Querétaro Intercontinental Airport

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport
Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro

IATA: QROICAO: MMQT

QRO
Location of airport in Mexico

Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Querétaro, Mexico
Elevation AMSL 6,290 ft / 1,969 m
Coordinates 020°37′20″N 100°11′18″W / 20.62222°N 100.18833°W / 20.62222; -100.18833
Website http://www.aiq.com.mx/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 11,482 3,500 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Total passengers 503,276
Ranking in Mexico 31st Increase 1
Source: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport, Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro (IATA: QRO, ICAO: MMQT), is an international airport located in the Municipalities of Colón and El Marqués, Querétaro, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Querétaro and can also be used as an alternate airport to Mexico City International Airport.

It replaced the Ing. Fernando Espinoza Gutiérrez International Airport, which is no longer operational.

On 31 August 2012, Aeroméxico announced that it will be building a maintenance base at Querétaro International Airport, and the construction for the new terminal will start shortly.

It is the fastest growing airport in Mexico this decade, moving 503,276 passengers in 2015, a 335% increase since 2010.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City, Monterrey
American Eagle Dallas/Fort Worth
TAR Aerolineas Acapulco, Guadalajara, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta
United Express Houston-Intercontinental
VolarisCancún, Monterrey, Tijuana

Cargo airlines

AirlinesDestinations
DHL Guadalajara
FedEx Memphis
Cargojet Hamilton, Dallas
Regional Cargo Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, Tijuana, Villahermosa

Ground transportation information

Other facilities

Regional Cargo has its headquarters on the airport property and in Colón. Universidad Nacional Aeronáutica en Querétaro has a facility on the grounds of the airport. On 31 August 2012, Aeromexico and Delta Airlines announced that they will be building a maintenance base at Querétaro International airport.

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Querétaro International Airport (2015)[1]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Nuevo León, Monterrey 88,558 Steady Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Quintana Roo, Cancún 22,805 Steady Volaris
3  Baja California, Tijuana 14,367 Steady Volaris
4  Jalisco, Guadalajara 10,427 Steady TAR
5  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City 10,328 Aeroméxico Connect
6  Guerrero, Acapulco 3,662 Decrease 1 TAR
7  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta 1,598 TAR
8  Guerrero, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo 83 TAR
Busiest international routes at Querétaro International Airport (2015)[1]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Texas, Houston-Intercontinental 50,022 Steady United Express
2  Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth 32,047 Steady American Airlines

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

External links


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