Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport

Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Vallarta Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
IATA: PVR – ICAO: MMPR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Serves	Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit
Location	Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Elevation AMSL	23 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	20°40′48″N 105°15′15″W / 20.68000°N 105.25417°WCoordinates: 20°40′48″N 105°15′15″W / 20.68000°N 105.25417°W
Website	aeropuertosgap.com.mx
Map
PVR Location of airport in Mexico
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 10,171 3,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Total passengers 3,517,801 15.75% Ranking in Mexico 6th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (sometimes abbreviated as Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport) (IATA: PVR, ICAO: MMPR) is an international airport located at Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco in Mexico. The airport is named after President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964–70). It handled 3,039,126 passengers in 2014 and 3,517,801 passengers in 2015.^[1]

Airport statistics

Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport is mainly a tourist airport, with most passengers visiting the airport in the winter, spring and early summer, just before the rainy season hits the area. The airport serves multiple destinations in North America, and the British tourist airline Thomson Airways serves the airport with two weekly year-round flights to both London-Gatwick and Manchester using their Boeing 787 aircraft. The Thomson Airways flight from Manchester to Puerto Vallarta is also the airline's longest route currently. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix–Sky Harbor are the busiest international routes from the airport, serving more that than 100 thousand passengers annually. Among all airlines that serve the airport, Westjet serves the greatest number of international destinations, connecting 13 different Canadian cities with Puerto Vallarta during the high season. Free Wifi is available throughout the airport, and food services and shopping are both abundant after clearing security.

Expansion and growth

Puerto Vallarta has seen recent growth and expansion due to higher demand. In recent year multiple airlines have expanded at the airport along with new airlines, and aircraft upgrades. Air Transat, one of the largest airlines at the airport, has had aircraft upgrades in recent years. Seasonally, Air Transat services their Airbus A310 from Vancouver. From Montréal and Toronto, Air Transat upgraded to their largest aircraft, the Airbus A330s. October 2014, Air Canada's subsidiary airline Air Canada Rouge connects Vancouver to Puerto Vallarta, with their Airbus A319 and Boeing 767-300 twice daily year round. The newest airline serving the airport is Southwest Airlines, which began service to Puerto Vallarta in June 2015 to Orange County.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airport's exterior in 2015

Terminal Map

Airport ticket counters.

Gate 1.

Hall A.

Commercial Zone.

Airlines	Destinations	Hall
Aéreo Calafia	Cabo San Lucas	A
Aeroméxico	Mexico City Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare	A
Aeroméxico Connect	Mexico City, Guadalajara (ends January 9, 2017)	A
Air Canada	Seasonal: Calgary, Toronto-Pearson	B
Air Canada Rouge	Vancouver Seasonal: Montréal-Trudeau	B
Air Transat	Calgary, Montréal-Trudeau, Vancouver Seasonal: Edmonton, Kelowna, Québec City, Toronto-Pearson, Victoria, Winnipeg	B
Air Transat operated by Flair Airlines	Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver	B
Alaska Airlines	Chicago/O'Hare, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco Seasonal: Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma	B
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles (begins December 15, 2016),[2] Phoenix–Sky Harbor Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare	B
American Eagle	Phoenix–Sky Harbor	B
Apple Vacations operated by Icelandair	Seasonal Charter: Detroit	B
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, Los Angeles Seasonal: New York-JFK, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City, Seattle/Tacoma	B
Delta Connection	Salt Lake City	B
Enerjet	Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver	B
Frontier Airlines	St. Louis Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare, Denver	B
Interjet	Guadalajara, León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Toluca/Mexico City	A
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin	B
Magnicharters	Chihuahua, Mexico City, Monterrey	A
Southwest Airlines	Denver, Houston–Hobby, Los Angeles, Oakland (begins February 12, 2017),[3] Orange County	B
Sun Country Airlines	Seasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul	B
Sunwing Airlines	Edmonton Seasonal: Calgary, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg	B
TAR Aerolineas	Aguascalientes, Durango, Guadalajara, León/El Bajío, Monterrey, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí	A
Thomson Airways	London-Gatwick, Manchester	B
United Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco	B
United Express	Houston-Intercontinental	B
Vacation Express operated by Interjet	Seasonal Charter: Nashville	B
VivaAerobus	Monterrey, Mexico City Seasonal: Guadalajara (resumes June 9, 2017)[4]	A
Virgin America	San Francisco	B
Volaris	Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana, Toluca/Mexico City	A
WestJet	Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver Seasonal: Abbotsford, Comox, Kelowna, Prince George, Regina, Saskatoon, Victoria, Winnipeg	B

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes at Puerto Vallarta International Airport (2015)

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City	364,563		Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2	Nuevo León, Monterrey	68,595		Aeroméxico Connect, Magni, TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3	Jalisco, Guadalajara	39,216		Aeroméxico Express, Interjet, TAR
4	México (state), Toluca	35,932		Interjet
5	Baja California, Tijuana	35,843		Volaris
6	Guanajuato, León	10,314		Interjet, TAR
7	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	4,189	1	TAR
8	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	2,072	2	Aeroméxico Connect, magnicharters
9	Sinaloa, Mazatlán	2,035		Aéreo Calafia
10	Querétaro, Querétaro	1,721	3	TAR
11	Durango, Durango	1,200		TAR
12	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí	727		TAR
13	Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez	566	2
14	Colima, Manzanillo	66
15	Guerrero, Acapulco	46

Busiest international routes at Puerto Vallarta Airport (2015)^[5]

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	United States, Los Angeles	132,559		Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines
2	United States, San Francisco	116,410		Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin America
3	United States, Dallas	100,053	1	American Airlines, Sun Country Airlines
4	United States, Houston, Texas * George Bush Intercontinental Airport * William P. Hobby Airport	87,511	1	Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, United Express
5	United States, Phoenix–Sky Harbor	81,778	2	American Airlines, American Eagle, US Airways, US Airways Express
6	Canada, Calgary	66,011	1	Air Canada, Air Transat, Enerjet, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet
7	United States, Chicago	63,811	1	Aeroméxico, American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines
8	United States, Denver	58,102	1	Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
9	Canada, Vancouver	53,539	1	Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Enerjet, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet
10	Canada, Toronto	40,962		Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet
11	United States, Seattle	35,420	1	Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines
12	United States, Atlanta	34,778		Delta Air Lines
13	United States, Minneapolis	34,694	2	Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines
14	Canada, Edmonton	30,770	1	Air Transat, Enerjet, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet
15	United States, Orange County	23,685		Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

References

1. "GAP announces terminal passenger traffic figures for the month of December 2015" (PDF). GAP.
2. "American adds new Los Angeles – Mexico routes from mid-Dec 2016". RoutesOnline.com. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
3. "Southwest intends to make Oakland an international gateway". July 13, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
4. "VivaAerobus have new routes to you (in Spanish)". Viva Aerobus. November 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
5. "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

External links

• Puerto Vallarta International Airport
• http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/MMPR.html Current weather at MMPR from NOAA
• TripAdvisor page on arrival at PVR, including warning about the Shark Tank.
• Airport information for MMPR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.