It is the northernmost airport in Mexico and serves the metropolitan area of Mexicali and the transborder region of Calexico-Mexicali.

[2] Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico owns and operates the airport, which is named in honor of Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada, a Mexican military officer, politician, and former Governor of Baja California.

Other facilities include the control tower, a building for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, a machinery room, visual aids, three hangars, and a water treatment plant.

[3] The passenger terminal is a one-story structure that accommodates arrivals and departures, offering standard services typically found at regional airports.

These services include parking facilities, a check-in area, security areas, a VIP lounge,[4] retail outlets, immigration, and customs facilities, baggage-claim zones, an arrivals hall with car rental services and taxi stands, and a departure concourse with five gates that provide direct access to the apron, allowing passengers to board their planes by walking to the aircraft.