Federal de Bachigualato International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Culiacán or Aeropuerto Internacional Federal de Bachigualato), (IATA: CUL, ICAO: MMCL) is an international airport located at Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Culiacán.
The airport, being the most important domestic gateway in the state of Sinaloa, and the second on international operations after Mazatlán International Airport, second before Los Mochis International Airport has undergone major construction consisting of a new terminal layout and a new boarding system. It has two jetways. In 2011, Culiacán airport handled 1,070,706 passengers
It is handled by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte. This airport used to be operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico.
The Federal de Bachigualato airport is named after the neighborhood of Bachigualato, where the airport is located.
In favorable weather, flights from the Baja California peninsula and north arrive to runway 02, and flights from the rest of the country to runway 20.
The state executive announce plans to expand the airport and the construction of a second runway for support Boeing 777.
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