Querétaro Intercontinental Airport

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Querétaro Intercontinental Airport
Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro
File:Queretaro Terminal.jpg
IATA: QROICAO: MMQT
QRO is located in Mexico
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Location of airport in Mexico
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Querétaro, Mexico
Elevation AMSL 6,290 ft / 1,969 m
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Website http://www.aiq.com.mx/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 11,482 3,500 Concrete
Statistics (2013)
Total passengers 313,509
Source: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport, Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro (IATA: QROICAO: 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.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City, Monterrey
American Eagle Dallas/Fort Worth
TAR Aerolineas Acapulco, Guadalajara, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Tampico
United Express Houston-Intercontinental
VivaAerobus Monterrey
Volaris Cancún, Monterrey,[1] Tijuana

Cargo airlines

Airlines Destinations
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

  • 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 Airlines announced that they will be building a maintenance base at Querétaro International airport.

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Querétaro International Airport (2014)[2]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Nuevo León, Monterrey 64,475 Steady Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Quintana Roo, Cancún 22,712 Steady Volaris
3  Baja California, Tijuana 11,839 Steady Volaris
4  Jalisco, Guadalajara 4,261 Increase 6 TAR
5  Guerrero, Acapulco 3,179 TAR
6  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta 1,951 TAR
7  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City 1,454 Decrease 3 Aeroméxico Connect
8  Guerrero, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo 1,191 TAR
9  Coahuila, Torreón 143 Decrease 4
10  Veracruz, Veracruz 74 Decrease 3

See also

References

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