How many airports does Mexico have in this index?

This index retains 12 airport records for Mexico (12 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.

Which is the largest airport in Mexico?

Large-airport records appear first in this index. The top entries for Mexico include Abraham González International Airport (CJS), Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC), Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU). No quoted passenger-volume figure is attached to those records in the curated airport-facts file.

Which timezones span Mexico's airports?

Mexico's retained airport records sit across 6 IANA timezones from UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00, an offset spread of 1.0 hours with seasonal DST in at least one zone. Each airport stores its own IANA zone identifier for local-clock math.

Does Mexico have international airports?

Yes. The curated airport-facts file flags 11 records with an international-gateway role label in Mexico. The role tags are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.

How does Mexico compare with regional peers for airport count?

Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Mexico has 12 records vs. Canada (13), Brazil (15), Argentina (3). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country airport index

Airports in Mexico.

12 airportsPrimary zone: America/Hermosillo

This page lists 12 retained airport records in our curated Mexico airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.

Holidays in Mexico Timezones in Mexico

Airport index methodology

How we calculate this: Airports are grouped by country code, then sorted with large airports first and named airports alphabetically inside each type. Local time uses each airport’s stored IANA timezone identifier. Passenger figures, hub-airline tags, and operational facts come from the per-airport curation file when available; absent figures are left blank rather than estimated.
Data sources: OurAirports for IATA/ICAO, coordinates, elevation, and airport type; IANA Time Zone Database for local-time rules; airport-shaped Wikipedia summaries for the curated facts file (passengers, runways, terminals, hub airlines, operator, year opened); hand-curated country dossier sources (FAA, CAAC, DGCA, Rosaviatsiya, IATA, national civil-aviation authorities) for the editorial dossier block where present; curated country records for country names and locale-safe slugs.
Update cadence: Airport country pages revalidate weekly. The OurAirports source CSV was last fetched 2026-04-25; the airport-facts snapshot was last generated 2026-05-21. This page currently represents 12 large airports rather than a complete national aviation registry.

Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for Mexico; it lists 12 retained airport records (12 large airports) across 6 IANA timezones (America/Mexico_City, America/Chihuahua, America/Ciudad_Juarez plus 3 more).

Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.

Timezone note. Airport timezone records can be more granular than the country profile. America/Chihuahua, America/Merida, America/Monterrey appears in the retained airport records but not in the country-level timezone list, so use the airport record for local-time calculations.

Country airport evidence

Why this Mexico airport page is retained

11/12 signals

This page is classified as a multi-zone gateway network. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.

Retained scope

multi-zone gateway network

Mexico has 12 retained large/medium airport records (12 large, 0 medium) across 6 IANA zones.

Code and entity coverage

12 IATA, 12 ICAO

12 retained records have airport-facts rows; 11 cite official airport domains and 12 carry Wikidata entity links.

Traffic and operation facts

0 passenger rows

No retained record quotes passenger-volume facts yet; operational depth comes from type, code, timezone, runway, source, and scheduled-service fields where available.

Timezone pattern

6 airport zones

Airport clocks span UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00, so this country page must keep airport-local time rather than assuming America/Hermosillo.

Verification boundary

47 source URLs

Visible source hosts include aeropuertosgap.com.mx, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, oma.aero, aicm.com.mx, aeropuertomonterrey.oma.aero, gob.mx. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.

Editorial status

manual dossier attached

Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.

Source hosts seen in retained airport facts

aeropuertosgap.com.mxen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.comoma.aeroaicm.com.mxaeropuertomonterrey.oma.aerogob.mx

Traveler planning patterns

How to use Mexico airport data without overreading it

Country-specific caveats

Start with the gateway layer

Abraham González International Airport (CJS) is the first retained airport to check for Mexico; then scan the 12 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.

Keep airport-local time explicit

Do not assume one country clock: retained airport zones span UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00. That matters for overnight arrivals, missed-connection buffers, and airport pickup times.

Use codes for the search, city pages for context

6 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.

Treat schedules as live elsewhere

12 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.

