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Guadalajara International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Guadalajara), also known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (IATA: GDL, ICAO: MMGL). It opened in 1966 the airport is located 16 km from the city centre. In 2005, it handled some 5.6 million passengers, 2.2 million of them international. It is Mexico's third busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport and Cancún International Airport .

Guadalajara's International Airport is composed of two runways and two terminals. It is also a major airport for connections, being a hub for Mexicana, Aeroméxico Connect, ALMA de Mexico, and a secondary hub for Aeroméxico. Flights are offered to several destinations within Mexico, the United States, Canada, and South America, with connections to Europe and Asia.

The airport is named for Miguel Hidalgo, who began the war that brought Mexican independence from Spain. He has been called the "father of Mexican independence".

The airport is part of the Spanish holding group Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which also controls airports at Tijuana, Hermosillo, Leon, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz, Los Mochis, Morelia, Mexicali, Aguascalientes and Manzanillo.

The airport is being renovated and expanded under a project that will allow it to double its operating capacity by 2007. This renovation includes a new Terminal 1 concourse and four additional taxiways.

Domestic Flights

• Aero California (Chihuahua, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Durango, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Merida, Mexico City, Puebla, Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz)
• Aeroméxico (Mexico City, Tijuana)
• Aladia (Cancún)
• Aviacsa (Cancún, Ciudad Juarez, Culiacan, Hermosillo, Merida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana)
• Avolar (Cuernavaca, Culiacán, Oaxaca, Tijuana)
• Interjet (Monterrey, San José del Cabo, Toluca)
• Magnicharters (Cancún, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo)
• Mexicana (Mexicali, Mexico City, San José del Cabo, Tijuana)
  • Click Mexicana (Cancún, Mexico City, Veracruz)
• Volaris (Cancún, Ciudad Juarez, Culiacan [begins January 14], Hermosillo, Merida [begins January 14], Mexicali, Monterrey, Puebla [begins January 14], Toluca, Tijuana)

International Flights

• Aeroméxico (Chicago-O'Hare, Los Angeles, Ontario, Phoenix, Seattle/Tacoma)
• Alaska Airlines (Los Angeles)
• American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth)
  • American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth)
• ATA Airlines (Chicago-Midway)
• Aviacsa (Las Vegas)
• Continental Airlines
  • Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City)
  • Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
  • Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
• Frontier Airlines (Denver) [ends January 14]
• Mexicana (Bakersfield, Chicago-O'Hare, Fresno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland (OR), Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose (CA))
• US Airways (Phoenix) [begins January 5]
  • US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Phoenix)

• Aero Cuahonte (Lázaro Cárdenas)
• Aeroméxico
  • Aeroméxico Connect (Acapulco, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Durango, Hermosillo, La Paz, Las Vegas(NV), Los Mochis, Los Cabos, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexicali, Monterrey, Phoenix, Puerto Vallarta, San Antonio(TX), Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz)
• ALMA de Mexico (Cancun, Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Obregon, Chihuahua, Hermosillo [begins February], Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Merida, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, Reynosa, San Luis Potosi [begins January], Tampico, Tijuana, Torreón, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa)

• Grupo Aeroportuario del Pácifico
• AeropuertosMexico.com (in English)
• The Airport Guide: Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Intl (GDL/MMGL)
• Airport information for MMGL at World Aero Data
• FlightAware U.S. airport activity to/from: Don Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Int'l (MMGL)
• A-Z World Airports: Don Miguel Hidalgo Airport (GDL/MMGL)