MMTJTIJ

General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport

Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

FACTS

Type: Large hub airport
Elevation: 489 ft
Runways: 1
Longest Runway: 9711 ft

RELEVANCE

Large hub airport — supports scheduled commercial passenger and cargo service.

AVIATION EDUCATION & INDUSTRY CONNECTION

The Tijuana–Mexicali corridor is Mexico's largest aerospace manufacturing cluster — over 100 companies and 30,000+ direct jobs, tracing back to Rockwell Collins' arrival in Mexicali in the 1960s. Companies with major operations in the region include Collins Aerospace, Gulfstream, GKN Aerospace, Honeywell, and Safran, covering everything from composite/metal parts and wiring harnesses to landing gear and fuselage structures.

Source: OurAirports.com (public domain aggregation of official aviation authority data; https://ourairports.com/data/)

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