Boulevard Puerto Aéreo metro station

Boulevard Puerto Aéreo metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms served by Line 1 (the Pink Line) between Balbuena and Gómez Farías stations. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Moctezuma, Santa Cruz Aviación, and Valentín Gómez Farías. It lies below Puerto Aéreo Boulevard, from which it receives its name, and it is near Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The station's pictogram features a silhouette of an air vent below a road bridge, in reference to a landmark found at the intersection of both avenues. The station is partially accessible to people with disabilities.

Boulevard Puerto Aéreo
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2020
General information
LocationPuerto Aéreo Boulevard and Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.41967°N 99.09595°W / 19.41967; -99.09595
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s) (Observatorio – Pantitlán)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  • Puerto Aéreo
  • Route 43
  • Trolleybus Line 4: Boulevard Puerto Aéreo
  • Route: 20-B
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened4 September 1969
Previous namesAeropuerto
Key dates
11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)Temporarily closed
29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)Reopened
Passengers
2023788,292 62.09%
Rank183/195
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Balbuena
toward Observatorio
Line 1 Gómez Farías
toward Pantitlán
Location
Boulevard Puerto Aéreo
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits

Boulevard Puerto Aéreo station opened on 4 September 1969 as Aeropuerto metro station with service westward toward Chapultepec and eastward toward Zaragoza. Because the station was the closest to the Mexico City International Airport at the time of its opening, the station's former pictogram featured the silhouette of an airliner. By 1981, this function was replaced by Terminal Aérea station on Line 5 (the Yellow Line). However, due to the constant confusion of travelers, the authorities changed the name and logo of the station in 1997.

In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 23,095 passengers, making it the 63rd busiest station in the network and the 13th busiest of the line. From July 2022 to October 2023, the station was closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.

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