San Miguel de Allende does not have an airport. The closest international airports that serve San Miguel are León and Mexico City.
Airports
León BJX( Aeropuerto del Bajio )
The closest international airport to San Miguel de Allende is between León and Guanajuato in the city of Silao, about 1½ hour drive from San Miguel.
This airport has a limited number of flights each day, although Continental offers a few arriving from Houston, which is their main hub.
Prices vary depending on the season.
Usually flying into León's airport is more expensive than flights landing in Mexico City.
The advantage of course is in the cost and ease of getting transportation to San Miguel.
Mexico City MEX( Benito Juárez ) This is the largest and busiest airport in Mexico.
It is situated on the east side of Mexico City, but well within the city boundaries
There are flights arriving and departing to most areas of the world
Flights to Mexico City are more economical than to León
The travel time to San Miguel is around 3½ hours.
Airport Transportation Options
León BJX ( Aereopuerto del Bajío ) Private Car, Van or Taxi: Many guests flying nto León arrange for transportation to San Miguel by car or van with a private airport transportation company from San Miguel.
Taxis are available from the airport. If your taxi driver doesn't know his way around San Miguel when you get here just switch taxis with a local.
Bus: Leon's bus station, about 20 minutes from the airport, offers numerous first class buses to San Miguel departing every half an hour.
Take a taxi from the airport to La Central de Autobuses.
Rental Car:Rental cars are available at the airport
Mexico City MEX( Benito Juárez International Airport ) Private Car, Van.
Bus
You can take a first class bus directly from the airport to the bus depot at Querétaro. This way you don't have to take the taxis in Mexico City!
At Querétaro you take another bus to San Miguel. There are several bus companies that provide service all day long with frequent departures so there is no problem arranging this segment of your journey.
Or take a taxi from the airport to the Northern Bus Depot (Terminal del Norte / 100 Metros) in Mexico City.
Then take a bus directly to San Miguel from the Northern Bus Depot .
There are several bus companies that provide service all day long with departures every 30 minutes or so.
Since the bus schedules change so frequently, it is impossible to quote an exact time of departure or arrival, but because there are so many buses making these trips, the scheduling is not a problem.
Rental cars are available at the airport
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