Creel Regional Airport
Creel Regional Airport Aeropuerto Regional Barrancas del Cobre | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Administradora de Servicios Aeroportuarios de Chihuahua (ASACH) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Creel | ||||||||||
| Location | Bocoyna Municipality | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8,139 ft / 2,481 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°43′33″N 107°39′16″W / 27.72583°N 107.65444°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Aeropuerto Regional Barrancas del Cobre | ||||||||||
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EEL Location of the airport in Chihuahua EEL EEL (Mexico) | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2025) | |||||||||||
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Barrancas del Cobre Regional Airport, (ICAO: MMGA, AFAC: EEL) also known as Creel Regional Airport, is an airport located in the municipality of Bocoyna that is operated by Administradora de Servicios Aeroportuarios de Chihuahua. It handled 2,128 passengers in 2025.[1]
History and facilities
The airport was officially inaugurated on January 31, 2024, receiving one private flight from the city of Chihuahua. It had an initial investment of 858 million pesos, of which 57% was federal funds and the remaining 43% was granted by the Administradora de Servicios Aeroportuarios de Chihuahua (ASACH), a joint venture 98% owned by the State of Chihuahua and 2% by the private sector.[2][3][4]
It has a 2,520-meter-long and 30-meter-wide lit runway, three 26-meter-wide taxiways, a 16,327.5-square-meter commercial aviation apron with two aircraft positions, and a 10,885-square-meter general aviation apron with nine aircraft positions and VOR-DME radio aids. Its design-critical aircraft is the Embraer 190.[4][5][6]
Airlines and destinations
Only one single airline operates flights from Creel.[7]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aéreo Servicio Guerrero | Los Mochis[8] |
References
- ^ a b AFAC (2026). "Estadística de Aviación Comercial Regular y Fletamento en diversos productos. Fuentes de información Aerolíneas y Grupos Aeroportuarios" [Statistics on Scheduled Commercial Aviation and Chartering for Various Products. Sources of Information: Airlines and Airport Groups] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ Reyes, Fernando (2024-01-31). "Inicia operaciones el aeropuerto de Creel" [Creel airport begins operations] (in Spanish). El Heraldo de Chihuahua. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ "Tendrá Gobierno estatal 98% de la concesión del aeropuerto de Creel" [The state government will have 98% of the Creel airport concession] (in Spanish). El Diario de Chihuahua. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ a b "Aeropuerto Regional de Creel, Chihuahua" [Creel Regional Airport, Chihuahua] (in Spanish). Creel Sierra Tarahumara. 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ "Aeropuerto Regional Barrancas del Cobre" [Barrancas del Cobre Regional Airport] (in Spanish). Administradora de Servicios Aeroportuarios de Chihuahua. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ "MMGA Charts". Navigraph. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ "Creel Airport Draws Regional Airline" (in Spanish). A21. 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ "Flights from Creel's Barrancas del Cobre airport to Los Mochis will start in September". El Heraldo (in Spanish). August 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2026.