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Querétaro Intercontinental Airport

Coordinates: 20°37′02.5″N 100°11′08.4″W / 20.617361°N 100.185667°W / 20.617361; -100.185667
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Querétaro Intercontinental Airport

Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorQueretaro State Government
ServesQuerétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
LocationColón and El Marqués
Opened28 November 2004 (2004-11-28)
Hub forTAR Aerolineas
Elevation AMSL6,290 ft / 1,969 m
Coordinates20°37′02.5″N 100°11′08.4″W / 20.617361°N 100.185667°W / 20.617361; -100.185667 [1]
Websitewww.aiq.com.mx
Map
QRO is located in Querétaro
QRO
QRO
QRO is located in Mexico
QRO
QRO
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,500 11,482 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers1,151,602
Ranking in Mexico21st Increase 1
Source: Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil[2]

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (Spanish: 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 Metropolitan area 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.

Queretaro Airport is the primary hub of the regional airline TAR Aerolineas.[3] It is one of the fastest-growing airports in the country, handling 817,791 passengers in 2021, and 1,151,602 passengers in 2022, an increase of 40.82%.[2] It ranks as Mexico's fourth-largest for cargo operations and the tenth-largest for aircraft operations.[4]

It is home to the Querétaro Aerospace Cluster, the fastest-growing hub for aerospace in the country and a cargo hub offering cargo flights to Mexico, the United States and Europe. Defunct cargo airline Regional Cargo had its headquarters on the airport property. The airport operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with less than 0.5% closures due to weather conditions.[5]

History

The previous airport in Queretaro was Ing. Fernando Espinosa Gutiérrez Airport. It started activities in 1955 as a civilian aerodrome and in 1986 the State Government decided to expand it and granted a concession for its operation to the state-owned entity "Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares" (ASA). In 1992, scheduled commercial flights began with the airline Aerolitoral, and by 1993, Aeromar joined with regular flights. Finally, in 1997, it was declared an International Airport, reaching 110,000 passengers and 11,000 operations by 2003.

Preparations began in 1999 for a new airport located 12 min (19km) east of the old facilities. On July 12th, 2002, the construction process was initiated and the new Querétaro Intercontinental Airport began operations on November 28th, 2004, through a partnership between the state government of Querétaro and Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA), replacing operations that were previously conducted at the Queretaro-Ing. Fernando Espinosa Gutiérrez Airport in the capital of the state of Querétaro. It attracted commercial, private, and cargo operations, as well as some of the equipment and human resources that previously operated there.[6]

On August 31st 2012, Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines announced that they would be building a maintenance base at Querétaro International Airport. In 2018 the terminal building was renovated.[5]

Querétaro Aerospace Cluster

In 2012, eight years after the inauguration of the city's Intercontinental Airport, a group of multinational corporations that included Airbus, Delta and Bombardier joined forces with local entrepreneurs, research centres and educational institutions to form an innovation cluster.[7] Since establishing a manufacturing facility in Mexico in 2006, Bombardier has developed a state-of-the-art facility in Querétaro that employs highly skilled teams to manufacture key structural components for the company’s leading business jets, including the rear fuselage for all Global aircraft.[8] In 2007 the University of Aeronautics of Querétaro[9] was founded, this is the country's sole university specializing in the aerospace industry. Queretaro’s aerospace industry has been growing steadily during the past years.[10]

Airlines and destinations

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport terminal airside exterior

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Connect Detroit (begins January 8, 2024),[11] Mexico City, Monterrey
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth
Magni Seasonal: Cancún
TAR Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mazatlán, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Tampico, Toluca/Mexico City, Torreón/Gómez Palacio
United Airlines Houston–Intercontinental
United Express Houston–Intercontinental
Viva Aerobus Cancún, Houston–Intercontinental (begins December 2, 2023),[12] Mérida, Monterrey, San Antonio (begins December 1, 2023),[13] San José del Cabo
Volaris Cancún, Chicago–O'Hare, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexicali, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo, Tijuana
United Express Embraer ERJ-145LR at Queretaro Airport
Alma de Mexico Bombardier CRJ-200ER at Queretaro Airport
Alma de Mexico Bombardier CRJ-200ER at Queretaro Airport
Aeromar ATR ATR-42-320 at Queretaro Airport
Typical plane at the airport
Querétaro Intercontinental Airport exterior from car rental area

