Puebla International Airport

Puebla International Airport,[1] officially Hermanos Serdán International Airport (IATA: PBC, ICAO: MMPB) is an international airport located in the municipalities of Tlaltenango, Huejotzingo and Juan C. Bonilla near Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Puebla.

Puebla International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Puebla
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
ServesPuebla
LocationTlaltenango Municipality near the city of Puebla, Puebla
Elevation AMSL7,361 ft / 2,244 m
Coordinates19°09′29″N 98°22′17″W
Map
PBC
Location of airport in Mexico
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 11,811 3,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Total Passengers761,575
Ranking in Mexico26 2
Source: Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares

It also serves as an alternate airport for Mexico City, being part of the metropolitan airport group for the Mexican capital, comprising the airports of Mexico City, Toluca, Cuernavaca and Querétaro. The airport used to be a hub for Puebla Air Lines before it ceased operations in 1995.

The airport was inaugurated on 18 November 1985 and since 2001, was given in concession to Operadora Estatal de Aeropuertos (OEA) for operation and development. OEA is a company founded specifically to manage and carry out investments to extend airport facilities. The following entities take part in OEA's establishment:

  • Puebla State Government (26%)
  • Operadora Internacional de Aeropuertos (49%)
  • Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (25%)

In 2003, the US Trade and Development Agency (TDA) provided a grant for US $550,000 to OEA to enable the completion of a project feasibility study regarding the upgrade of the Puebla International Airport. OEA subsequently retained the services of The Louis Berger Group Inc. from the US to complete the study, which concludes that in the long term the airport might serve up to 15 million passengers annually considering that Puebla constitutes the fourth largest city in Mexico in terms of population.

Airport development information

In recent years, the Puebla International Airport has showed a notable growth in passenger volume, operations and freight. In 2007 the Logistic Airport Center was opened offering all the facilities for the managing and commercial processing of cargo.

Presently, the airport has reached historical levels in its operative indicators. This situation has permitted members of the Board of Directors to support the decision to begin immediate actions to increase the capacity of the airport in the platforms areas and the Passenger Terminal Building as well.

One of the fastest growing airports in the country, Puebla air terminal served 685,583 passengers in 2018 and 761,575 in 2019.[2]

To arrive at Puebla International Airport there are two main approaches: the first one is through the Mexico - Puebla toll motorway taking the road out at San Miguel Xoxtla and across the Tlaltenango town; the second choice is driving along the Cholula - Huejotzingo boulevard to the access road to the airport, just a bit before coming the village of Huejotzingo, the third option is passing Xoxtla on the Puebla-Mexico tollway and following the Airport exit some kilometers before to reach San Martin Texmelucan.

At the moment, the airport is equipped with a 6 position platform of category D and a terminal building with capacity to take care of 450 passengers per hour.

The new terminal building will be roughly 226% larger than the current one. By investing over USD $15 million, it will be possible to serve 1.1 million passengers in one year. This amount might be even higher assuming a proper air operation distribution.

This airport handles two thousand tons a year in textile products, vehicle motor parts, machinery, post pieces, airborne parcels service and perishables such as fruits and flowers.

An airport lounge[3] at this airport is operated by Global Lounge Network.[4]

As of May 12, 2012, the airport has been closed several times due to volcanic ash from Popocatépetl volcano.

Airlines and destinations
United Express Embraer ERJ 145 and Malinche mountain
Parking lot and Popocatepetl volcano and Iztaccihuatl mountain.
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Connect Monterrey (suspended)[5]
Magni Seasonal: Cancún
United Express Houston–Intercontinental
VivaAerobus Cancún, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Volaris Cancún, Monterrey, San José del Cabo (suspended),[6] Tijuana

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Puebla International Airport (2019)[7]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Quintana Roo, Cancún 120,803 Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Nuevo León, Monterrey 103,188 Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Baja California, Tijuana 63,619 Volaris
4  Jalisco, Guadalajara 49,158 Aeromar, VivaAerobus
5  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta 13,531 1 VivaAerobus
6  Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 10,183 1 Calafia Airlines, VivaAerobus
7  San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 76 2
8  Guanajuato, León 73
9  Baja California Sur, La Paz 50

See also

References
  1. Page on airport authority website
  2. "Estadística Operacional de Aeropuertos / Statistics by Airport". Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. https://www.prioritypass.com/es/loungesearch?entity=ea0c741f-ce9f-4472-8e78-cabe0f5463dc
  4. http://globalloungenetwork.com/
  5. "Safety Precautions: COVID-19". Aeroméxico. February 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. "We are ready to fly with you". Volaris. November 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  7. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
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