# General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL / MMZC)

**General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport** (IATA: ZCL, ICAO: MMZC) is a medium airport in Zacatecas, Mexico. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. In 2023 it handled 444 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZCL / MMZC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
- Serves: Zacatecas, Mexico
- Elevation: 2,177 m / 7,141 ft
- Coordinates: 22.8949, -102.6872
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 443,582 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Mexico_City
- Website: https://mexicoaeropuerto.com/aeropuerto-zacatecas-zcl/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacatecas_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1927552
- Weather station: MMZC
- Ident: MMZC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 028° / 208° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 265,264 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 259,677 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 284,625 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 320,065 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 343,136 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 348,714 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 366,871 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 475,241 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 232,352 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 375,930 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 433,952 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 443,582 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [GDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmgl.md) Guadalajara International Airport · Mexico · 271 km / 168 mi · Volaris
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 1,242 km / 772 mi · American Eagle
- [TIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmtj.md) General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · Mexico · 1,765 km / 1,097 mi · Volaris
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 1,964 km / 1,220 mi · Volaris
- [SJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksjc.md) Mineta San Jose International Airport · United States · 2,443 km / 1,518 mi · Volaris
- [MDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdw.md) Chicago Midway International Airport · United States · 2,518 km / 1,565 mi · Volaris

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- Y4 [Volaris](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volaris) · 5
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 444K (2023) | #1,169 of 3,974 | #270 in North America | #39 in MX |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =288 in North America | =16 in MX |
| Elevation | 2,177 m / 7,141 ft | #476 of 43,403 | #215 in North America | #61 in MX |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =21 in MX |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | ZACATECAS TWR | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [MX-1608](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-1608.md) Salitral de Carrera Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [MX-0187](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0187.md) Insurgente Marcos Escobedo Airport · 118 km / 73 mi
- [MX-0202](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0202.md) Aeródromo Guayaberos · 132 km / 82 mi
- [AGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmas.md) Aguascalientes International Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [MX-0204](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0204.md) Rancho El Tulillo Airstrip · 138 km / 86 mi
- [MX-0205](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mx-0205.md) Aeródromo Ramón López Velarde · 141 km / 88 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #75

## 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: “Zacatecas International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zacatecas_International_Airport&oldid=1363088849), revision of 7 Jul 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/mmzc/data