General Rafael Buelna International Airport
General Rafael Buelna International Airport
Mazatlán International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Mazatlán), officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Rafael Buelna (General Rafael Buelna International Airport; IATA: MZT, ICAO: MMMZ), is an international airport located in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the primary international gateway to Mazatlán, a popular Mexican tourist destination, offering flights to and from Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The airport also facilitates various tourism-related activities, flight training, and general aviation. Owned by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA), it is named after Rafael Buelna, a military figure who played a significant role in the Mexican Revolution. Mazatlán Airport is the busiest in Sinaloa for international passengers and ranks second to Culiacán International Airport for domestic operations. It serves as a gateway in a heavily traveled air corridor connecting mainland Mexico to the Baja California peninsula. In 2024, the airport handled 1,868,817 passengers, and this number decreased to 1,736,208 in 2024, according to OMA.
Location
23.163°N, 106.265°O · 12 m s. n. m. (38 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 14
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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BibTeX
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title = {{General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MZT}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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