Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (sometimes abbreviated as Francisco P.V. y R. Airport) is a domestic airport serving

Lagos de Moreno Lagos de Moreno () is a city and municipality in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Lagos is located in the region of Los Altos de Jalisco, within the macroregion of the Bajío, one of the most highly developed areas in Latin America. Lagos de Moren ...

, in the

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

province of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. The airport is named after

Francisco Primo de Verdad y Ramos Francisco Primo de Verdad y Ramos (June 9, 1760, Ciénega del Rincón, New Spain – October 4, 1808, Mexico City, New Spain) was a Novohispanic lawyer and politician and a proponent of Mexican independence from Spain. He was imprisoned by the ...

, a lawyer and politician.

History

The airport was built under the name "Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport" during the six-year presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari. From 1994 until 2000, it had commercial flights operated by TAESA, Mexico's third-largest airline at the time. There were regular flights to Mexico City, Tijuana, and at times also to Guadalajara and Zacatecas. In 2012, there were plans to establish Lagos de Moreno as a cargo airport by Mexican investors. Since the closure of the national airport the facility is now being used as a privately held aerodrome by

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

enthusiasts.

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{{Airports in Mexico Airports in Jalisco

History

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