Quetzalcóatl International Airport (, es, Aeropuerto Internacional Quetzalcóatl, ), also known as Nuevo Laredo International Airport (), is an
international airport
An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports and they must feature longer r ...
located in
Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Laredo () is a city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from Laredo, United States. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Lar ...
,
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...
,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
. It is situated near the
U.S.-Mexico border, opposite
Laredo,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
and handles national and international air traffic for the city of Nuevo Laredo. It is operated by
Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) is a Mexican Federal Government-owned corporation with its own equity capital and legal identity. It has its headquarters in Mexico City in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It was set up in June 1965 to ...
, a federal government-owned corporation.
In 2020, the airport handled 28,891 passengers, and in 2021 it handled 53,921 passengers.
History
Quetzalcóatl International Airport was named after
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl (, ; Spanish: ''Quetzalcóatl'' ; nci-IPA, Quetzalcōātl, ket͡saɬˈkoːaːt͡ɬ (Modern Nahuatl pronunciation), in honorific form: ''Quetzalcōātzin'') is a deity in Aztec culture and literature whose name comes from the Nah ...
from the
Aztec Religion who was a benefactor god, considered a leader among the deities, that would return after his departure to take back the empire.
Mexicana used to fly to Mexico City and Guadalajara before it ceased operations in 2010.
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List of the busiest airports in Mexico
This is the list of the busiest airports in Mexico, according to the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. The busiest airport is Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City. The top 10 includes the international airports o ...
References
External links
Nuevo Laredo Intl. Airport
Airports in Tamaulipas
Nuevo Laredo
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