The Mar de Cortés International Airport , also known as Puerto Peñasco International Airport, is the first fully privately funded airport in Mexico. It was built by Grupo Vidanta and is located in La Jolla de Cortés, 15 minutes from the city of Puerto Peñasco in the state of Sonora and 5 minutes from some of the larger hotel and condominium developments by the Sea of Cortés. History The first airfield in Puerto Peñasco was opened during the 1940s, used by Mexicana de Aviación as a stopover on it…