Palenque International Airport

Palenque International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Palenque
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas
Location Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Elevation AMSL 60 m / 197 ft
Coordinates 17°32′06″N 092°00′54″W / 17.53500°N 92.01500°W / 17.53500; -92.01500Coordinates: 17°32′06″N 092°00′54″W / 17.53500°N 92.01500°W / 17.53500; -92.01500
Map
PQM
PQM
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Total Passengers 14,427
Ranking in Mexico 57th Decrease 2
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas

Palenque International Airport (IATA: PQM, ICAO: MMPQ) is an international airport located in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Palenque. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas, a government-owned corporation.

The airport was officially inaugurated on March 13, 2014. On that date, Interjet started bi-weekly service to Mexico City; as a result, traffic increased to 18,148 passengers in 2015.[1]

On 16 December 2016, the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation declared that Palenque met the infrastructure, facilities, equipment and service requirements to be authorised as an international civil airfield.[2]

It handled 17,242 passengers in 2016, and 14,427 passengers in 2017.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Calafia Airlines Cancún, Puebla, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Interjet Mexico City
Magni Seasonal: Monterrey

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. ↑ "SCT da a conocer la declaración de internacionalización del Aeropuerto de Palenque". gob.mx. Retrieved 2016-12-19.


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