Historic Veracruz – the magnificent El Tajín archaeological gem – unsurpringly a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Veracruz is a diversified state: A much sought-after leisure destination, a business heartland, and Mexico's most important sea port.
Other Major reasons to serve this airport
- Veracruz, the most important sea port of Mexico, will be expanded in order to double its actual capacity in the next few years
- 60% of Mexico’s oil is produced in this state
- Significant oil-related manufacturing industries including plastics and petrochemicals
- Location of Mexico’s biggest steel works
- Major source of meat and farm produce
- Also a well known and much sought after leisure destination
- Great gastronomy
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Fly here? Asur works closely with the Mexico Tourism Board and other agencies to generate the best possible conditions for a successful route development.
Marketing and other support
- Dedicated sales and marketing team
- Reception and celebration of your inaugural flight in our airport
- Market analysis, statistics and intelligence
- We work closely with the Veracruz VCB, the Ministry of Tourism of The State of Veracruz, The Mexican Ministry of Tourism and Mexico Tourism Board, to attain the best conditions for a successful route development
- Based on a business case for every specific new route, ASUR may offer a competitive incentive package to support it
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Veracruz people enjoying its carnival. Besides tourism and its 700,000 residents, Veracruz offers significant VRF traffic from the USA.
Catchment Area
- 700,000 people live within 30 minutes drive of the airport.
- Veracruz is the third most populated State with more than 7 million inhabitants.
Freight opportunities
Please contact us for information on freight opportunities.
The airport is a 15 minute drive to Boca del Río beach zone...in the distance the bustling port – Mexico’s biggest entrepôt.
Geography
- 20 minutes drive to downtown and the port
- 5 minutes drive to industrial zone
- 15 minutes drive to Boca del Río, the beach zone with its prestigious hotels and a varied commercial offer. The WTC of Veracruz is also located in this area
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Infrastructure & Operations
- Runways (number and length):
- 18 – 36 = 2,400m x 45m
- 09 – 27 = 1,523m x 45m
- Non slot coordinated
- Operating hours: 07:00hrs – 19:00hrs
- One terminal. 5 stands. 21 check in counters
- Elevation: 27.5m
- ICAO Reference code: 4D
- Largest aircraft: 757-200
Important infrastructure developments and/or other news
- Heavy investments are being done in order to comply with ICAO´s Annex 14.
- Passenger terminal expansion underway
- Improvement of airside facilities underway
Vital statistics
- More than 1,030,000 passengers in 2008
- Veracruz reached the 1 million passengers mark in 2007
- Nine regular carriers serve the destination
- Click/Mexicana is the largest carrier
- Continental Airlines serves successfully the route IAH-VER since 1998
