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GDL · Guadalajara, Mexico
--:--:-- · CST (UTC-06:00) · 20.5233° N, 103.3101° W
Guadalajara International Airport
International airport serving Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 4710; ident MMGL; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
aeropuertosgap.com.mx
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceGuadalajara International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source20 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
GDL / MMGL
OurAirports ident
MMGL
GPS / local code
MMGL / GDL
ISO region
MX-JAL
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
aeropuertosgap.com.mx
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q9022
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 11:33 AM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--CST · UTC-06:00
Time zone
CST
America/Mexico_City · UTC-06:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
18 km
Approximate distance to central Guadalajara.
Country capital
Mexico City
Languages
Spanish
Currency
MXN ($)
Country area
1,964,375 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
13,123 ft / 4,000 m
Runway surface
ASPH, asphalt
Opened / operator
1542 · Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Owner / entity
Q9022
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
20 source-backed signals
Guadalajara International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Guadalajara, Mexico. Guadalajara's built-up core sits roughly 18 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Mexico_City (UTC-06:00, CST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Guadalajara International Airport (GDL / MMGL) is at 20.5233° N, 103.3101° W, elevation 5,016 ft (1,529 m), serving Guadalajara, Mexico.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Guadalajara is in Mexico (capital Mexico City); regulated by Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC); on America/Mexico_City (CST, UTC-06:00); working languages: Spanish; currency: MXN ($).
Distance from central Guadalajara: 18 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for GDL.
Primary airport name
Guadalajara International Airport (GDL / MMGL)
Guadalajara International Airport · International airport serving Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Known label 1
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara
Alternate airport-name cue retained for GDL, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
MMGL · MMGL · GDL · MX-JAL
aeropuertosgap.com.mx · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Regional role cue
It is Mexico's third-busiest airport in passenger traffic, aircraft operations, and cargo volume, offering flights across Mexico, the Americas, and Europe.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for GDL; not treated as a live service guarantee.
1. San José del Quince
san-jose-del-quince · 3.4 km from GDL
Mexico · America/Mexico_City · +0h · population 17,669 · city coordinates 20.5417, -103.2842
2. Las Pintitas
las-pintitas · 4.6 km from GDL
Mexico · America/Mexico_City · +0h · population 26,500 · city coordinates 20.5644, -103.3022
3. Las Pintas de Arriba
las-pintas-de-arriba · 6.0 km from GDL
Mexico · America/Mexico_City · +0h · population 22,838 · city coordinates 20.5757, -103.3244
4. Hacienda Santa Fe
hacienda-santa-fe · 7.4 km from GDL
Mexico · America/Mexico_City · +0h · population 86,935 · city coordinates 20.5181, -103.3806
5. San José del Castillo
san-jose-del-castillo · 7.7 km from GDL
Mexico · America/Mexico_City · +0h · population 39,246 · city coordinates 20.5117, -103.2369
6. Lomas del Sur
lomas-del-sur · 12 km from GDL
Mexico · America/Mexico_City · +0h · population 19,413 · city coordinates 20.4925, -103.4175
1. BJX MMLO
Guanajuato International Airport · Silao
197 km from GDL · America/Mexico_City · +0h · elevation 5,956 ft (1,815 m) · airport coordinates 20.9927, -101.4803
2. QRO MMQT
Querétaro Intercontinental Airport · Querétaro
325 km from GDL · America/Mexico_City · +0h · elevation 6,296 ft (1,919 m) · airport coordinates 20.6188, -100.1864
3. TLC MMTO
Adolfo López Mateos International Airport · Toluca
413 km from GDL · America/Mexico_City · +0h · elevation 8,466 ft (2,580 m) · airport coordinates 19.3369, -99.5658
1. GDL-BJX
Silao · 197 km · 1h 5m
America/Mexico_City · +0h from GDL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. GDL-QRO
Querétaro · 325 km · 1h 15m
America/Mexico_City · +0h from GDL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. GDL-TLC
Toluca · 413 km · 1h 21m
America/Mexico_City · +0h from GDL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 13,123 ft / 4,000 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
ASPH, asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for GDL.
Runway identifiers
11L/29R · 11R/29L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
1. BJX MMLO
Guanajuato International Airport · Silao · 197 km from GDL
large airport · America/Mexico_City · mexico · 5,956 ft (1,815 m) · 20.9927, -101.4803
2. QRO MMQT
Querétaro Intercontinental Airport · Querétaro · 325 km from GDL
large airport · America/Mexico_City · mexico · 6,296 ft (1,919 m) · 20.6188, -100.1864
3. TLC MMTO
Adolfo López Mateos International Airport · Toluca · 413 km from GDL
large airport · America/Mexico_City · mexico · 8,466 ft (2,580 m) · 19.3369, -99.5658
4. NLU MMSM
Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico City · 457 km from GDL
large airport · America/Mexico_City · mexico · 7,369 ft (2,246 m) · 19.7438, -99.0151
5. MEX MMMX
Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · Mexico City · 459 km from GDL
large airport · America/Mexico_City · mexico · 7,316 ft (2,230 m) · 19.4358, -99.0703
6. PBC MMPB
Hermanos Serdán International Airport · Puebla · 538 km from GDL
large airport · America/Mexico_City · mexico · 7,361 ft (2,244 m) · 19.1585, -98.3716
Source note 1
It is Mexico's third-busiest airport in passenger traffic, aircraft operations, and cargo volume, offering flights across Mexico, the Americas, and Europe.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for GDL.
