General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport
General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport
Mexicali International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Mexicali); officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport) (IATA: MXL, ICAO: MMML) is an international airport located 20 kilometers east of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. It is the northernmost airport in Mexico and serves the metropolitan area of Mexicali and the transborder region of Calexico-Mexicali. In addition to domestic flights within Mexico, the airport also facilitates domestic and international charter flights, flight training, and executive, and general aviation activities. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico owns and operates the airport, which is named in honor of Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada, a Mexican military officer, politician, and former Governor of Baja California. The airport is a focus city for Volaris serving 9 domestic destinations. Mexicali Airport handled 1,272,100 passengers in 2025, a 23.01% increase from previous year.
Location
32.631°N, 115.243°O · 23 m s. n. m. (74 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
ATIS (automatic information)
Flight information
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
Airlines operating here · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (MXL). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MXL
MLA
“General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (MXL).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MXL. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (MXL)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MXL},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MXL}},
urldate = {2026-10-23},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}Wikipedia
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