Acapulco International Airport, officially General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport , is the main airport of

Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has ...

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, Mexico, located from the city. In 2020, the airport handled 395,948 passengers, and in 2021 it handled 670,239 passengers.

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Because Acapulco has always been considered an important resort and recreation area, Acapulco International Airport has long been important in the development of tourism in southern Mexico. It is the largest international airport in the country's southern

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region, and one of the largest air facilities in Mexico. Frequent flights are available daily from

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in Mexico City as well as less frequent flights from other Mexican, American, and Canadian cities. The airport can accommodate jets up to the size of the

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. This international airport is one of the top 15 airports in Mexico in terms of operations, receiving many international charter flights. The facility has many services for passengers, including restaurants, VIP lounges, and several gates equipped with jetways, and is divided in two terminals, The Passenger terminal, serving all scheduled flight and all airlines (domestic and international) and the General Aviation terminal, which is a 1960s circular building. The airport was named after Juan N. Álvarez Hurtado, a Mexican military officer who was instrumental in most of the armed conflicts in the beginning of Mexican independence, Governor of Guerrero and

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A new terminal was inaugurated by Mexican president

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on 25 May 2018. The price was 547 million

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. The terminal has 2 stories, has a capacity for 1.3 million people, and covers 18,800 m². Some of the new features are new technology and more restaurants and shops. The construction lasted almost 2 years; from July 2016 to May 2018.