General Heriberto Jara International Airport

General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional General Heriberto Jara

IATA: VER – ICAO: MMVR

VER
Location of airport in Mexico

Summary
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 / 19.14583; -96.18722
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,523 4,997 Asphalt
18/36 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Total passengers 1,249,914
Ranking in Mexico 13th Decrease
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste

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.

In 2014, the airport handled 1,157,522 passengers, and 1,249,914 in 2015.[1]

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.

As the airport terminal has only one level, it would have been very difficult to introduce jetways; Therefore, new covered bridges have been constructed, which connect to also-covered airstairs and then to the aircraft. These new bridges, which can move as jetways, make the embarking and disembarking procesess easier and faster, while protecting the passengers from the sound and weather. Only gates 1–5 are equipped with this kind of bridges. The terminal exterior and interior have also been renovated, with a completely new architectural style. 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

Renovation works at the Airport.
New check-in counters at the Airport.
New check-in counters.
Gate B at the airport.
Inside of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AeromarCiudad del Carmen, Mexico City
AeroméxicoSeasonal: Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
Aeroméxico ExpressMérida, Monterrey, Tampico, Villahermosa
Interjet Mexico City
MAYAirCancún, Cozumel, Mérida, Villahermosa
TARCancún, Ciudad del Carmen, Toluca/Mexico City
United ExpressHouston-Intercontinental
VivaAerobus Cancún, Guadalajara, Mérida (begins July 1, 2016),[2] Monterrey, Reynosa
Volaris Cancún, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Veracruz International Airport (2015)[3]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City 293,241 Steady Aeromar, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet
2  Nuevo León, Monterrey 91,603 Steady Aeroméxico Connect, Aeroméxico Express, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Quintana Roo, Cancún 83,103 Steady MAYAir, TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Jalisco, Guadalajara 56,242 Steady Aeromar, VivaAerobus, Volaris
5  Tamaulipas, Reynosa 30,872 Steady VivaAerobus
6  Tabasco, Villahermosa 15,244 Increase 1 Aeroméxico Express, MAYAir
7  Tamaulipas, Tampico 12,940 Decrease 1 Aeroméxico Express
8  Baja California, Tijuana 11,104 Steady Volaris
9  Campeche, Ciudad del Carmen 4,758 Aeromar, TAR
10  Guanajuato, León 253 Increase 3

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

  1. ↑ "ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for December 2015 Up 8.5% Year over Year".
  2. ↑ "VivaAerobus has new routes for you (in Spanish)". VivaAerobus. February 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "N258M Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 July 2010.

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