Tulum, Q.R. — The new Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport of Tulum will become part of the Presidential legacy. Quintana Roo Governor Mara Lezama also says the Tulum Airport is the country’s first ever “green airport”.
She says as of December 1, 2023, the new Tulum International Airport will be ready to serve 5.5 million annual passengers.
Lezama says the airport will strengthen Quintana Roo’s global tourism leadership and will place the state as the only one in Mexico to have four international airports. Once Tulum’s airport is complete, the state of Quintana Roo will be home to the Cancun International Airport, Cozumel International Airport, Chetumal International Airport and Tulum.
With four international airports, the state will have the greatest air connectivity in the country, able to receive thousands of tourists who arrive to enjoy the natural wonders of Quintana Roo.
The Tulum International Airport is being built in the neighboring municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, which is where the land required was purchased from local ejidos. The airport is located about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) southwest of Tulum.
The Felipe Carrillo Puerto Airport of Tulum is more than 75,000 square meters of construction with a 3.7 kilometer long runway, the longest in the Yucatan Peninsula. The airport is equipped with the latest generation technology, an imposing control tower, a terminal building for passengers and one for private flights (FBO).
In accordance with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Tulum Airport is the first “green airport” to be built in Mexico for the protection and preservation of flora and fauna, as well as for the mitigation of environmental impacts.
Airlines that will offer flights to the Tulum International Airport include American, Spirit, Delta, Aeromexico, United, Viva Aerobus and Mexico’s state-owned Mexicana de Aviación, among others.
Ado bus lines will be offering transportation starting December, while car rental company AVASA will be operating out of the new Tulum airport.
To date, the Tulum airport has created nearly 15,000 jobs.
