The first commercial airport serving Tuxtla Gutiérrez was opened in 1957 in Terán, located to the west of the city. This small airport had limited capacity and technical constraints. In 1980, operations were relocated to the Llano San Juan airport in the neighboring municipality of Ocozocoautla. However, this new location faced challenges such as fog and wind conditions that made commercial aviation difficult. Various investments were made to address these issues, including the installation of radio systems and the construction of a second runway, but they proved unsuccessful. As a result, by the late 1990s, the old Terán Airport had to be temporarily used to carry out flight operations. The need for a third airport in Tuxtla Gutiérrez became more apparent in the early 2000s as the existing air infrastructure could not fully meet the city's growing commercial air traffic demands. In 2006, the new Angel Albino Corzo Airport in Chiapa de Corzo was inaugurated. The investment for this project amounted to 825 million pesos (72.2 million dollars), with 49% of the funding coming from the federal government and 51% from the state government. With the commissioning of this new airport, the old Terán airport resumed its role as a military airbase, and the Llano San Juan airport ceased aviation operations completely. The airport's official inauguration took place on 27 June 2006, with President Vicente Fox and the State's Governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía in attendance. The first commercial flight to land at the airport was Aviacsa's flight 234 from Tapachula, which used a Boeing 737-201/Adv aircraft with registration number XA-TVL. The first departure from the airport was on the same aircraft bound for Mexico City. The airport was initially designed with the capacity to handle 350 daily operations and serve 850,000 passengers per year. It officially received its international airport status in 2008 and welcomed its first non-commercial international flight in September of the same year when the Canadian national football team arrived for a match against the Mexico national football team at the Víctor Manuel Reyna stadium. In November 2014, plans were announced to expand the airport with the aim of increasing the terminal's capacity from 80,000 to 140,000 passengers per month. In the following year, the airport achieved a significant milestone by welcoming its one-millionth passenger on board Interjet flight 2601, marking the first time in its history to reach this level of passenger traffic. The airport also made history by receiving the Mexican Air Force's Boeing 787-8 on 7 August 2017, which was the largest aircraft to land at the airport. In 2020, the airport underwent a significant expansion, increasing its facilities by 140% to a total of 22,472 square meters. This expansion included the addition of commercial areas, four new points of contact, and a new apron. In December 2023, the state government announced a new expansion of the facilities to handle the anticipated passenger growth. A new 6,000 square-meter wing will include a mezzanine, documentation counters, baggage documentation and reclaim area, restrooms, retail and airline space, and premises for health, immigration, and customs authorities. The expansion will also include a new short-haul bus terminal. Works are expected to be completed in 2024. Additionally, a new air cargo terminal was inaugurated in February 2024. It has its own apron and taxiway, housing fiscal storage areas, a cold chamber, and spaces for companies specialized in air cargo. A second phase will include a 60-hectare industrial park, scheduled to be completed by July 2024.