Guadalajara Airport (GDL): terminals, flights

Aeropuerto Internacional Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (IATA: GDL, ICAO: MMGL) is a primary hub for Guadalajara, Mexico. Our catalogue shows 17 departing routes and 1 arriving, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

GDL carries 18 routes and 5 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 242 weekly departures. Aeropuerto Internacional Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (ICAO MMGL) serves Guadalajara, Mexico, in the America/Mexico_City zone (UTC−6 in July). Its coordinates (20.5218, -103.311) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: GDL
• ICAO: MMGL
• City: Guadalajara
• Country: Mexico
• Time zone: America/Mexico_City
• Coordinates: 20.5218, -103.311
• Airlines at the airport: 5

Coordinates, and why we publish them. 20.5218, -103.311 is the position from which every great-circle distance on this site is computed, including the ones that set the EU261 compensation band. It is not the distance the aircraft flies — that follows airways and diversions — but the geodesic measure the regulations use. Publishing it lets anyone recompute the figures on these pages.

Base of Aeromexico, Volaris, VivaAerobus. An airline basing here means aircraft and crews overnighting at the airport: more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto, and more early departures. The flip side is that at an airport dominated by one carrier the competitive pressure on fares is weaker than where several compete.

Airlines at GDL

5 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from GDL: 3 full-service and 2 low-cost, with checked allowance from 0 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam, Star Alliance, oneworld. They cover 18 catalogued routes and 242 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.

Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:

Other airlines also operating at GDL: AC.

What does apply on departure from Mexico. Mexico’s Ley de Aviación Civil (Art. 47 Bis), enforced by AFAC and PROFECO, covers flights taking off from Mexican territory from GDL regardless of the airline’s nationality: a delay over 4 hours attributable to the carrier entitles you to at least 25% of the ticket price, and from the first hour the airline owes assistance that escalates with duration. Keep the boarding pass and the purchase receipt — a claim stands on those two documents.

Routes from Guadalajara (GDL)

Our catalogue lists 17 routes from GDL, totalling 200 weekly departures and spanning 670 to 9,723 km. The busiest is GDL-MTY at ~42 flights a week; 5 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 4 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic GDL moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Mexico-US paisano corridor (8), Latin American regional corridor (4), Mexico-Europe corridor (VFR and Camino) (3), Caribbean leisure corridor (2). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Routes to Guadalajara (GDL)

Our catalogue lists 1 routes into GDL, totalling 42 weekly departures and spanning 1,902 to 1,902 km. The busiest is TIJ-GDL at ~42 flights a week; 1 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 1 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic GDL moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Latin American regional corridor (1). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Why some rows have no fare. Of the 1 routes listed, 1 returned a price on the collector’s last pass and the rest show a dash. A dash means the automated query got no result for that pair — not that the route is suspended or expensive. For those pairs the reference price comes from the live search, which queries current inventory.

Frequency is the figure that drives price hardest. In a corridor with many weekly departures the seats compete against each other and the fare floor drops; in a thin one the airline does not need to discount to fill. Comparing two GDL routes on fare without looking at frequency therefore misleads: the dear one is not expensive, it simply has half the supply.

Fare seasonality

2 routes at GDL carry a monthly minimum-fare breakdown. Between the cheapest and priciest months observed the gap reaches 30% on the widest route, which shows how much the date matters against the choice of airline at this airport.

Lowest detected fare by month on routes with data, in pesos (MXN). The cheapest versus dearest month helps you time the purchase:

The three peaks of the Mexican calendar. December, Holy Week and summer concentrate family and leisure demand at once, and in those windows price stops responding to normal lead time: cheap buckets sell out earlier and flexible fares go at a premium. Outside them, the usual pattern rewards buying 4 to 8 weeks ahead and travelling midweek. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

Seasonality does not transfer between airports. Every pair has its own calendar: a labour corridor flattens in summer while a beach one spikes, and GDL can host both. Before assuming ‘August is expensive’, read the row for your specific route; the airport average blends demands that move in opposite directions.

Connection tips

GDL concentrates 242 catalogued weekly departures across 5 airlines, in the America/Mexico_City zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.

Aeropuerto Internacional Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla runs on the America/Mexico_City time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at GDL is GDL-MTY (~42 flights a week). The lowest fare detected at this airport is $2,017 MXN on the TIJ-GDL route. Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Guadalajara; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.

Other airports in Mexico

12 further Mexico airports appear in our catalogue besides GDL, with 93 routes between them. The best-connected is Ciudad de México (MEX) with 44 routes, and the nearest sits ~197 km great-circle from GDL. The 12 distances in this section are measured from each airport’s own coordinates.

Other airports in the same country in our catalogue, with the number of catalogued routes — useful if you need an alternative gateway:

Great-circle distance is not the transfer. The figures in the table are geodesic, computed from each airport’s coordinates; the real journey depends on whether road, rail or a domestic flight exists, and on what they cost. An airport 300 km away can be more accessible than one at 120 km if the first has a direct motorway and the second does not. Use them to rule out, not to plan.

FAQ

The 8 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for GDL: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for Guadalajara airport? The IATA code is GDL and the ICAO code is MMGL. Aeropuerto Internacional Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla serves Guadalajara, Mexico.

Which airlines operate at GDL? Airlines on our catalogued routes at GDL: Aeromexico, American Airlines, Volaris, VivaAerobus, United Airlines.

How many routes are there from Guadalajara (GDL)? Our catalogue lists 17 departing routes and 1 arriving at GDL — see the tables above.

What time zone is GDL in? GDL operates in the America/Mexico_City time zone.

How many weekly departures does GDL have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching GDL we count 242 weekly departures over 5 airlines and 18 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the longest catalogued route at GDL? Catalogued routes at GDL span 670 to 9,723 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.

What is the lowest fare detected at GDL? $2,017 MXN on TIJ-GDL, per the collector’s last pass across 6 routes with data at this airport. It is an observed one-way minimum, not a guaranteed price or a bookable offer.

Which airlines are based at GDL? Aeromexico, Volaris, VivaAerobus run GDL as a base. An airline based here keeps aircraft and crews overnight, so it has more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto the same day.

Related

• GDL-LAX flights
• Mexico airports

Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.