Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo), also known as ''Tuxtla Gutierrez International Airport'', is an international airport serving the

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municipality of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. It handles air traffic for the city of

Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tuxtla Gutiérrez (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Mexican southeastern state of Chiapas. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name, the most developed and populated in the state. A busy government, commercial and servi ...

and central

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, including the popular tourist destination of San Cristóbal de las Casas. It was inaugurated by President

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and by the State's Governor

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on June 27, 2006, replacing the

Francisco Sarabia National Airport Tuxtla Gutiérrez Air Force Base ( es, Base Aérea Militar Tuxtla Gutiérrez) (B.A.M. 6); officially ''Base Aérea Militar No. 6 General Aviador Ángel Hipólito Corzo Molina'' (Air Force Base No. 6 General Aviator Ángel Hipólito Corzo Molina), ...

. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas, a government-owned corporation. The airport was originally designed with a capacity to handle 350 daily operations and 850,000 passengers per year, it comprises a concrete runway, a parallel taxiway, several hangars, a commercial aviation apron, a

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apron, a military base, and a state-of-the-art commercial terminal equipped with six glass jetways, two of which are capable of handling medium-large airliners such as the

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and Airbus A330. To improve the airport's capacity, the operator invested 440 million MXP to expand and modernize all installations. Works were completed in December 2020, expanding its surface by 140% for a total of 22,472 m² and increasing the contact positions to 8 jetways. According to official statistics provided by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, in 2020 the airport handled 756,786 passengers, and 1,186,528 in 2021. It is the busiest in the Southwestern region and the 14th in the country. The airport reached the million-passenger milestone for the first time on November 28, 2015.

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