Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico owns and operates the airport, and it is named in honor of Manuel Márquez de León, a Mexican politician, military leader, and intellectual originally from this state.

It plays a significant role in a heavily traveled air corridor connecting the Baja California Peninsula to the mainland Mexico states of Sinaloa and Sonora.

The passenger terminal houses both arrival and departure facilities for domestic and international flights within a building with an area of 5,180 square metres (55,800 sq ft).

Additionally, the airport supports logistics and courier companies and has a separate terminal dedicated to general and executive aviation.

[7] La Paz Naval Air Base hosts the following units: ^1 Viva flight to Monterrey makes a stopover in Culiacán.