TIJ — General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport

Large airport in Tijuana, Mexico.
IATA code
TIJ
ICAO code
MMTJ
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
12,324,600
2022 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes
2
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−8 / UTC−7
America/Tijuana
Elevation
149 m
489 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,960 m

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More codes: airport codes starting with T

About TIJ

General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport is a large airport serving Tijuana, Mexico. It opened in 1958 and is run by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico. 12,324,600 passengers used it in 2022. Open traffic data shows 2 nonstop routes from TIJ.

Wikidata (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from TIJ

Route Distance Passengers / year
TIJ → PHX474 km 17,181
TIJ → LAX205 km 151

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 TIJ on flights to and from the US

  • OO SkyWest Airlines · 494 flights

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

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
SANSan Diego International Airport30 km
CLDMcClellan-Palomar Airport71 km
IPLImperial County Airport135 km
PSPPalm Springs International Airport150 km

Distance from TIJ to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
TIJ → LHR8,833 km —
TIJ → DXB13,557 km —
TIJ → CDG9,175 km —
TIJ → FRA9,407 km —
TIJ → IST11,110 km —
TIJ → AMS9,040 km —
TIJ → JFK3,927 km —
TIJ → ATL3,028 km —
TIJ → LAX205 km 151
TIJ → SIN14,311 km —
TIJ → HND9,031 km —
TIJ → DOH13,493 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
09/272,960 m 44 mConcrete

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico · 32.5410, -116.9700

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport has the IATA code TIJ and the ICAO code MMTJ. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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