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
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario de Chiapas
LocationPalenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Elevation AMSL50.3 m / 165 ft
Coordinates17°32′06″N 092°00′54″W
Map
PQM
PQM
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Total Passengers20,666
Ranking in Mexico57th
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
AirlinesDestinations
Interjet Mexico City (suspended)[4]
Magni Seasonal: Monterrey

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2016-02-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "SCT da a conocer la declaración de internacionalización del Aeropuerto de Palenque". gob.mx. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  3. "Estadística Operacional de Aeropuertos / Statistics by Airport". Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  4. "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.


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