MZT

General Rafael Buelna International Airport

ICAO MMMZ23.1628°N 106.2645°W12 m / 38 ftLarge airport
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General Rafael Buelna International Airport (IATA: MZT, ICAO: MMMZ) is a large airport in Mazatlàn, Sinaloa, Mexico. It has one runway, 2,703 m (8,868 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. In 2023 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N
09/27093° / 273° · LIT
LENGTH2,703 m8,868 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2023
669K
731K
789K
853K
973K
983K
1.0M
1.2M
740K
1.1M
1.5M
1.6M
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Routes

22 destinations · 3 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miTRC · Francisco Sarabia Tinoco International Airport · 394 km / 245 miGDL · Guadalajara International Airport · 423 km / 263 miLAP · Manuel Márquez de León International Airport · 430 km / 267 miCUU · General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport · 617 km / 383 miMTY · Monterrey International Airport · 688 km / 428 miQRO · Querétaro Intercontinental Airport · 688 km / 428 miHMO · General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport · 814 km / 506 miNLU · Felipe Ángeles International Airport · 841 km / 523 miMEX · Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · 853 km / 530 miCJS · Abraham González International Airport · 942 km / 585 miPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,272 km / 790 miIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 1,324 km / 823 miDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 1,410 km / 876 miTIJ · General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · 1,480 km / 920 miLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 1,684 km / 1,046 miYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 3,837 km / 2,384 miYWG · Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · 3,076 km / 1,911 miYYC · Calgary International Airport · 3,179 km / 1,975 miYLW · Kelowna International Airport · 3,190 km / 1,982 miYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 3,252 km / 2,021 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 3,336 km / 2,073 miYEG · Edmonton International Airport · 3,408 km / 2,118 miYULYEGYYZYVRYYCYWGLAXDFWIAHPHXCJSMEXHMOMTYCUULAPGDLTRCYLWTIJQRONLUMZT
Year-round16
TRCFrancisco Sarabia Tinoco International AirportMexico · TAR México394 km245 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris423 km263 miLAPManuel Márquez de León International AirportMexico · TAR México430 km267 miCUUGeneral Roberto Fierro Villalobos International AirportMexico · Viva617 km383 miMTYMonterrey International AirportMexico · Viva688 km428 miQROQuerétaro Intercontinental AirportMexico · TAR México, Volaris688 km428 miHMOGeneral Ignacio L. Pesqueira International AirportMexico · TAR México814 km506 miNLUFelipe Ángeles International AirportMexico · Viva841 km523 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva853 km530 miCJSAbraham González International AirportMexico · Viva942 km585 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,272 km790 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,324 km823 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,410 km876 miTIJGeneral Abelardo L. Rodriguez International AirportMexico · Volaris, Viva1,480 km920 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,684 km1,046 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · WestJet3,837 km2,384 mi
Most destinationsWestJet 7Viva 6TAR México 4Volaris 4American Airlines 2Aeroméxico 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MZT. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Mazatlán International Airport” (revision of 18 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.6M (2023)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#650of 3,974 · #155 North America · #19 MXLongest runway2,703 m8,868 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,885of 29,823 · #415 North America · #27 MXElevation12 m38 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,914of 43,341 · =18,078 North America · =1,329 MXRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =21 MX
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPMAZATLAN APP121.200
ATISATIS127.700
TWRMAZATLAN TWR118.300