Torreón International Airport or Torreón/Gómez Palacio International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional De Torreón Francisco Sarabia'' (Francisco Sarabia International Airport) (), is an international airport located in

Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Coahuila. The city's population is 720,848 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in the state of Coahuila. Also Torreón is par ...

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, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the La Laguna Metropolitan Area, which includes Torreón, Coahuila, and the cities of

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and Lerdo in

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. The airport also supports a variety of tourism, flight training, executive and

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activities.

Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA, is a Mexican airport operator headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Mexico. It operates 13 airports in the central and northern states of Mexico, including that of Monterrey, ...

(OMA) is the operator of the airport, and it was named in honor of Francisco Sarabia, a pioneer of commercial aviation in Mexico. In 2024, the airport served 813,226 passengers.

Facilities

The airport is situated within the

urban area, to the east of the city center, at an elevation of above sea level. The passenger terminal offers a range of services typical of a regional airport, including

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facilities for both domestic and international flights,

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, parking areas, car rental services, taxi stands, and a departure concourse with 2 gates, one of which is equipped with a

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. The terminal underwent renovations in both 2003 and 2023. The

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has 7 stands capable of accommodating

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. Torreón Airport features two runways. The main runway, Runway 13/31, is in length, while Runway 08/26 is long and is primarily used for smaller aircraft. Additionally, the Mexican Air Force's Air Force Station No. 3 () (E.A.M. No. 3) is located at Torreón Airport. It currently does not have any active squadrons assigned to it. The station includes an aviation platform of , 1

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, and other facilities for accommodating Air Force personnel.

Airlines and destinations

Passengers

Cargo

Aeropuerto Internacional Francisco Sarabia Torren

Destination maps

Statistics

Busiest routes

References

External links

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Official Website

Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte/

Torreón Airport information
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