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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Querétaro, Mexico

Website
  
http://www.aiq.com.mx/

Code
  
QRO

Phone
  
+52 442 192 5500

Operator
  
Gobierno del Estado

Elevation AMSL
  
6,290 ft / 1,969 m

09/27
  
11,482

Elevation
  
1,969 m

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport

Address
  
Qro, Estatal 200, Grande, 76270 Querétaro, Qro., Mexico

Similar
  
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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.

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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.

In 2015, the airport handled 503,276 passengers, and in 2016 it handled 637,752 passengers.

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.

    References

    Querétaro Intercontinental Airport Wikipedia
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