Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport is a new international airport

Airport

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 located at the Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 municipality of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas

Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas

Chiapa de Corzo is a small city and situated in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Located in the Grijalva River valley of the Chiapas highlands, Chiapa de Corzo lies some 15 km to the east of the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez...

. It handles air traffic for the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is considered to be the state’s most modern city, with most of its public buildings dating from the 20th century. One exception to this is the San Marcos Cathedral which began as a Dominican parish church built in...

 and central Chiapas

Chiapas

Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las...

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It was inaugurated by President Vicente Fox

Vicente Fox

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 and by the State's Governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía

Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía

Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía is a Mexican politician.Born to rural teachers who enrolled to him at the age of 17 at the Autonomous University of Puebla, he obtained the title of Lawyer, Notary and Actuary. In 1978 he returned to Chiapas. He professes the evangelical religion of the Church of the...

 on June 27 2006, replacing the Francisco Sarabia National Airport

Francisco Sarabia National Airport

Francisco Sarabia National Airport or Terán Airport is a national airport located at Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. It used to handle national air traffic for the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez...

. It is operated by "Sociedad Operadora del Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo, S.A. de C.V.", a government-owned corporation.

The airport has 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 general aviation

General aviation

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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 Boeing 767

Boeing 767

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 and Airbus A330

Airbus A330

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In 2010, the airport handled 636,544 passengers.

Airlines and destinations

Traffic statistics

Variable	2006*	2007	2008	2009	2010
Aircraft Operations	8,956	10,173	11,293	8,889	7,611
Passenger Traffic	565,603	687,945	763,450	644,556	636,544
Cargo Traffic (Tons)	571	1,312	1,099	1,001	?

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Including former airport operations