José del Cabo, Tulum,4 Veracruz (begins May 22, 2025)[5]
Volaris Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Colima, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, La Paz, León/Del Bajío, Loreto, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Escondido, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, San José del Cabo, San Luis Potosí, Tapachula, Tepic, Toluca/Mexico City, Torreón/Gómez Palacio, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Uruapan, Veracruz, Villahermosa, Zacatecas

Notes:
^1 Viva flight to Hermosillo makes a stopover in San José del Cabo but it will be non-stop from May 2025.
^2 Viva flight to Mérida makes a stopover in Monterrey.
^3 Viva flight to Querétaro makes a stopover in San José del Cabo but it will be non-stop from May 2025.
^4 Viva flight to Tulum makes a stopover in Mexico City–AIFA.

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Aeronaves TSM Hermosillo, Querétaro
AeroUnion Mexico City–AIFA[7]
China Southern Cargo Mexico City–AIFA, Shanghai–Pudong
Estafeta Culiacán, Hermosillo
IFL Group
Operated for FedEx Feeder
San Diego

Destinations map

Tijuana
Mexico City/AIFA
Monterrey
Mérida
León/Del Bajío
Guadalajara
Mazatlán
Cancún
Puerto Vallarta
Loreto
Torreón/Gómez Palacio
Oaxaca
Los Mochis
Tapachula
Tepic
Ciudad Juárez
La Paz
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Puebla
Querétaro
San Luis Potosí
San José del Cabo
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
Aguascalientes
Zacatecas
Uruapan
Hermosillo
Acapulco
Morelia
Colima
Culiacán
Veracruz
Huatulco
Chihuahua
Ciudad Obregón
Durango
Toluca
Puerto Peñasco
Puerto Escondido
Villahermosa
Tulum
Domestic destinations from Tijuana International Airport
Red = Year-round destination
Blue = Future destination
Green = Seasonal destination
International destinations from Tijuana International Airport
Red = Year-round destination
Blue = Future destination
Green = Seasonal destination

References

  1. "GAP Traffic Report 2024" (PDF). Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. January 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  2. "American Airlines to offer two new destinations from Sky Harbor beginning in February". 12News. July 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  3. "Aeropuerto de Tijuana reactivará ruta Tijuana – Beijing". La Jornada (in Mexican Spanish). 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. Díaz Canseco, Ricardo (22 December 2023). "Mexicana de Aviación inició venta de boletos: costos y rutas de la nueva aerolínea". Infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Viva Aerobus launches 4 new routes from Tijuana". EnElAire (in Spanish). August 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  6. "Viva Aerobus adds 2 new routes from Mérida". Mexico News Daily. June 26, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  7. Valadez, Roberto (September 1, 2022). "Con AeroUnion, inicia operación de terminal de carga en aeropuerto de Santa Lucía". Milenio (in Spanish). Grupo Milenio. Retrieved December 21, 2022.