Overview
- The June 2026 AFAC report showed international traffic at AIFA rose about 20.1% year on year to roughly 35,900 passengers, its strongest June since opening.
- AIFA handled 595,191 total passengers in June, a 9.3% annual increase that helped the airport earn a first-time spot in Mexico’s top-10 for international arrivals.
- Despite the June jump, AIFA’s accumulated foreign passenger volume for the first half of 2026 fell 5.9% versus the same period in 2025, signaling uneven performance across the year.
- The top-10 entry displaced Tulum after airlines cut frequencies there, and coverage lists carriers serving AIFA internationally as Arajet, Conviasa, Viva and Volaris to markets in Colombia, the Caribbean and Venezuela.
- AIFA opened in 2022 as a flagship project of the current administration, and the June spike illustrates how short-term events can boost traffic while longer-term growth will depend on airline route choices, frequency decisions and broader cost factors such as jet-fuel prices.