Culiacán International Airport

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

The airport, being the most important domestic gateway in the state of Sinaloa, and the second on international operations after Mazatlán International Airport, second before Los Mochis International Airport has undergone major construction consisting of a new terminal layout and a new boarding system. It has two jetways.

In 2014, Culiacán airport handled 1,307,717 passengers, and in 2015 it handled 1,432,315 passengers.^[1]

It is handled by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. This airport used to be operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico.

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

Airport's new façade.

Airport's ticket counters.

Culiacán Airport Terminal map.

Airport's main corridor.

Culiacán International Airport.

Jetway.

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)
Interjet offices (Floor Level)
VivaAerobus offices (Floor Level)
Volaris offices (Floor Level)

Terminals

The CIA (Culiacán International Airport) has only 2 terminals.

Main Terminal

It's the main building used for the commercial flights, domestics and foreigners. With two crystal jetways and 3 remote positions, there's space for operate all domestics flights. The only international destination from this airport is to Los Angeles-LAX with Aeroméxico Connect.

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

Airlines	Destinations	Position
Aéreo Calafia	Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, Loreto, Mexicali	Remote
Aeroméxico	Mexico City, Tijuana Seasonal: Guadalajara	A
Aeroméxico Connect	Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mexico City, Monterrey (ends January 9, 2017) Seasonal: Chihuahua, Los Angeles	A / B / Remote
Aero Pacífico	San José del Cabo	Remote
Interjet	Mexico City, Tijuana	A / Remote
TAR	Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Hermosillo, La Paz	Remote
VivaAerobus	Guadalajara, La Paz, Monterrey, San José del Cabo	Remote
Volaris	Guadalajara, La Paz, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, San José del Cabo, Tijuana	A / B / Remote

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Estafeta	San Luis Potosí, Tijuana

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Culiacán International Airport (2015)^[2]
Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City	250,245		Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris
2	Baja California, Tijuana	245,784		Interjet, Volaris
3	Nuevo León, Monterrey	73,457		Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
4	Jalisco, Guadalajara	52,094		Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Express, Volaris
5	Baja California Sur, Los Cabos	29,838	2	Aero Pacífico, VivaAerobus, Volaris
6	Sonora, Hermosillo	24,570	1	Aeroméxico Connect, TAR
7	Baja California Sur, La Paz	23,001	1	Aéreo Calafia, TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
8	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	1,980		Aeroméxico Connect, TAR
9	Sinaloa, Los Mochis	245	1
9	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	190

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 was only manned by the pilot of the aircraft which resulted in only minor injuries. The aircraft remained in some trees at the end of the runway, still on airport property.^[4]

References

↑ http://ir.oma.aero/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=949236
↑ "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
↑ "Plane crashes in Sinaloa, 9 dead (in Spanish)". La Jornada. July 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
↑ "Plane plummets in Culiacán Airport (in Spanish)". Linea Directa Portal. April 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Culiacán International Airport.

Airport information for MMCL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
Official Culiacán Airport website—(English)
Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte de México

Airports in Mexico

Northwest	Cabo San Lucas Cedros Island Chihuahua Ciudad Constitución Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Obregón Culiacán Durango Guasave Guaymas Guerrero Negro Hermosillo La Paz Loreto Los Cabos Los Mochis Mazatlán Mexicali Navojoa Nogales Puerto Peñasco San Felipe San Luis Río Colorado Santa Rosalía Tijuana

Northeast	Ciudad Acuña Ciudad Mante Ciudad Victoria Matamoros Monclova Monterrey/Del Norte Monterrey/Mariano Escobedo Nuevo Laredo Piedras Negras Reynosa Saltillo Tampico Torreón

North-Central	Aguascalientes Celaya León/El Bajío Querétaro San Luis Potosí Tamuín Zacatecas

South-Central	Cuernavaca Mexico City Mexico City (planned new airport) Toluca/Mexico City

Western	Colima Guadalajara Lagos de Moreno Lázaro Cárdenas Manzanillo Morelia Puerto Vallarta Tepic Uruapan

Eastern	Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos Poza Rica Puebla Tehuacán Veracruz Xalapa

Southeastern	Campeche Cancún Chetumal Chichen Itza Ciudad del Carmen Cozumel Mérida Villahermosa

Southwestern	Acapulco Chilpancingo Ciudad Altamirano Huatulco Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Oaxaca Palenque Puerto Escondido San Cristóbal de las Casas Tapachula Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Related lists	Airports in Mexico Busiest Airports Transport in Mexico By code Aerodromes and smaller airports Military aviation Airline destinations

Note: bold indicates major airports and Bold SmallCaps indicates the airport with biggest traffic in the region

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