Venustiano Carranza International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Venustiano Carranza, ), also known as Monclova International Airport, is an international
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
located at
Frontera,
Coahuila
Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states of Nu ...
, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the
metropolitan area of
Monclova
Monclova (), is a city and the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. According to the 2015 census, the city had 231,107 inhabitants. Its metropolitan area has 381,432 inhabitants and ...
and
Frontera.
It handled 2,175 passengers in 2018, and 19 in 2019.
The airport is named after Mexican
President
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Venustiano Carranza
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February ...
.
See also
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List of the busiest airports in Mexico
This is the list of the busiest airports in Mexico, according to the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. The busiest airport is Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City. The top 10 includes the international airports o ...
References
External links
MMMV at Fallingrain.MMMV at Elite Jets.MMMV photo at Our Airports.
Airports in Coahuila
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