Watch holidays and local operating days

Mexico has a holiday country page on this site, so use it alongside airport time checks for closures, public-holiday pressure, and ground-service planning.

Know what the passenger data covers

No retained airport quotes passenger-volume facts yet, so the page avoids traffic rankings and leans on source-backed type, code, timezone, and city context.

Airport coverage patterns

How the Mexico airport index is structured

This page adds country-level context around airport counts, code coverage, timezone spread, and city-clock handoffs. It is built from the retained airport dataset rather than a live airline or aviation registry feed.

Coverage pattern

Mexico carries 12 retained airport records spread over 11 mapped localities, split 12 large and 0 medium (12 large airports). It is built as a practical timezone and travel index, not a complete aviation registry.

Code reliability

Every retained Mexico record carries both an IATA and an ICAO code (12 of each), so passenger-facing and aviation lookups resolve consistently across the set.

Timezone spread

Airports in Mexico are not on one clock — they span 6 IANA timezones (America/Mexico_City, America/Chihuahua, America/Ciudad_Juarez plus 3 more), led by America/Mexico_City (7), America/Chihuahua (1), and America/Ciudad_Juarez (1). Read each airport's stored zone directly rather than assuming a national offset. Airport timezone records can be more granular than the country profile. America/Chihuahua, America/Merida, America/Monterrey appears in the retained airport records but not in the country-level timezone list, so use the airport record for local-time calculations.

Major airport examples

Standout anchors here include Abraham González International Airport (CJS) in Ciudad Juárez, Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) in Toluca, Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU) in Mexico City, and General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (TIJ) in Tijuana. Large airports lead the list because they are the most reliable hooks for travelers, city clocks, and cross-border time checks.

City-clock handoff

Airport records here hand off to indexable city pages such as Mexico City (MEX, NLU, TLC), Ciudad Juárez (CJS), Puebla (PBC), and Tijuana (TIJ). Handoffs are restricted to vetted city pages so the airport index does not spend crawl budget on thin local URLs.

Offset range

Airport timezone records in Mexico span 6 IANA zones from UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00, an offset spread of 1.0 hours. Treat each airport's stored zone as authoritative for local clock math instead of assuming a single national offset.

International gateway count

11 retained records carry an international-gateway role label in the curated airport facts for Mexico. Role labels are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.

Regional peer comparison

Mexico has 12 retained airport records vs. Canada 13, Brazil 15, Argentina 3 in the same continent. This is a structural comparison of retained-record counts, not an audit of national aviation policy or fleet size.

Operational depth

Across the retained Mexico set we have 21 curated runway records and 12 airports flagged with scheduled service. Operational facts come from the Wikipedia-derived airport-facts curation, which is sparse for smaller airports and not a substitute for the airport authority's own data.

Traveler boundary: use these records for timezone orientation and airport discovery. Verify live operations, route availability, terminal status, and NOTAM-sensitive details with official airport, airline, or aviation sources.

Country aviation profile

Aviation profile snapshot for Mexico

Curated airport facts

These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.

International gateways

Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.

Scheduled service

12 / 12

Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.

Runway records

Puebla · PBC · America/Mexico_City

MMPB

It handles national and international air traffic for the Metropolitan area of Puebla, the fourth-largest metro area in Mexico.

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 11,811 ft / 3,600 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals

aeropuertopuebla.comen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Time-zone span

Airport timezone offsets across Mexico

6 IANA zones

Mexico’s retained airport records span 6 IANA zones from UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00 — an offset spread of 1.0 hour. At least one zone observes a seasonal DST shift, so local-clock math around the transition weekend needs care.

America/Mexico_City

UTC-06:00 · CST

7 airports

America/Chihuahua

Offset not in retained zone table

1 airport

America/Ciudad_Juarez

UTC-06:00 · MDT · DST observed

1 airport

America/Merida

Offset not in retained zone table

1 airport

Regional peer comparison

Mexico vs. America peers

Retained-record counts

Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.

