Bahías de Huatulco International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional de Bahías de Huatulco) is an international

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located at

Huatulco Huatulco (; ''wah-TOOL-coh''), formally Bahías de Huatulco, centered on the town of La Crucecita, is a tourist development in Mexico. It is located on the Pacific coast in the state of Oaxaca. Huatulco's tourism industry is centered on its nine ...

, in the state of

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. The airport handles national and international air traffic for the southern and southeastern Pacific coast of Oaxaca state. It is one of nine airports in southeast Mexico operated by

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(ASUR), which lists the airport's name as Huatulco International Airport. In 2020, the airport handled 402,728 passengers, and 692,150 in 2021.

Facilities

The airport is at an

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of above

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. It has one

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designated 07/25 with an

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surface measuring .Airport information for MMBT
from

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(effective October 2006) HUX-Terminal

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Statistics

In recent years, it has become one of the fastest growing airports in the country thanks to new seasonal flights from Canada and the US, although the

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generated a temporary decrease in air traffic in 2020 and 2021, and a discontinuation of some international routes.

Passengers

Busiest routes

References

External links

Huatulco Intl. Airport
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