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 is located in Querétaro
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QRO
QRO is located in Mexico
QRO
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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]

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 817,791 passengers in 2021, and 1,151,602 passengers in 2022, an increase of 40.82%.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Connect 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
VivaAerobús Cancún, Mérida, Monterrey, San José del Cabo (begins July 2, 2023)[4]
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: 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.
  • 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[5] 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 Wikidata query.

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic and international routes at Querétaro International Airport (2022)[6]
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. "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. "Viva Aerobus announces new Querétaro-Los Cabos flight". El Economista (in Spanish). March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. Universidad Nacional Aeronáutica en Querétaro
  6. "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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