Querétaro Intercontinental Airport

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro
IATA: QRO – ICAO: MMQT
Summary
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/
Map
QRO Location of airport in Mexico
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 11,482 3,500 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Total passengers 503,276 Ranking in Mexico 31st 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

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroméxico Connect	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
Volaris	Cancún, Monterrey, Tijuana

Cargo airlines

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

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Querétaro International Airport (2015)^[2]

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Nuevo León, Monterrey	88,652		Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, Volaris
2	Quintana Roo, Cancún	22,805		Volaris
3	Baja California, Tijuana	14,367		Volaris
4	Jalisco, Guadalajara	10,427		TAR
5	Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City	10,329	2	Aeroméxico Connect
6	Guerrero, Acapulco	3,662	1	TAR
7	Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta	1,598	1	TAR
8	Coahuila, Torreón	617	1
9	Tamaulipas, Tampico	265	6	TAR
10	Veracruz, Veracruz	128

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

References

1. "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
2. "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

External links

• Querétaro Intercontinental Airport website—(Spanish)
• Airport information for MMQT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.