Querétaro Intercontinental Airport facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Querétaro Intercontinental Airport Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro
IATA: QRO ICAO: MMQT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Gobierno del Estado
Serves	Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Location	Colón and El Marqués
Opened	28 November 2004 (2004-11-28)
Hub for	TAR
Elevation AMSL	6,290 ft / 1,969 m
Coordinates	20°37′02.5″N 100°11′08.4″W / 20.617361°N 100.185667°W / 20.617361; -100.185667
Map
QRO Location in Querétaro Show map of Querétaro QRO Location in Mexico Show map of Mexico
Runway
Runway Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,500 11,482 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers 1,151,602 Ranking in Mexico 21st 1
Source: Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil

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.

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.

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%.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Destinations map

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 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

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic and international routes at Querétaro International Airport (2022)

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airline
1	Quintana Roo, Cancún	112,306	1	Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris
2	Nuevo León, Monterrey	106,723	1	Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, VivaAerobús
3	Mexico City, Mexico City	93,462		Aeroméxico Connect
4	United States, Dallas/Fort Worth	90,938		American Airlines
5	United States, Houston	62,625		United Airlines, United Express
6	Baja California, Tijuana	30,030	2	Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris
7	Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta	27,594		TAR, Volaris
8	United States, Chicago	7,428		Volaris
9	Coahuila, Torreón	7,386	1	TAR
10	Sinaloa, Mazatlán	6,278	1	TAR

See also

In Spanish: Aeropuerto Intercontinental de Querétaro para niños