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Mexico City International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México, AICM); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez (Benito Juárez International Airport) (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) is the main international airport serving Greater Mexico City, since 2022 together with the much smaller Felipe Ángeles International Airport ("AIFA").. It is Mexico's and Latin America's busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, and the 33rd busiest in the world. The airport sustains 35,000 jobs directly and around 15,000 indirectly in the immediate area. The airport is owned by Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México and operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, the government-owned corporation, which also operates 22 other airports throughout Mexico.This airport is served by 30 domestic and international passenger airlines and 17 cargo carriers. As the main hub for Mexico's largest airline Aeroméxico (with Aeroméxico Connect), the airport has become a SkyTeam hub. It is also a hub for Aeromar and Volaris and a focus city for VivaAerobús. On a typical day, more than 136,000 passengers pass through the airport to and from more than 100 destinations on four continents. In 2020, the airport handled 21,981,711 passengers, and 36,056,614 in 2021.

Terminal Aérea (Spanish pronunciation ; Spanish transl. "Air Terminal") is a Mexico City Metro station next to the Mexico City International Airport in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Oceanía and Hangares stations. The station serves colonias (neighborhoods) of Peñón de los Baños and Moctezuma 2ª sección. Terminal Aérea station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the then Consulado–Pantitlán service. The station's pictogram features an airliner and a control tower, and its name is on account of its proximity to the check-in areas at Terminal 1 of the Mexico City International Airport. There are six murals painted by David Lach inside the station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 18,389 passengers, making it the 96th busiest station in the network and the fourth busiest of the line.

Deportivo Oceanía is a surface metro station in Gustavo A. Madero borough, in México City Mexico. Its represented by a koala clinging to a soccer ball. This metro station is named after nearby Deportivo Oceanía sports center, located north of the city; it offers many sports activities, like Tae Kwon Do, Volleyball, Soccer, with low fares, from $26.00 México Peso to $40. Deportivo Oceanía has facilities for the handicapped, and it is located near Avenida 608 avenue. The station was opened on 15 December 1999.From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

Oceanía (Spanish pronunciation ; Spanish lit. transl. "Oceania") is a transfer station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is a combined elevated and at-grade station, along Lines 5 (the Yellow Line) and B (the Green-and-Gray Line). Oceanía is located between Aragón and Terminal Aérea stations on Line 5, and between Deportivo Oceanía and Romero Rubio stations on Line B. It serves the colonias of Pensador Mexicano and Aquiles Serdán. The station is named after Oceanía Avenue and its pictogram depicts a kangaroo, a representative animal from Oceania. Oceanía station opened on 19 December 1981 with service northward toward Consulado and southeastward toward Pantitlán on Line 5. West service on Line B toward Buenavista and northeast toward Villa de Aragón started on 15 December 1999. The station facilities are partially accessible for people with disabilities as there are tactile pavings and braille signage plates. Since it was opened, Oceanía station has had some incidents, including two fake bomb threats and a train crash, where one person indirectly died and twelve others resulted injured. In 2019, the station had an overall average daily ridership of 18,953 passengers.

Hangares (Spanish pronunciation ; Spanish lit. transl. "Hangars") is a Mexico City Metro station in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Terminal Aérea and Pantitlán stations. Hangares station serves the colonia of Federal, located next to the Mexico City International Airport. The station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the then Consulado–Pantitlán service. The pictogram for the station features a biplane inside a hangar and its name is on account of its proximity to the airport's hangars. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 4,856 passengers, making it the 188th busiest station in the network and the twelfth busiest of the line.

