Hermosillo International Airport , also known by its ceremonial name, General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio L. Pesqueira), is an international

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located in

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. The airport handles several domestic flights, as well as flights to the

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and

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The current airport was inaugurated in the year 1982, to replace the former airfield previously located in an area known as La Manga. The facility is composed of one main runway (5/23), taxiways, hangars, and a commercial terminal which has capacity for 9 or more aircraft. The airport normally serves as the primary alternate airport for flights headed to

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due to unfavorable weather at

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or other technical problems. The airport's runways and taxiways were widened during the early 2000s so as to handle heavy aircraft that may divert, like

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on several occasions.

operated a hub out of Hermosillo for many years. The hub connected cities throughout Mexico and also offered flights to the U.S. cities of Los Angeles and Phoenix. The hub was eventually downsized to a focus city, with it ultimately closing in 2017. The airport is also a military base, denominated BAM-18, handling

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's flights. The airport is named after

Ignacio Pesqueira Ignacio Pesqueira García was a 19th-century Mexican general and politician. He was the Governor of Sonora over six times, with two of the six terms being an insurgent governor during the Second French intervention in Mexico. Childhood His par ...

, a general who helped the Mexican army resist the French during the 19th century invasion. It handled 1,559,900 passengers in 2021, and 1,945,400 passengers in 2022, an increase of 3.8%.

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