# Los Cabos International Airport (SJD / MMSD)

**Los Cabos International Airport** (IATA: SJD, ICAO: MMSD) is a large airport in San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. It opened in 1977. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. In 2023 it handled 7.5 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsd

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SJD / MMSD
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
- Serves: San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Opened: 1977 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 114 m / 374 ft
- Coordinates: 23.1519, -109.7207
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 7,459,841 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Mazatlan
- Website: https://www.loscabosairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Cabos_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2720492
- Weather station: MMSD
- Ident: MMSD

## Timeline

- 1977: Los Cabos International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 174° / 354° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 2,841,302 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 3,234,287 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 3,130,986 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,523,010 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 4,089,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,909,700 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 5,249,000 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 5,609,100 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,064,200 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 5,549,600 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 7,019,300 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 7,459,841 | Wikidata |

## Routes

47 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (34)

- [CUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmcl.md) Bachigualato Federal International Airport · Mexico · 290 km / 180 mi · Volaris, Viva
- [HMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmho.md) General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport · Mexico · 674 km / 419 mi · Viva
- [TRC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmtc.md) Francisco Sarabia Tinoco International Airport · Mexico · 694 km / 431 mi · Viva
- [GDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmgl.md) Guadalajara International Airport · Mexico · 723 km / 449 mi · Volaris, Viva
- [BJX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmlo.md) Guanajuato International Airport · Mexico · 882 km / 548 mi · Volaris
- [MTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmmy.md) Monterrey International Airport · Mexico · 1,016 km / 631 mi · Viva
- [QRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmqt.md) Querétaro Intercontinental Airport · Mexico · 1,023 km / 636 mi · Viva
- [TLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmto.md) Adolfo López Mateos International Airport · Mexico · 1,134 km / 705 mi · Volaris, Viva
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 1,165 km / 724 mi · American Airlines
- [NLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsm.md) Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico · 1,171 km / 728 mi · Volaris, Viva
- [MEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmmx.md) Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · Mexico · 1,178 km / 732 mi · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva
- [MXL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmml.md) General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport · Mexico · 1,185 km / 736 mi · Volaris
- [PBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmpb.md) Hermanos Serdán International Airport · Mexico · 1,257 km / 781 mi · Volaris
- [TIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmtj.md) General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · Mexico · 1,263 km / 785 mi · Volaris, Viva
- [SAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksan.md) San Diego International Airport · United States · 1,293 km / 803 mi · Alaska Airlines
- [AUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaus.md) Austin Bergstrom International Airport · United States · 1,430 km / 889 mi · American Airlines
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 1,468 km / 912 mi · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 1,617 km / 1,005 mi · United Airlines
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 1,648 km / 1,024 mi · American Airlines
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 1,918 km / 1,192 mi · United Airlines
- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 1,972 km / 1,225 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [SFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfo.md) San Francisco International Airport · United States · 2,011 km / 1,250 mi · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines
- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 2,363 km / 1,468 mi · Volaris
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 2,725 km / 1,693 mi · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines
- [PDX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpdx.md) Portland International Airport · United States · 2,752 km / 1,710 mi · Alaska Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 2,909 km / 1,808 mi · United Airlines, American Airlines
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 2,924 km / 1,817 mi · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 3,127 km / 1,943 mi · WestJet
- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 3,132 km / 1,946 mi · WestJet
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 3,572 km / 2,220 mi · WestJet
- [PTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpto.md) Tocumen International Airport · Panama · 3,587 km / 2,229 mi · Copa Airlines
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 3,842 km / 2,387 mi · United Airlines
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 3,872 km / 2,406 mi · JetBlue Airways
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 4,077 km / 2,533 mi · WestJet

### Seasonal (17)

- [AUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaus.md) Austin Bergstrom International Airport · United States · 1,430 km / 889 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 1,530 km / 951 mi · Frontier Airlines
- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 2,842 km / 1,766 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [YQR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqr.md) Regina International Airport · Canada · 3,065 km / 1,905 mi · WestJet
- [YYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyj.md) Victoria International Airport · Canada · 3,081 km / 1,914 mi · WestJet
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 3,084 km / 1,916 mi · American Airlines
- [YLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cylw.md) Kelowna International Airport · Canada · 3,097 km / 1,924 mi · WestJet
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 3,127 km / 1,943 mi · Air Canada, Flair Airlines
- [YWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywg.md) Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Canada · 3,168 km / 1,969 mi · WestJet
- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 3,229 km / 2,006 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 3,369 km / 2,093 mi · WestJet, Porter Airlines
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 3,513 km / 2,183 mi · United Airlines
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 3,572 km / 2,220 mi · Porter Airlines, Air Canada
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 3,872 km / 2,406 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 3,935 km / 2,445 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 4,077 km / 2,533 mi · Air Canada, Air Transat
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 9,871 km / 6,134 mi · Condor Flugdienst

### Charter (1)

- [VNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvny.md) Van Nuys Airport · United States · 1,496 km / 930 mi · Aero (American airline)

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SJD, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (17)

- VB [Viva](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/viva) · 10
- Y4 [Volaris](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volaris) · 10
- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 9
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 8
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 7
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 6
- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 5
- AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 3 · seasonal
- PD [Porter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/porter-airlines) · 3 · seasonal
- F9 [Frontier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/frontier-airlines) · 2
- [Aero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero) · 1 · charter
- AM [Aeroméxico](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeromexico) · 1
- TS [Air Transat](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-transat) · 1 · seasonal
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1 · seasonal
- CM [Copa Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/copa-airlines) · 1
- F8 [Flair Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flair-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7.5M (2023) | #265 of 3,974 | #64 in North America | #6 in MX |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =288 in North America | =16 in MX |
| Elevation | 114 m / 374 ft | =29,607 of 43,403 | =13,865 in North America | #919 in MX |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =5,572 in North America | #16 in MX |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =21 in MX |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SAN JOSE APP | 120.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.600 |
| TWR | SAN JOSE TWR | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [CSW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsl.md) Cabo San Lucas International Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [MX-1370](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-1370.md) Los Frailes Airstrip · 38 km / 24 mi
- [MX-0044](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0044.md) Cabo Cortes Airstrip · 47 km / 29 mi
- [PCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmpl.md) Punta Colorada Airport · 51 km / 31 mi
- [MX-2241](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-2241.md) El Pescadero Airstrip · 51 km / 32 mi
- [MX-0021](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0021.md) Todos Santos Airstrip · 62 km / 39 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Los Cabos International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Los_Cabos_International_Airport&oldid=1373301274), revision of 5 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsd/data