Retained scope
multi-zone gateway network
Mexico has 12 retained large/medium airport records (12 large, 0 medium) across 6 IANA zones.
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Country airport index
This page lists 12 retained airport records in our curated Mexico airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for Mexico; it lists 12 retained airport records (12 large airports) across 6 IANA timezones (America/Mexico_City, America/Chihuahua, America/Ciudad_Juarez plus 3 more).
Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.
Timezone note. Airport timezone records can be more granular than the country profile. America/Chihuahua, America/Merida, America/Monterrey appears in the retained airport records but not in the country-level timezone list, so use the airport record for local-time calculations.
Country airport evidence
This page is classified as a multi-zone gateway network. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.
Retained scope
multi-zone gateway network
Mexico has 12 retained large/medium airport records (12 large, 0 medium) across 6 IANA zones.
Code and entity coverage
12 IATA, 12 ICAO
12 retained records have airport-facts rows; 11 cite official airport domains and 12 carry Wikidata entity links.
Traffic and operation facts
0 passenger rows
No retained record quotes passenger-volume facts yet; operational depth comes from type, code, timezone, runway, source, and scheduled-service fields where available.
Timezone pattern
6 airport zones
Airport clocks span UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00, so this country page must keep airport-local time rather than assuming America/Hermosillo.
Verification boundary
47 source URLs
Visible source hosts include aeropuertosgap.com.mx, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, oma.aero, aicm.com.mx, aeropuertomonterrey.oma.aero, gob.mx. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.
Editorial status
manual dossier attached
Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.
Source hosts seen in retained airport facts
Traveler planning patterns
Abraham González International Airport (CJS) is the first retained airport to check for Mexico; then scan the 12 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.
Do not assume one country clock: retained airport zones span UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00. That matters for overnight arrivals, missed-connection buffers, and airport pickup times.
6 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.
12 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.
Mexico has a holiday country page on this site, so use it alongside airport time checks for closures, public-holiday pressure, and ground-service planning.
No retained airport quotes passenger-volume facts yet, so the page avoids traffic rankings and leans on source-backed type, code, timezone, and city context.
Airport coverage patterns
Country aviation profile
These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.
International gateways
11
Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.
Scheduled service
12 / 12
Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.
Runway records
21
Sum of curated runway counts where the facts file quotes a number.
Curated passenger coverage
0 / 12
Curated passenger figures are not yet attached to retained records here.
Gateway evidence matrix
The rows below show why the top airport records are useful beyond a country list: role labels, code identity, timezone, scheduled-service flags, passenger/runway facts where quoted, and the source hosts that back static airport identity.
Ciudad Juárez · CJS · America/Ciudad_Juarez
Ciudad Juárez International Airport ; officially Aeropuerto Internacional Abraham González (Abraham González International Airport) is an international airport located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, near the Mexico–United States border.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 8,858 ft / 2,700 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 17 coverage signals
Toluca · TLC · America/Mexico_City
OurAirports classifies TLC as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Toluca.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 13,780 ft / 4,200 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 16 coverage signals
Mexico City · NLU · America/Mexico_City
Felipe Ángeles International Airport, also known as Mexico City Felipe Ángeles International Airport or simply Mexico City-AIFA, is an international airport located in Zumpango, State of Mexico, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Mexico City.
Operations
scheduled service; 3 runways; longest runway 14,764 ft / 4,500 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 21 coverage signals
Tijuana · TIJ · America/Tijuana
Rodríguez, is an international airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of downtown Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 9,711 ft / 2,960 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals
Chihuahua · CUU · America/Chihuahua
OurAirports classifies CUU as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Chihuahua.
Operations
scheduled service; 3 runways; longest runway 8,530 ft / 2,600 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 16 coverage signals
Guadalajara · GDL · America/Mexico_City
OurAirports classifies GDL as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Guadalajara.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 13,123 ft / 4,000 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 20 coverage signals
Silao · BJX · America/Mexico_City
OurAirports classifies BJX as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Silao.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 11,483 ft / 3,500 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
Puebla · PBC · America/Mexico_City
It handles national and international air traffic for the Metropolitan area of Puebla, the fourth-largest metro area in Mexico.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 11,811 ft / 3,600 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
Time-zone span
Mexico’s retained airport records span 6 IANA zones from UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00 — an offset spread of 1.0 hour. At least one zone observes a seasonal DST shift, so local-clock math around the transition weekend needs care.
America/Mexico_City
UTC-06:00 · CST
7 airports
America/Chihuahua
Offset not in retained zone table
1 airport
America/Ciudad_Juarez
UTC-06:00 · MDT · DST observed
1 airport
America/Merida
Offset not in retained zone table
1 airport
Regional peer comparison
Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.
Country aviation dossier
Mexico's 80 airports served 186.46 million passengers in 2024 per AFAC. Mexico City International (MEX) led with 45.36 million; Cancún (CUN) followed at 30.56 million; Guadalajara (GDL) and Monterrey (MTY) anchor the secondary tier. Aeroméxico, Volaris, and Viva Aerobús dominate. AFAC (Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil) regulates; the new Felipe Ángeles International (NLU) absorbs some Mexico City overflow but has yet to scale to forecast volumes. The FAA Category 1 reinstatement in 2023 unlocked US-route expansion in 2024.
Last verified 2026-05-09 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.
Frequently asked
Reference fields include Mexico's ISO codes, airport slugs and IATA codes, IANA timezone identifiers, top-airport passenger labels, hub-airline tags, and peer-country slugs.
Country overview
The retained catalog currently includes 12 airport records in 11 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.
Retained records
12
Airport localities
11
Timezone records
6 zones
Time-zone planning
For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.
Codes, clocks, and city mapping
IATA coverage
12 codes
Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.
ICAO coverage
12 codes
Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.
Airport mix
12 large / 0 medium
Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.
DST travel risk
Multi-zone
Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.
These rows connect retained airport records to city-time pages, so a reader can move from a flight code to the local clock, nearby planning context, and meeting-time checks.
Mexico City
3 linked airports
MEX Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (America/Mexico_City); NLU Felipe Ángeles International Airport (America/Mexico_City); TLC Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (America/Mexico_City)
Ciudad Juárez
1 linked airport
CJS Abraham González International Airport (America/Ciudad_Juarez)
Puebla
1 linked airport
PBC Hermanos Serdán International Airport (America/Mexico_City)
Tijuana
1 linked airport
TIJ General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (America/Tijuana)
Major airport list
These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.
Abraham González International Airport
Ciudad Juárez
large airport · America/Ciudad_Juarez
Adolfo López Mateos International Airport
Toluca
large airport · America/Mexico_City
Felipe Ángeles International Airport
Mexico City
large airport · America/Mexico_City
General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport
Tijuana
large airport · America/Tijuana
General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport
Chihuahua
large airport · America/Chihuahua
Guadalajara International Airport
Guadalajara
large airport · America/Mexico_City
Route-planning cues
Start with gateway airports
12 large airports
Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.
Check the local clock
6 timezones
Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.
Move to city context
6 linked airports
Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.
Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.
City coverage
Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.
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