Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Vallarta Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
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IATA = PVR
ICAO = MMPR
type = Public
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operator = Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
city-served = Puerto Vallarta
location = Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
elevation-f = 23
elevation-m = 7
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r1-number = 04/22
r1-length-f = 10,171
r1-length-m = 3,100
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport Airport codes|PVR|MMPR is an international airport located at Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Located at the Pacific Ocean coast, it receives thousands of tourists all year. It handled 2,978,400 passengers in 2006 and 3,139,100 passengers in 2007 [Airport statistics for 2006 and 2007 http://www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/index.php?tpl=doc&noticiaid=1147&noticiafecha=2008-01-11&srctpl=doc&section=ESTADISTICAS&menu=ESTADISTICAS] . The airport is named after President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.

Airlines and destinations

Terminal 1

Main Bulding (Hall A)

*Aéreo Calafia (Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán)
*Aeroméxico (Mexico City, Tijuana)
**Aeroméxico Connect (Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Leon, Monterrey)
*ALMA de Mexico (Aguascalientes, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara)
*Aviacsa (Mexico City)
*Interjet (Toluca)
*Magnicharters (Mexico City, Monterrey)
*Mexicana
**Click Mexicana (Mexico City)
*Viva Aerobus (Monterrey, Austin TX [Begins Jan 15th)
*Volaris (Tijuana, Toluca)

atellite Building (Hall B)

*Air Canada (Calgary, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver [seasonal] )
*Air Transat (Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Regina, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
*Alaska Airlines (Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma)
*American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
*Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
**Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
*Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City)
**Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines (Salt Lake City)
*Frontier Airlines (Denver, Kansas City [seasonal] )
**Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines (Denver) [seasonal]
*Mexicana (Los Angeles, San Francisco [begins December 3] )
*Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]
*Sun Country Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]
*Sunwing Airlines (Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver) [seasonal]
*United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles [begins December 20] )
**Ted operated by United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, San Francisco)
*US Airways (Phoenix)
**US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Phoenix)
*USA3000 Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Detroit) [seasonal]
*WestJet (Calgary [begins November 4] , Edmonton [begins November 2] ) [seasonal]

Charter Services

*Aeroméxico Travel (Mexico City)
*First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester) [seasonal]
*Thomsonfly (London-Gatwick) [seasonal]
*Ryan International Airlines (Milwaukee) [seasonal]
*Skyservice (Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
*WestJet (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson)

Incidents and accidents

*On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, originating in Puerto Vallarta en route to San Francisco and Seattle-Tacoma, crashed after the horizontal stabilizer jammed and caused the aircraft to dive into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California while attempting to divert to Los Angeles. All 88 passengers and crew on board perished.

References

External links

* [http://vallarta.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/index.php?lang=eng Puerto Vallarta International Airport]
* [http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/MMPR.html Current weather at MMPR from NOAA]
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* [http://www.puerto-vallarta-pvr.airports-guides.com Information about Puerto Vallarta Airport]
* [http://www.mismaloya.net Mismaloya Puerto Vallarta]