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Aeronaves TSM Laredo
AeroUnion Los Angeles
Air Atlanta Icelandic Frankfurt–Hahn, Greenville
Cargojet Dallas/Fort Worth, Hamilton
DHL Aviation Cincinnati, Guadalajara
FedEx Express Memphis
TUM AeroCarga Toluca/Mexico City
UPS Airlines Louisville

Destinations map

Terminal entrance
Check-in area
Check-in counters at the airport
Destinations map
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Domestic destinations from Querétaro Intercontinental Airport
Red = Year-round destination
Blue = Future destination
Orange = Cargo and passenger destination
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International destinations from Queretaro Intercontinental Airport
Red = Year-round destination
Blue = Future destination
Green = Seasonal/charter destination
Italic = Suspended passenger destination

Ground transportation information

The terminal does not have public transportation service to the city of Queretaro. The parking facility provides both short-term and long-term parking spaces.

  • Intercity bus: Bus company Primera Plus used to have a ticket counter at the airport, which has been closed for a while. An airport taxi from the airport to Querétaro Central Bus Station is about $20. From there travelers can take another bus to any part of Mexico.
  • Taxi: Travellers wishing to take a taxi or van to Querétaro (around US$25) and other cities can take the airport taxi. Some travellers have arranged for a ride beforehand with one of the many shuttle services listed on San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato tourist websites. The average price is about $30 to 40 per person.
  • Car rental: Hertz and Budget have rental counters at the airport.

Statistics

Passengers

Querétaro airport passengers. See Wikidata query.

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic and international routes at Querétaro International Airport (2022)[14]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Quintana Roo, Cancún 112,306 Increase 1 Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris
2  Nuevo León, Monterrey 106,723 Decrease 1 Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, VivaAerobús
3  Mexico City, Mexico City 93,462 Steady Aeroméxico Connect
4  United States, Dallas/Fort Worth 90,938 New entry American Airlines
5  United States, Houston 62,625 New entry United Airlines, United Express
6  Baja California, Tijuana 30,030 Decrease 2 Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris
7  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta 27,594 Steady TAR, Volaris
8  United States, Chicago 7,428 New entry Volaris
9  Coahuila, Torreón 7,386 Decrease 1 TAR
10  Sinaloa, Mazatlán 6,278 Decrease 1 TAR

References

  1. ^ "Instalaciones". AIQ.com.mx (in Spanish). Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro. Retrieved 19 May 2018. Coordenadas 20°37'2.5485"N y 100°11'8.4133"W
  2. ^ a b "Estadística Operativa de Aeropuertos / Statistics by Airport 2006-2022". Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ Mexico. "TAR Aerolineas". LinkedIn. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil. Retrieved January 26, 2023".
  5. ^ a b "Aeropuerto de Querétaro: Un referente internacional por sus extraordinarios logros".
  6. ^ "History".
  7. ^ "Latin America", UNESCO Science Report 2021, United Nations, pp. 200–233, 2 August 2021, ISBN 978-92-1-005857-5, retrieved 26 September 2023
  8. ^ "Bombardier Celebrates 15-year Anniversary of its Querétaro, Mexico, Site as Facility Delivers the 100th Global 7500 Aircraft Rear Fuselage".
  9. ^ Universidad Nacional Aeronáutica en Querétaro
  10. ^ "Queretaro: Growing Aerospace Hub".
  11. ^ "Delta-Aeromexico partnership to increase transborder seat offering by more than 30%". Delta. October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Viva Aerobus 2024 US Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  13. ^ "San Antonio airport's new nonstop flight to Mexico aims to serve business travel". sanantonioreport.org. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Estadística operacional por origen-destino / Traffic Statistics by City Pairs" (in Spanish). Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil. January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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