Plan de Guadalupe International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Plan de Guadalupe International Airport
nativename = Saltillo International Airport
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IATA = FOR
ICAO = MMIO
type = Public
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operator = Coahuila State Government
city-served = Saltillo, Coahuila
location =
elevation-f = 4,778
elevation-m = 1,456
coordinates = Coord|25|32|58|N|100|55|42|W|type:airport
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r1-number = 17/35
r1-length-f = 9,506
r1-length-m = 2,897
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 03/21
Closed
r2-length-f = 3,471
r2-length-m = 1,058
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Plan de Guadalupe International Airport Airport codes|SLW|MMIO is an international airport located at Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic from the metropolitan area of Saltillo and Ramos Arizpe.

This airport receives few flights a day due to its proximity to Monterrey's General Mariano Escobedo International Airport and Del Norte International Airport.

The international category was given back in 1987, when the runway was expanded to receive aircraft such as the Boeing 757, and the new terminal was opened with four boarding gates, a modern ticketing area, customs, migration, baggage claim areas, and a cafeteria.

Airlines

Domestic Services

*Mexicana
**Click Mexicana (Mexico City)

International Services

*Continental Airlines
**Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)

Cargo Airlines

*Bax Global operated by Capital Cargo International (Ohio State)

*DHL (San Antonio, TX; Detroit, MI)

Other Facilities

*Saltillo Jet Center
**A Painting and Enhancing Facility for Planes. It is co-owned by Mexican and US Investors.

Accidents

On July 6, 2008, USA Jet Airlines flight 199, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15, crashed at 2:15 a.m. as the freighter approached the airport. The flight originated in Hamilton, Ontario and stopped in Shreveport, Louisiana en-route to Saltillo. The crash killed the pilot and injured the co-pilot, suffering severe burns. [cite news | title=American pilot killed in cargo jet crash in Mexico | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/06/mexico.plane.crash/ | work=CNN | date=2008-07-06 | accessdate=2008-07-06] [cite news | title=Crash: USA Jet Airlines DC91 at Saltillo on Jul 6th 2008, crashed short of the runway | url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4094766f | work=The Aviation Herald | first=Simon | last=Hradecky | date=2008-07-06 | accessdate=2008-07-06]

External links

*WAD|MMIO

References