Guerrero Negro Airport guide

Guerrero Negro Airport sits in the Vizcaino Desert on the Pacific side of the Baja California peninsula. The field lies a few metres north of the 28th parallel, so it is in the state of Baja California, but it serves the town of Guerrero Negro in Baja California Sur. Its ICAO code is MMGR. Elevation is 18 metres above sea level.

The airport is owned and operated by Exportadora de Sal, the company that runs the large salt works around the Ojo de Liebre lagoon and employs much of the local population. The single asphalt runway, 12/30, is about 2,200 metres long and 37 metres wide, long enough for a Douglas DC-3 or a turboprop commuter aircraft. The site also has a 19,225 square metre apron, hangars and a control tower on 123.3 MHz.

Scheduled service is limited to small aircraft flown by Aereo Servicio Guerrero on regional routes to Ensenada, Guaymas, Hermosillo and Isla de Cedros. Published passenger counts cover only 1994 to 2006 and ranged from about 1,100 to 4,800 a year. A Mexican Air Force base shares the airfield. Travellers heading to the gray whale season at Ojo de Liebre lagoon in winter often arrive by road along Federal Highway 1 instead.