Veracruz International Airport
Veracruz International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Veracruz | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Veracruz, Veracruz | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 27 m / 90 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°08′45″N 96°11′14″W / 19.14583°N 96.18722°W | ||||||||||||||
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  VER Location of airport in Mexico | |||||||||||||||
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General Heriberto Jara International Airport or Veracruz International Airport (IATA: VER, ICAO: MMVR) is an international airport located at Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Veracruz.
Expansion and renovation works
The airport has been recently renovated and expanded in order to meet the growing demand. Some improvements have been added, such as the construction of new hallways inside the terminal to accommodate a larger number of passengers, so that the airport can handle the operations of larger aircraft, such as the Boeing 757.
The terminal exterior and interior have also been renovated, with a completely new architectural style.
General Information
In 2019, the airport handled 1,475,581 passengers, and 721,159 in 2020.[1]
The airport is located at the outskirts of the city of Veracruz, in a place known as "Las Bajadas".
The airport is named after General Heriberto Jara Corona, once Governor of Veracruz, from 1924 to 1927.
Facilities
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- Number of gates: 11
- Contact positions: 11
- Number of jetways: 3
- Number of baggage claiming carousels: 6 (4 domestic, 2 international)
- Customs (Arrivals area)
- Taxi & car rentals (Arrivals area)
- Duty Free
- Caral VIP Lounge
- Parking area
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeromar | Mexico City |
| Aeroméxico | Seasonal: Mexico City |
| Aeroméxico Connect | Mexico City |
| Interjet | Mexico City (suspended)[2] |
| TAR | Ciudad del Carmen, Monterrey, Tampico |
| United Express | Houston–Intercontinental |
| VivaAerobus | Cancún, Guadalajara, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Reynosa |
| Volaris | Guadalajara, Tijuana |
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Mexico City, Mexico City
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121,755 | 
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Aeromar, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 2 |  Quintana Roo, Cancún
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68,555 |  1
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VivaAerobús |
| 3 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey
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66,426 |  1
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TAR, VivaAerobús |
| 4 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara
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47,959 |
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VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 5 |  Yucatán, Mérida
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17,126 |
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TAR, VivaAerobús |
| 6 |  Baja California, Tijuana
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12,905 | 1
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Volaris |
| 7 |  Tamaulipas, Reynosa
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11,837 | 1
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VivaAerobús |
| 8 |  Campeche, Ciudad del Carmen
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4,263 | 1
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TAR |
| 9 | Tamaulipas, Tampico
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1,625 | 1
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TAR |
| 10 |  Querétaro, Querétaro
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622 |
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TAR |
Accidents and incidents
On 2 April 1981, Douglas C-47A N258M of Sky Train Air was written off in an accident while taxiing.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "ASUR Passenger Traffic". ASUR. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Interjet limits its operation to 6 destinations". EnElAire (in Spanish). May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "N258M Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
External links
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