Air travel to Mexico’s Cabo San Lucas region remains problematic, in the wake of Hurricane Odile’s passage on Monday. The category-three storm was the largest ever to make landfall on the country’s Baja California peninsula, lashing the tourist region with heavy rain and high wind. As a result, affected airports in the area are closed to non-humanitarian general aviation traffic at least through the weekend, according to Universal Weather & Aviation.

Mexican military authorities are now evacuating travelers from the three operational airports: San Jose de los Cabos International, Los Cabos International and La Paz Airports. While photos are circulating on the Internet showing severely damaged private aircraft, Mexico-based flight coordinator Manny Aviation Services said that, hampered by disruptions in telephone service, it has yet to assess the impact to the private aviation infrastructure at the airports. However, there is currently no aviation fuel available at either Los Cabos International or Cabo San Lucas International airports, and the latter (MMSL) is the only airport open for general aviation aircraft.

Operators intending to make humanitarian flights into the area must first get a special authorization directly from the Mexican aviation authorities (DGAC) providing details about the aircraft and the people and donated aid items on board. In addition, Universal Weather & Aviation said that international aid flights will first have to clear customs at Tijuana.