The international airport of Chichen Itzalocated in the Munuishio If battleput into service the day before yesterday its first hangar for private aviation with which he consolidates his cluster aeroespacial, its pilot training campus and its charging infrastructure.
This new airport project adds to the Strategic Inspection Precinct which has 2,000 square meters of dry warehouses and 500 square meters of refrigeration and freezing.
Furthermore, it has a runway of 2,800 linear meters to receive any type of aircraft and a three-position platform.
He new hangar It has an area of 600 square meters and a space for the operation of an aeronautical workshop for engines, radio, painting and other maintenance services.
The hangar will host the Solo Fly Aviation School and with the new hangar the Chichen Itza airport is consolidated as an aeronautical training campus and an option for students of the Technological Institute of Valladolid for the development of a dual higher education program, with a focus on the education and training of engineers specialized in airport maintenance and management, a plan that formalized the director of the Chichén Itzá terminal, José Miguel García Valesby signing a memorandum of understanding and collaboration.
In the formal ceremony of the inauguration of the hangar, García Vales reported that in this new space they will carry out private and public services of category 3, they will provide service to class 1 and 2 gliders, class 1 and 2 propellers and specialized services, it will have a paint shop, repair of radios and engines and storage of training aircraft from the Solo Vuela Aviation School.
“This first hangar is a confirmation of the vision that the company Servicios Aéreos Ciclo (operator of the Chichén Itzá airport) has to be a platform open to the aerospace industry with three very clear positions: 1) passengers and tourism, 2) air cargo and industry, and 3) provision of aerospace services,” García Vales detailed.
“We are landing a cluster to boost the region’s aeronautical sector. This airport has the capacity to receive 500,000 passengers a year and with its 2.8 kilometer runway, it has increased its operations by close to 300% in the last two years.”
At the inauguration were the Secretary of Economy and Labor, Ermilo Barrera Novelowho highlighted that the Chichen Itza airport It is a strategic point for the region and has begun its positioning at the national level.
He Captain Fernando Quintín Vargasdirector of the Solo Vuela school, said that this hangar is not only a construction, it is a symbol of collective effort, educational growth and trust in people’s talent.
“We are working to become an aeronautical university,” he revealed. “We want to offer courses starting in January 2026 to the entire Yucatan Peninsula.”
The educational offer of the aviation school is for the private pilot training fixed wing, commercial pilot fixed wing, aeronautical operations officer and soon they will form aviation flight attendants.
The school has the Cessna 150, Cessna 182, Cessna 206 and Piper Seneca II aircraft.
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