What’s it actually like to use Mexico City’s new airport?

MND writer Lydia Carey flew from AIFA to Cancún and back. Here’s what she found

By Lydia Carey

Published on April 4, 2022

There are lots of rumors about the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) – it’s a chaotic mess, a waste of money, the best thing since sliced bread, so last week I took a quick trip to Cancún from Mexico City and back to find out.

I live in the capital’s Roma neighborhood, which is very central and in the part of the city closest to where most tourists would likely start their trek to the airport if they choose to fly out of AIFA.

I had read that Uber service from the airport was impossible because the company hasn’t come to any agreement yet with the government,  so I decided to take an Uber to the airport from my house in Roma and the bus back a few days later.

I also read that there were bus lines connecting AIFA with the Benito Juárez airport, The World Trade Center and other locations throughout the city, but in hindsight, I wonder if those routes are only to the airport and not from the airport because I was never able to find them. An extension of the Tren Suburbano (the Suburban Train) is also in the works, but more about that later.

When my Uber driver, Francisco, picked me up, he was just as excited as I was. He hadn’t been to the new airport to drop off passengers yet, just the airport’s customs for a second job he holds, and he wanted to see the place as much as I did.