Country	Airports	Large / medium	IANA zones
Mexico	12	12 / 0	6
Canada	13	13 / 0	7
Brazil	15	15 / 0	7
Argentina	3	3 / 0	2

Country aviation dossier

Editorial context for Mexico aviation

Hand-curated

Mexico's 80 airports served 186.46 million passengers in 2024 per AFAC. Mexico City International (MEX) led with 45.36 million; Cancún (CUN) followed at 30.56 million; Guadalajara (GDL) and Monterrey (MTY) anchor the secondary tier. Aeroméxico, Volaris, and Viva Aerobús dominate. AFAC (Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil) regulates; the new Felipe Ángeles International (NLU) absorbs some Mexico City overflow but has yet to scale to forecast volumes. The FAA Category 1 reinstatement in 2023 unlocked US-route expansion in 2024.

Sources

Last verified 2026-05-09 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.

Frequently asked

Mexico airport questions

How many airports does Mexico have in this index?: This index retains 12 airport records for Mexico (12 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.
Which is the largest airport in Mexico?: Large-airport records appear first in this index. The top entries for Mexico include Abraham González International Airport (CJS), Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC), Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU). No quoted passenger-volume figure is attached to those records in the curated airport-facts file.
Which timezones span Mexico's airports?: Mexico's retained airport records sit across 6 IANA timezones from UTC-07:00 to UTC-06:00, an offset spread of 1.0 hours with seasonal DST in at least one zone. Each airport stores its own IANA zone identifier for local-clock math.
Does Mexico have international airports?: Yes. The curated airport-facts file flags 11 records with an international-gateway role label in Mexico. The role tags are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.
How does Mexico compare with regional peers for airport count?: Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Mexico has 12 records vs. Canada (13), Brazil (15), Argentina (3). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

PBC Hermanos Serdán International Airport (America/Mexico_City)

Tijuana

1 linked airport

city clock

TIJ General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (America/Tijuana)

Major airport list

Key airports in Mexico

Large airports first

These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.

Abraham González International Airport

Ciudad Juárez

CJS

large airport · America/Ciudad_Juarez

Adolfo López Mateos International Airport

Toluca

TLC

large airport · America/Mexico_City

Felipe Ángeles International Airport

Mexico City

NLU

large airport · America/Mexico_City

General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport

Tijuana

TIJ

large airport · America/Tijuana

General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport

Chihuahua

CUU

large airport · America/Chihuahua

Guadalajara International Airport

Guadalajara

GDL

large airport · America/Mexico_City

Route-planning cues

When this airport index is useful

Start with gateway airports

12 large airports

Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.

Check the local clock

6 timezones

Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.

Move to city context

6 linked airports

Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.

Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.

City coverage

Airport cities with time pages

Mexico City3 airports Ciudad Juárez1 airport Puebla1 airport Tijuana1 airport

Illustrative airport time board

Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.

Destination

Flight

Gate

Local Time

CIUDAD JUÁREZ (CJS)

SQ 956

A11

TOLUCA (TLC)

QF 858

E18

MEXICO CITY (NLU)

BA 859

B12

TIJUANA (TIJ)

AF 370

C02

CHIHUAHUA (CUU)

JL 522

C21

GUADALAJARA (GDL)

JL 697

C21

SILAO (BJX)

SQ 694

A11

PUEBLA (PBC)

AA 113

A07

IATA	Name	City	Type
CJS	Abraham González International Airport	Ciudad Juárez	large airport
TLC	Adolfo López Mateos International Airport	Toluca	large airport
NLU	Felipe Ángeles International Airport	Mexico City	large airport
TIJ	General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport	Tijuana	large airport
CUU	General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport	Chihuahua	large airport
GDL	Guadalajara International Airport	Guadalajara	large airport
BJX	Guanajuato International Airport	Silao	large airport
PBC	Hermanos Serdán International Airport	Puebla	large airport
MID	Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport	Mérida	large airport
MEX	Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport	Mexico City	large airport
MTY	Monterrey International Airport	Monterrey	large airport
QRO	Querétaro Intercontinental Airport	Querétaro	large airport

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