General José María Yáñez International Airport is an international airport located in Guaymas,

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, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Guaymas. It was named after General

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who defended Guaymas against an army of 400

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and Chilean

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in the 19th century. It is operated by

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, a federal government-owned corporation. In 2021, the airport handled 5,369 passengers, and in 2022 it handled 5,921 passengers.

History

Past jet service

A U.S. based airline operated scheduled passenger jet service from Guaymas during the 1970s. In 1975, Hughes Airwest was operating nonstop service to Phoenix (PHX) four days a week with a

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jetliner with this flight offering continuing, no change of plane service to San Jose, CA (SJC), San Francisco (SFO), Sacramento (SMF), Eugene, OR (EUG). Portland, OR (PDX) and Seattle (SEA). Aeroméxico operated daily

jet service from Guaymas nonstop to Tucson (TUS) for a number of years in the 1980s and 1990s. US Airways used to fly to Phoenix–Sky Harbor from Guaymas with Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft; the route was initially operated by

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History

Past jet service

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Passengers

See also

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