Pantitlán (Spanish: [pantiˈtlan] (listen); Nahuatl transl. "Between flags") is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the boroughs of Iztacalco and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. It is a combined underground, at-grade, and elevated station with six island platforms and two side platforms, served by Lines 1 (the Pink Line), 5 (the Yellow Line), 9 (the Brown Line), and A (the Purple Line). The only quadra-line interchange station in the system, Pantitlán station works as the terminal station of all of the lines and is located adjacent to Zaragoza (Line 1), Hangares (Line 5), Puebla (Line 9), and Agrícola Oriental (Line A). It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Adolfo López Mateos, Aviación Civil, and Pantitlán; it receives its name from the last one. The station's pictogram features the silhouettes of two flagpoles. Pantitlán station opened on 19 December 1981 with service northwestward toward Consulado on Line 5; service eastward toward Observatorio on Line 1 started on 22 August 1984; service eastward toward Centro Médico on Line 9 started on 26 August 1987; and service southeastward toward La Paz on Line A started on 12 August 1991. The facilities are accessible to the disabled. Inside there is a cultural display, an Internet café, a women's defense module, a public ministry office, a health module, a mural, and a bicycle parking station. By far, Pantitlán is the busiest station in the system. In 2019, the station had a ridership of 132,845,471 passengers, whereas the second place (Cuatro Caminos) registered 39,378,128 passengers. Out of those, 45,550,938 entrances were registered on Line A, making it the busiest station when counted separately.

Encuentro Oceanía is a super-regional mall in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City, around 5 km east of the Zócalo. It is located along the main thoroughfare, Avenida Oceanía, around 1 km west of the Circuito Interior inner ring highway, and around 2 km west of Terminal 1 of the Mexico City International Airport. It is across the street from Romero Rubio metro station. Anchor stores include the first IKEA store in Mexico, which opened in April 2021. The store measures 23,000 square meters (250,000 sq ft) across 3 levels with entrances off all 3 floors of the mall. Other anchors include Chedraui hypermarkets, Cinemex multicinemas, Energy Fitness, and Forever 21. The center as a whole held its soft launch in October, 2021. There is a total of over 200 stores and 75,000 square meters (810,000 sq ft) leasable area. The center cost around 1.5 billion Mexican pesos to build, according to its spokesman.

Bosque de Aragón is a subway station in Gustavo A. Madero borough, in México City Mexico. The station was opened on 15 December 1999.

Romero Rubio is an elevated station on Line B of the Mexico City Metro system. The station serves the Colonia Moctezuma 2a Sección and Colonia Romero Rubio neighborhoods of Venustiano Carranza borough in Mexico City.The logo for the station is a bust of Manuel Romero Rubio, who was Secretary of the Interior under President Porfirio Díaz and a founding member of the Científicos – a group of advisors to the President, as well as Díaz's father-in-law.The station was opened on 15 December 1999.From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

Colonia Federal is a colonia in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City, just south of the Mexico City International Airport. The neighborhood is known for its particular shape that resembles a spider web.

Zaragoza (Mexican Spanish pronunciation ) 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 Gómez Farías and Pantitlán stations. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of 4 Árboles and Puebla. It lies below the Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza from which it receives its name, which in turn is named after Ignacio Zaragoza, the Secretary of War and Navy during the Battle of Puebla (internationally known as Cinco de Mayo). The station's pictogram features a silhouette of an equestrian statue that honors him. Zaragoza station opened on 4 September 1969 with service westward toward Chapultepec; service eastward toward Pantitlán started on 22 August 1984. The facilities are accessible for people with disabilities; inside there is a cultural display, an Internet café and a health module. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 46,475 passengers, making it the 18th busiest station in the network and the 6th busiest of the line.

Gómez Farías (Mexican Spanish pronunciation ) 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 Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza stations. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Federal and Gómez Farías; the station receives its name from the latter, which in turn is named after Valentín Gómez Farías, the 7th president of Mexico (he served intermittently from 1833 to 1847). The pictogram depicts a representation of the Mexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted by Gómez Farías during his tenure as the president of Congress. Gómez Farías station opened on 4 September 1969 with service westward toward Chapultepec and eastward toward Zaragoza. The facilities are partially accessible for people with disabilities as it has escalators. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 28,385 passengers, making it the 48th busiest station in the network and the 11th busiest of the line.