Passenger terminal
Acapulco's only terminal, handling all domestic and international flights. Arrivals, immigration and customs are on the ground floor; security, the departure lounge and the gates are on the upper floor.
General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA), known to most travelers as Acapulco International Airport, serves Acapulco and the Pacific coast of Guerrero, Mexico. It sits southeast of the city in Plan de los Amates, between Tres Palos Lagoon and the ocean, and is run by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA).
Most flights are domestic. Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva Aerobus and Mexicana connect Acapulco with Mexico City (both Benito Juárez and Felipe Ángeles), Tijuana, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Querétaro and Cancún. International service is seasonal and concentrated in winter, with flights from Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth and Montréal.
Everything runs through a single two-level terminal: arrivals, immigration and customs on the ground floor, and security, the departure lounge and the six gates upstairs.
Acapulco Diamante, home to the resorts on Revolcadero Beach and the bay of Puerto Marqués, is the closest area to the airport, usually 15 to 25 minutes away. The Costera Miguel Alemán, the city's main hotel strip along Acapulco Bay, is about 23 to 26 km by road over the Carretera Escénica, typically a 30 to 45 minute drive. Pie de la Cuesta, on the far side of the city, takes about an hour or more.