Querétaro Intercontinental Airport
| Querétaro Intercontinental Airport Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Gobierno del Estado | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.aiq.com.mx/ | ||||||||||
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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.
In 2015, the airport handled 503,276 passengers, and in 2016 it handled 637,752 passengers.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroméxico Connect | Atlanta (begins November 1, 2017),[1][2] Mexico City, Monterrey |
| American Eagle | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| TAR Aerolineas | Acapulco, Chihuahua, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Tampico, Torreón/Gómez Palacio |
| United Express | Houston-Intercontinental |
| VivaAerobus | Cancún |
| Volaris | Cancún, Chicago-Midway, Los Angeles, Monterrey, Tijuana |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| DHL Aviation operated by ABX Air | Cincinnati, 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
- Taxi: Travelers wishing to take a taxi or van to Querétaro (around US$25) and other cities can take the Airport taxi. Some travelers have arranged for a ride beforehand with one of the many shuttle services listed on San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato tourist websites. Average price about $30 to 40 per person.
- Car Rentals: Hertz and Budget have rental counters at the airport.
- Intercity Bus: Cheaper method to travel to other cities will be Autobus. Primera Plus (http://www.primeraplus.com.mx) used to have a ticket counter at the airport, which has been closed for a while. Airport taxi from the Airport to Querétaro Centro (central bus station) is about $20. From Centro, travelers can take another bus to any part of Mexico.
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 Air Lines announced that they will be building a maintenance base at Querétaro International airport.
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey |
101,685 |  |
Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, Volaris |
| 2 |  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City |
45,610 |  3 |
Aeroméxico Connect |
| 3 |  Quintana Roo, Cancún |
35,481 |  1 |
Volaris |
| 4 |  Baja California, Tijuana |
21,834 | 1 |
Volaris |
| 5 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara |
11,836 | 1 |
TAR |
| 6 |  Guerrero, Acapulco |
3,138 | |
TAR |
| 7 |  Coahuila, Torreón |
775 | 1 |
TAR |
| 8 | Guerrero, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo |
457 | 4 |
TAR |
| 9 | Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta |
192 | 2 |
TAR |
| 10 |  Guanajuato, León |
127 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Aeroméxico and Delta announce new routes and more frequencies between Mexico and the United States" (in Spanish). EnElAire. May 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Delta and Aeromexico expand options for U.S.-Mexico travel". Delta Air Lines. May 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Air carrier operational statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
External links
- Querétaro Intercontinental Airport website—(in Spanish)
- Airport information for MMQT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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