Del Bajío International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Guanajuato) BJX / MMLO
León, Guanajuato · Mexico · Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP)
3.2Mpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATAMMLO / BJX
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP)
Coordinates20.9933°N, 101.4808°W
Elevation5,956 ft · 1,815 m
Time zoneCT (UTC-6/-5 DST)
Passengers / yr3,169,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceMMLO — AIP México / SENEAM
Operating hoursNot H24; published tower/AIS hours cover scheduled commercial operations (roughly 05:00-24:00 local); general aviation/charter movements outside published hours require PPR coordinated with GAP airport operations
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (opened 1990, later expanded) with ground floor arrivals hall (customs/immigration) and upper-floor departures; 6 passenger gates (1-3 with jet bridges, 4-6 apron/bus boarding); Jet A-1 sold locally under the PEMEX/BP 'Turbosina' brand
Runways (1)
- 13/31 · 3,500 m / 11,483 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS/DME (Cat I, one direction, per AIP México)
Located in Silao, ~25 km from León, BJX is a Volaris focus city and Bajío-region hub also served by Viva, Aeroméxico, American and United on U.S. transborder routes (Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta); sits at 5,956 ft elevation, a meaningful density-altitude factor for performance planning, and set a traffic record above 3.1 million passengers in 2024.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Swissport International AG
Swissport de México operates a ground handling station at BJX with an office at Carr. Silao-León Km 5.5, Col. Nuevo México, Silao, Guanajuato, per Swissport's official station network page (swissport.com/en/network/north-america/mexico/bjx).
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Menzies Aviation
Menzies Aviation provides front-line above- and below-wing ground services, including meet & assist and narrow-body aircraft handling, at Guanajuato/BJX per its official network page, with station managers Raul Olivares and Abraham Granados listed at Carretera Silao-León Km 5.5, Col. Nuevo México, León, Gto.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 2 providers
Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA)
ASA holds federal storage permit PL/9801/ALM/AE/2015 (granted by the Comisión Reguladora de Energía) to store and sell Turbosina (Jet A-1) and Gasavión (Avgas 100LL) at the Bajío fuel station, Carretera Silao-León Km 5.5, adjacent to BJX; confirmed via ASA's official combustibles/gob.mx documentation.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Fly Across (Servicios Aéreos Across, S.A. de C.V.)
Directory listings (AC-U-KWIK) show "Fly Across FBO" offering fuel, pilot and aircraft services at MMLO/BJX; however the operator's AFAC aeronautical-workshop permit (No. 453) registers its base explicitly as Toluca (TLC), not BJX, so a genuine dedicated physical presence at BJX beyond the directory listing remains unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. (dba Viva Aerobus)
Viva Aerobus's AFAC-registered aeronautical workshop permit (No. 348) explicitly lists BJX among its Estaciones Nacionales (alongside CUN, MEX, NLU, TIJ, CUU, TLC, MID), confirming the carrier self-performs line maintenance on its own fleet at this airport.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Available · 2 providers
Siasa Air Interior Services, S.A. de C.V.
Siasa Air Interior Services is an AFAC-registered aeronautical workshop (permit No. 417) with its Base field explicitly listed as BJX, located at José María Ruiz No. 223, Col. Las Trojes, León, Gto., specializing in aircraft cabin interior repair and refurbishment.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Umagic América, S.A. de C.V.
Umagic América (Ultramagic) holds AFAC aeronautical-workshop permit No. 544 with its Base field explicitly listed as BJX, at Blvd. San Juan Bosco #4751-D, León, Gto.; given the Ultramagic brand's hot-air-balloon/aerostat focus, scope of service likely does not extend to fixed-wing aircraft maintenance despite the confirmed BJX-based registration.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Available
Siasa Air Interior Services
Interiors / cabin / seat shop — manufacture and restoration of aircraft seat leather/synthetic dress covers and cabin interior products (design, refurbishment, recertification); based in Leon, Guanajuato (BJX metro area), Mexico, also known as Siasa Air / Siasa Air Aircraft Interiors. Holds FAA repair station certificate #I38Y105C plus Mexican DGAC/AFAC aeronautical-workshop approval; specific FAA class ratings and AFAC permiso registry number are unconfirmed via public lookup (class rating unconfirmed) — treat cited Accessory/Airframe-Limited ratings as unverified. Work stated to meet FAR 25.853 flammability standard. Exact facility street address could not be independently confirmed (sources show conflicting addresses within Leon).
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Verified 6 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight catering
On request · 2 providers
Universal Aviation
Universal Aviation's official Leon/MMLO page names Air Culinaire Worldwide as its preferred catering partner for business aviation flights at BJX, with an order-through link on that page.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Air Culinaire Worldwide
Air Culinaire Worldwide is named as the in-flight catering provider for BJX/León business aviation flights by Universal Aviation's official station page; Air Culinaire's own site lists 1,200+ served airports globally but does not itself enumerate BJX among named locations, so this is corroborated only via the partner reference.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available · 2 providers
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP)
GAP is the federally-concessioned operator of Aeropuerto Internacional del Bajío (BJX/MMLO), confirmed via GAP's own airport page and Wikipedia's airport infobox, responsible for terminal operations, gate/apron coordination and airside infrastructure. Contracted ramp handling is subcontracted to firms such as Swissport and Menzies rather than performed directly by GAP.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Universal Aviation
Universal Aviation coordinates third-party ground handling, permits and airport-relations support for business aviation at BJX through its Mexico FBO services office rather than a dedicated physical station on the field, per its own Leon/MMLO location page; Hinna Garcia is listed as the covering account manager for Latin America/Caribbean.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
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