Querétaro Intercontinental Airport

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 city of Querétaro and can also be used as an alternate airport to Mexico City International Airport.

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport

Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGobierno del Estado
ServesQuerétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
LocationColón and El Marqués
Opened28 November 2004 (2004-11-28)
Hub forTAR
Elevation AMSL6,290 ft / 1,969 m
Coordinates20°37′02.5″N 100°11′08.4″W [1]
Websitewww.aiq.com.mx
Map
QRO
QRO
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,500 11,482 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Total passengers817,719
Ranking in Mexico22nd
Source: Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil[2]

It replaced the Ing. Fernando Espinoza Gutiérrez International Airport, which is no longer operational, in 2004.

The headquarters of regional airline TAR is located here.[3]

It's one of the fastest-growing airports in the country, handling 506,140 passengers in 2020, and 817,719 passengers in 2021.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
American Eagle 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
VivaAerobús Cancún, Monterrey
Volaris Cancún, Chicago–O'Hare, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana

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

Ground transportation information
Typical plane at the airport
Check-in counters at the airport
International arrivals area
Main corridor of the airport
  • 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. The average price is about $30 to 40 per person.
  • Car rental: Hertz and Budget have rental counters at the airport.
  • Intercity bus: The cheaper method to travel to other cities is Autobus. 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 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[4] 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.

Statistics

Passengers
Querétaro airport passengers. See source Wikidata query.

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Querétaro International Airport (2020)[5]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Nuevo León, Monterrey 58,167 Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, VivaAerobús
2  Quintana Roo, Cancún 49,733 Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris
3  Mexico City, Mexico City 27,736 Aeroméxico Connect
4  Baja California, Tijuana 19,137 Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris
5  Jalisco, Guadalajara 7,106 TAR, Volaris
6  Chihuahua, Chihuahua 6,162 TAR, Volaris
7  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta 5,503 TAR, Volaris
8  Coahuila, Torreón 2,274 TAR
9  Sinaloa, Mazatlán 1,418 9 TAR
10  Yucatán, Mérida 1,176 2 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. "Estadística Operacional de Aeropuertos / Statistics by Airport". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. Mexico. "TAR Aerolineas". LinkedIn. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. Universidad Nacional Aeronáutica en Querétaro
  5. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.


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