General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport — Chihuahua, Mexico

Chihuahua's airport honors General Roberto Fierro Villalobos, a pioneering Mexican military aviator celebrated for early long-distance flights, and operates today under the code CUU as the main air gateway to the country's largest state by land area. Sitting on the high desert plains of northern Mexico, the airport connects a manufacturing-heavy border economy to Mexico City, US border cities, and other domestic points, supporting the dense network of maquiladora factories around Chihuahua city. Passenger and cargo traffic both benefit from the region's close economic integration with Texas and New Mexico just across the border. Dry, high-elevation conditions typical of the Chihuahuan Desert shape flight operations, while the terminal continues to expand alongside the city's steady industrial growth and the wider maquiladora manufacturing boom across the region.