This Monday, the construction of a new air terminal will begin in Puerto Vallarta, within the Gustavo Díaz Ordaz international airport.
The works in the new building will be made up of two stages, one scheduled from today until 2024, while between 2025 and 2029 work in phase two will be done. The total amount of the investment will exceed $4 billion pesos.
The Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, the operator of the terminal, mentioned that the project will help increase passenger demand to the tourist destination. It is also stated that the project will be friendly to the environment, using state-of-the-art technology to lower costs in electricity generation. It is expected that the Puerto Vallarta airport will become the first net-zero immissions airport in Latin America.
In addition to the construction of the new terminal, resources will be invested to improve the runway, platforms, streets, roads, parking lot, and control tower.
According to representatives of the air terminal, the airport currently moves three million passengers a year, and it is believed that with the works, capacity can be increased by 50%.
According to air traffic reports from Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP), the majority of passengers served at the Puerto Vallarta airport are international travelers with 1.6 million tourists, mostly from the United States, while 1.4 million are domestic passengers.
The Gustavo Díaz Ordaz airport has connections with 40 national and international destinations, with the largest number of arrivals coming from cities in the United States such as Dallas, Los Angeles, Houston, and Denver. There is also a connection to several cities in Canada.
