Two runways and a new terminal were planned during the first phase, which was completed on March 21, 2022, as scheduled. In Spanish, its initialism is AIFA.Ĭonstruction started on October 17, 2019, after all judicial suspensions against the project were revoked. 1), it was renamed after Felipe Ángeles (a general in the Mexican Revolution) in early 2021. Originally called Santa Lucía Airport ( Mexican Air Force base no. It is located in Zumpango, State of Mexico, 48.8 kilometres (30 mi) north-northeast of the historic center of Mexico City by car. He argued that the project was riddled with corruption and too expensive.Felipe Ángeles International Airport ( Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles, AIFA) ( IATA: NLU, ICAO: MMSM) is the second civilian airport serving the Mexico City metropolitan area it opened on March 21, 2022.
But AMLO scrapped the plan, although the project had already consumed billions of dollars and was halfway through. The previous government had planned to build the airport in Texcoco, a place barely 5 miles away from the BJIA. Once the second phase of construction is over, it will be able to handle 40 million passengers, say analysts. Reports suggest that President Lopez Obrador may offer incentives to attract carriers to move operations to the new airport.īuilt on an abandoned military airbase, the airport is projected to handle 20 million passengers annually. The only flight scheduled for the near future is from Caracas, Venezuela.
It has no rail link, nor is there an expressway for passengers to access it easily. The new Felipe Angeles International Airport, is located more than 45 miles away from the city. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has opened a new international airport in Mexico City amid criticisms that the new facility would not be able to ease congestion at the capital city’s main hub, Benito Juárez International Airport (BJIA).
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