# Los Cabos International Airport (SJD)

> San José del Cabo, MX · IATA: SJD · ICAO: MMSD · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `SJD` |
| ICAO | `MMSD` |
| City | San José del Cabo |
| Country | MX |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 114 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 23.15192, -109.72073 |

## Description

Los Cabos International (SJD/MMSD) served 7,529,900 passengers in 2025, making it Mexico's sixth-busiest airport and fourth-busiest for international traffic — but its air cargo profile is far more modest than those numbers suggest. Operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, the airport moves goods almost entirely as bellyhold cargo on passenger flights; no regular scheduled freighter service is confirmed. Capacity therefore tracks the tourism cycle at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula and swings sharply between high and low season, which matters for anyone planning fixed-date shipments. Typical consignments are hotel and hospitality supplies, spare parts, pharmaceuticals, seafood exports and courier or express traffic; full charters, heavy lift and larger industrial flows are not realistically served here. Customs-wise SJD is a normal Mexican port of entry under the Agencia Nacional de Aduanas de México, where imports require a licensed customs broker and a pedimento declaration, with SENASICA requirements added for food and agricultural goods. Hinterland access is the real constraint: the airport lies about 45 km north-east of Cabo San Lucas and roughly 180 km south of La Paz, yet the peninsula connects to mainland Mexico only by ferry from Pichilingue to Mazatlán or Topolobampo, or via the roughly 1,700 km Transpeninsular Highway towards Tijuana. Shippers needing genuine freight capacity and customs infrastructure generally route through Guadalajara (GDL), the cargo airport within the same GAP group, or the Mexico City area with MEX and Felipe Ángeles (NLU).

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