Tijuana added almost as many domestic passengers as Mexico City
Change in domestic airport passengers, millions, 2015 to 2025. Mexico, all airports: 74.2 million to 129.3 million.
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domestic passengers at Tijuana, from 4.8 million in 2015 to 12.6 million in 2025: fifth-busiest domestic airport to fourth.
at Mexico City's two airports together; the main airport added just 1.4 million, and the capital's share fell from 35% to 26%.
of Mexico's new domestic airport passengers used airports outside the capital: the country's air map is spreading to the border, the north and the coasts.
the numbers & method
Claim types Fact · Interpretation
AFAC, Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil, airport statistics file (producto-aeropuertos-2006-2026-sep, complete years to 2025), domestic passengers per airport (arriving plus departing, as AFAC counts them), read from the AFAC file via the progrss vault (GUIDELINES §4.11). Change 2015 to 2025 (progrss calculation; the parts add up exactly): all Mexican airports in the file 74,183,311 to 129,339,354 (+55.16 million); 59 airports reported in 2015, 65 in 2025 (new airports such as Felipe Ángeles and Tulum count from their first year). Mexico City is the sum of its two airports, a progrss sum: Benito Juárez International (AICM) 25,674,556 to 27,123,654 (+1.45 million) and Felipe Ángeles International (Santa Lucía, opened 2022) 6,674,343 in 2025: +8.12 million together, 14.7% of the national rise; the capital's share of domestic passengers 34.6% (2015) to 26.1% (2025). Toluca (+1.14 million), a separate airport in the State of Mexico, is among the 'other 59 airports' (+23.05 million together). Tijuana 4,808,651 to 12,619,682 (+7.81 million); Guadalajara 6,508,447 to 12,803,205 (+6.29 million); Monterrey 7,144,856 to 13,137,704 (+5.99 million); Cancún 6,027,422 to 9,914,244 (+3.89 million). Domestic rank (by airport): Tijuana fifth in 2015 (after Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Cancún), fourth in 2025 (after Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara). Each domestic trip is counted at both airports, so shares are of airport passengers, not of trips. 2020–2022 (COVID years) are not used as a base or an end. Licence not stated by AFAC: plates only, not for data products. Interpretation: takeaway 3.
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