Toluca International Airport, officially Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport is an international airport in

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...

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, Mexico. It is part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Airport Group, and it is being improved and promoted to handle some traffic for the city of

, but it also serves as a low-cost carrier airport for

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, serving

VivaAerobús Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V., trading as Viva Aerobus, is a Mexican low-cost airline fully owned by the largest bus company group in Mexico, IAMSA, and was co-founded by and invested in by Irelandia Aviation. Based in Monterrey Internati ...

and

Volaris Volaris, legally ''Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación S.A.P.I. de C.V.'', is a Mexican low-cost airline based in Santa Fe (Mexico City), Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, D.F., Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City l-888-Ʒ9Ʒ-I394 with its hubs in M ...

, but in the past at different times also by

Interjet Interjet (official legal name ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V.), also known as Interjet Airlines, was a Mexican low-cost carrier headquartered in Mexico City. The airline operated scheduled flights to and from various destinations within Mexico, as ...

and

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. The airport is named after

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. It is considered as the main alternate airport for

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since it is only , approximately 30 minutes, away from the Santa Fe financial district. This airport has the second longest runway in Mexico, after the

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Overview

Construction of the airport began in 1970, as ordered by

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In 1931, he joined the National Preparatory ...

, as a reliever airport for the

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. It was

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. Toluca went from serving 145,000 passengers in 2002, to 3,200,000 in 2007 and 4,300,000 in 2008. It used to be a hub for

, but the company announced on March 8, 2011 that its hub in Toluca would switch to Guadalajara.

also moved the bulk of its operations to Mexico City. As a result, the passenger traffic got significantly reduced: from 1,161,064 passengers in 2013 to 134,305 in 2021. The airport was reduced from four terminals to two after all domestic operations were handled at the Domestic Terminal. Before 2007,

and

had each one independent terminal, plus Terminal 1 (now Domestic Terminal) and the International Terminal. Recent renovations have expanded both the terminals and apron, making the airport capable of handling an excess of 6 million passengers each year. Among the airlines that used to frequent Toluca were

Aeroméxico Connect Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V., DBA Aeroméxico Connect, and formerly known as Aerolitoral, is the regional airline of Aeroméxico operating Embraer E-190 aircraft, with crew bases in Mexico City and Monterrey. It is headquartered in Monterrey. It ...

Click Mexicana MexicanaClick, formerly Click Mexicana, was Mexicana's regional operator, serving most of Mexicana's domestic routes between more than 25 Mexican cities. It was founded as a low-cost carrier, but changed its market to regional operations after ...

Republicair Republic''A''ir was a Mexican airline founded in 2004. It is based at Toluca International Airport, in the city of Toluca, Mexico. Republicair was banned from its operations by DGAC in April 2007, but as of July 2007 they returned and restarted ...

and TAESA Airlines. The airport had service to the

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(later

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) and

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. Service to Spain from Toluca was also offered by

Air Madrid Air Madrid Líneas Aéreas S.A. was an airline headquartered in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid, Spain, operating services to Spain, Tenerife, Mexico, South America, Central America, Europe and Israel. It suspended its operations ...

in the early 2000s. In 2022, the airport restarted commercial services. Aeropuerto Internacional de Toluca

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Transportation

A shuttle to Tecnológico station for the

Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail The Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail (Spanish: ''Tren Interurbano de Pasajeros Toluca-Valle de México'') project is a commuter rail line currently under construction. Also known as Interurban Train Mexico City–Toluca, the passenger ...

will be provided when service commences in 2022.

References

External links

AMAIT

Toluca International Airport
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