AirportsGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport is a large airport serving Acapulco, in Guerrero, Mexico. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ACA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ACA
- ICAO code
- MMAA
- City
- Acapulco
- State or region
- Guerrero
- Country
- Mexico
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 16.7571° N, 99.7531° W
- Elevation
- 5 m (16 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,302 m (10,832 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ACA means General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MMAA. ICAO codes that begin with M belong to Mexico and Central America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.7571° N, 99.7531° W. It stands 5 metres (16 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Mexico City, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,302 metres (10,832 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 62 airports of Mexico on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,302 m 10,832 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 06/24 | 1,700 m 5,579 ft | 35 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International AirportIxtapa | ZIH | 204 km |
| Adolfo López Mateos International AirportToluca | TLC | 288 km |
| Puerto Escondido International AirportPuerto Escondido | PXM | 301 km |
| Hermanos Serdán International AirportPuebla | PBC | 304 km |
| Mexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico City | MEX | 306 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,965 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,948 km | 19 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,623 km | 18 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,182 km | 11 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,642 km | 4 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,668 km | 3 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,723 km | 20 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,468 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,773 km | 15 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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