Palenque International Airport
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.
Palenque International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Palenque | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas | ||||||||||
Location | Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 50.3 m / 165 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 17°32′06″N 092°00′54″W | ||||||||||
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PQM PQM | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2019) | |||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas |
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 17,482 passengers in 2018, and 20,666 passengers in 2019.[3]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Interjet | Mexico City (suspended)[4] |
Magni | Seasonal: Monterrey |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2016-02-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "SCT da a conocer la declaración de internacionalización del Aeropuerto de Palenque". gob.mx. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- "Estadística Operacional de Aeropuertos / Statistics by Airport". Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
External links
- Palenque Intl. Airport
- Airport information for MMPQ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.