GDL sits in Mexico (United Mexican States), whose capital is Mexico City. Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Common country-language signals: Spanish. Currency context: MXN ($). GDL is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
GDL is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
International airport serving Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Regional role cue: It is Mexico's third-busiest airport in passenger traffic, aircraft operations, and cargo volume, offering flights across Mexico, the Americas, and Europe.
Wikidata airport entity: Q9022 · Guadalajara. Administrative area: Guadalajara Municipality · Tlajomulco de Zúñiga Municipality. Named after: Guadalajara · Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla. Entity official-site cross-check: guadalajara.gob.mx
Guadalajara International Airport is a high-elevation field at 5,016 ft (1,529 m), positioned at 20.5233° N, 103.3101° W in the Northern tropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 13,123 ft / 4,000 m. The airport clock uses America/Mexico_City (CST, UTC-06:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
San José del Quince is the closest retained city-time anchor at 3.4 km. BJX Silao is the closest retained airport alternative at 197 km.
GDL is compared with BJX Silao at 197 km, QRO Querétaro at 325 km, TLC Toluca at 413 km, NLU Mexico City at 457 km, MEX Mexico City at 459 km inside the retained Mexico airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
GDL-BJX Silao: 197 km, about 1h 5m, +0h. GDL-QRO Querétaro: 325 km, about 1h 15m, +0h. GDL-TLC Toluca: 413 km, about 1h 21m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident MMGL backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. aeropuertosgap.com.mx is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 13,123 ft / 4,000 m
Runway identifiers
11L/29R, 11R/29L
OurAirports classifies GDL as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Guadalajara.
GDL (MMGL) is a high-elevation field at 5,016 ft (1,529 m) in the tropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
GDL sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
GDL's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 13,123 ft / 4,000 m and source surfaces recorded as ASPH, asphalt.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for GDL.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at aeropuertosgap.com.mx, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
GDL uses America/Mexico_City (CST, UTC-06:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Guadalajara International Airport is about 18 km from central Guadalajara; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
BJX Silao is the closest retained alternate at 197 km, time difference +0h.
aeropuertosgap.com.mx is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place GDL inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
GDL ranks #4 in the curated Mexico airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 12 airports.
GDL shares America/Mexico_City with BJX Silao MX · MEX Mexico City MX · NLU Mexico City MX · PBC Puebla MX · QRO Querétaro MX · TLC Toluca MX. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
GDL is 5,016 ft (1,529 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include IFN 5,059 ft (1,542 m) (43 ft delta) · HRE 4,887 ft (1,490 m) (129 ft delta) · NBO 5,330 ft (1,625 m) (314 ft delta) · ABQ 5,355 ft (1,632 m) (339 ft delta) · DEN 5,431 ft (1,655 m) (415 ft delta).
GDL's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are BJX 197 km +0h · QRO 325 km +0h · TLC 413 km +0h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silao | BJX | 197 km | 1h 5m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Querétaro | QRO | 325 km | 1h 15m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Toluca | TLC | 413 km | 1h 21m | +0h | --:--:-- |
GDL to BJX
Distance 197 km; estimated travel window 1h 5m; destination zone America/Mexico_City is +0h from GDL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
GDL to QRO
Distance 325 km; estimated travel window 1h 15m; destination zone America/Mexico_City is +0h from GDL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
GDL to TLC
Distance 413 km; estimated travel window 1h 21m; destination zone America/Mexico_City is +0h from GDL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Guadalajara is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Guadalajara International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from GDL, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
San José del Quince
san-jose-del-quince · 3.4 km · America/Mexico_City
Las Pintitas
las-pintitas · 4.6 km · America/Mexico_City
Las Pintas de Arriba
las-pintas-de-arriba · 6.0 km · America/Mexico_City
Hacienda Santa Fe
hacienda-santa-fe · 7.4 km · America/Mexico_City
San José del Castillo
san-jose-del-castillo · 7.7 km · America/Mexico_City
Lomas del Sur
lomas-del-sur · 12 km · America/Mexico_City
San Sebastián el Grande
san-sebastian-el-grande · 12 km · America/Mexico_City
Tonalá
tonala-3981369 · 13 km · America/Mexico_City
Tlaquepaque
tlaquepaque · 13 km · America/Mexico_City
El Salto
el-salto-4007682 · 13 km · America/Mexico_City
Santa Anita
santa-anita · 14 km · America/Mexico_City
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
tlajomulco-de-zuniga · 15 km · America/Mexico_City
Guadalajara International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Silao (BJX), Querétaro (QRO), Toluca (TLC). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from GDL. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Guanajuato International AirportBJX
Silao · large airport
Compare against BJX when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Querétaro Intercontinental AirportQRO
Querétaro · large airport
Compare against QRO when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Adolfo López Mateos International AirportTLC
Toluca · large airport
Compare against TLC when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Guadalajara International Airport is in the America/Mexico_City timezone (UTC-06:00, CST).
Guadalajara International Airport uses IATA code GDL and ICAO code MMGL.
Guadalajara International Airport is located in Guadalajara, Mexico at coordinates 20.5233° N, 103.3101° W, with an elevation of 5,016 ft (1,529 m) (high-elevation field in the tropics).
Guadalajara International Airport sits roughly 18 km from the nearest mapped city center for Guadalajara.
Silao (BJX) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 5m, destination timezone America/Mexico_City, and a +0h difference from GDL.
Guadalajara International Airport sits inside Mexico, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC).
GDL's curated peers in Mexico on this site include BJX Silao, QRO Querétaro, TLC Toluca, plus 3 more.
Guadalajara International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 13,123 ft / 4,000 m; identifiers include 11L/29R, 11R/29L.
