Federal de Bachigualato International Airport
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Culiacán International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán |
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte | ||||||||||
| Serves | Culiacán and Navolato | ||||||||||
| Location | Bachigualato, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 108 ft / 33 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°45′52″N 107°28′28″W / 24.76444°N 107.47444°WCoordinates: 24°45′52″N 107°28′28″W / 24.76444°N 107.47444°W | ||||||||||
| Website | official website | ||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
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| Total Passengers | 1,726,654 |
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| Ranking in Mexico | 10th 
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Federal of Bachigualato International Airport or commonly named Culiacán International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Federal de Bachigualato or Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán), (IATA: CUL, ICAO: MMCL) is an international airport located at Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Culiacán.
The airport, being the most important domestic gateway in the state of Sinaloa, and the second on international operations after Mazatlán International Airport, second before Los Mochis International Airport has undergone major construction consisting of a new terminal layout and a new boarding system. It has two jetways.
In 2015, Culiacán airport handled 1,432,315 passengers, and in 2016 it handled 1,726,654 passengers.
It is handled by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. This airport used to be operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico.
Bachigualato Federal International Airport is named after the neighborhood of Bachigualato, where the airport is located.
In favorable weather, flights from the Baja California peninsula and north arrive to runway 02, and flights from the rest of the country to runway 20.
The state executive announced plans to expand the airport and the construction of a second runway to support Boeing 777 landings.
The CIA (Culiacán International Airport) has only 2 terminals.
The Main Terminal is used for all commercial flights, domestic and international. It has two jetways and 3 remote positions.
From February to November 2012, the airport began the work of expansion to the terminal building. The work consists of improve the operation, the airport functionality and the passenger comfort, with an expansion of 3,000m², including: the new terminal lobby and the growth in outpatient, remodeling of 2,500m² for passengers, reconfiguration of check-in point on upper level with 3 simultaneous check-in lines, the construction of a vertical circulation core in the front façade including a panoramic elevator, the growth of the waiting lounge area, the shopping area redesign and a projection of an image of modernity in its façade and inside it.
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