Querétaro’s airport is getting a hotel, a shopping plaza, more parking — and eventually a spaceport

The ongoing enlargement of the Querétaro International Airport (QRO) volition see an on-site hotel,  a buying plaza and a larger parking area, authorities Sustainable Development Minister Marcos del Prete Tercero announced connected Monday. 

Those amenities are successful summation to improvements to the airdrome itself. “We person six hectares disposable for the rider terminal, and we person 2 polygons, each 4 hectares, to grow services,” Del Prete said.

One of the airdrome features slated for betterment with the existent enlargement is parking. (Querétaro International Airport)

Also, helium said, a motorboat and landing tract for spacecraft volition beryllium developed connected the terrain to assistance marque the airdrome much competitive.

An further 100 hectares of onshore is disposable for companies looking to run astatine the airport. For example, successful March, DHL Express Mexico launched its US $120 cardinal expanded aerial hub astatine QRO, adding 30,000 quadrate meters of caller infrastructure, which the institution said was its astir precocious and highest-capacity installation to day successful Latin America.

“The airdrome continues to turn acknowledgment to rider preference, acknowledgment to its location,” Del Prete said of the ongoing expansion. “The airside is satisfied; they person a precocious capacity, and the landside continues to beryllium occupied.” 

Del Prete added that portion the runways are astir 20 years old, they are inactive among the astir modern acknowledgment to their innovative design. The runway has an operational magnitude of 4.1 km, said the minister. 

In May, the Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation Ministry reported that QRO saw a 25% emergence successful rider numbers successful the archetypal 4th of 2025 compared to past year, with home rider postulation expanding by 34.9% successful that period. 

An 80-million-peso (US$4.3 cardinal ) expansion was completed astatine QRO successful 2023, which accrued the airport’s rider capableness and encouraged airlines to unfastened caller formation routes. 

With reports from Expreso Querétaro, Diario de Querétaro and Mexico Business News