Where is ACA airport?

ACA is a large airport in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, at 16.7571, -99.7531, 5 m above sea level. It serves Acapulco de Juárez.

What time zone is ACA in?

ACA is in the America/Mexico_City time zone, UTC−6.

How many passengers use ACA?

894,012 passengers in 2023, according to Wikidata.

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ACA — General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport

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Large airport in Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico.

IATA code: ACA
ICAO code: MMAA
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 894,012; 2023 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes: 11; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−6; America/Mexico_City
Elevation: 5 m; 16 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 3,302 m

Local time now: —

More codes: airport codes starting with A

About ACA

General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport is a large airport serving Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico. It is run by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. 894,012 passengers used it in 2023. Open traffic data shows 11 nonstop routes from ACA.

Wikidata (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from ACA

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
ACA → IAH	Houston, United States	1,532 km	12,297
ACA → DFW	Dallas-Fort Worth, United States	1,809 km	9,539
ACA → ORD	Chicago, United States	3,016 km	320
ACA → SEA	Seattle, United States	3,983 km	263
ACA → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	2,665 km	194
ACA → MIA	Miami, United States	2,250 km	177
ACA → SFO	San Francisco, United States	3,202 km	166
ACA → DEN	Denver, United States	2,604 km	165
ACA → TPA	Tampa, United States	2,161 km	157
ACA → BOS	Boston, United States	3,939 km	69
ACA → RDU	Raleigh, United States	2,965 km	49

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at ACA on flights to and from the US

MQ Envoy Air · 164 flights
YV Mesa Airlines · 134 flights
OO SkyWest Airlines · 62 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
ZIH	Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport	Zihuatanejo, Mexico	204 km
TLC	Adolfo López Mateos International Airport	Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico	288 km
PXM	Puerto Escondido International Airport	Puerto Escondido, Mexico	301 km
PBC	Hermanos Serdán International Airport	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico	304 km
MEX	Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport	Mexico City, Mexico	306 km

Distance from ACA to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
ACA → LHR	London, United Kingdom	9,194 km	—
ACA → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	14,639 km	—
ACA → CDG	Paris, France	9,486 km	—
ACA → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	9,845 km	—
ACA → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	11,685 km	—
ACA → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9,501 km	—
ACA → JFK	New York, United States	3,639 km	—
ACA → ATL	Atlanta, United States	2,419 km	—
ACA → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	2,665 km	194
ACA → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	16,736 km	—
ACA → HND	Tokyo, Japan	11,485 km	—
ACA → DOH	Doha, Qatar	14,422 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
10/28	3,302 m	45 m	Concrete	Yes
06/24	1,700 m	35 m	Concrete	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico · 16.7571, -99.7531

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport has the IATA code ACA and the ICAO code MMAA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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