Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum — Tulum, Mexico

TQO opened in December 2023 as one of Mexico's newest major airports, built to give Tulum's booming beach town a direct air link instead of the two-hour drive from Cancun. Construction fell under the same government infrastructure push that produced the Maya Train rail line, and the airport's formal name honors Felipe Carrillo Puerto, a revolutionary-era governor of Yucatan remembered for advocating Maya rights before his 1924 assassination. Tulum itself draws travelers with clifftop Maya ruins overlooking the Caribbean, cenotes hidden in the surrounding jungle, and a wellness-and-boutique-hotel scene that expanded rapidly through the 2010s and 2020s. Domestic and international carriers added routes quickly after opening, with flights arriving from the United States, Canada, and various Mexican cities. TQO was designed with capacity to grow substantially as demand along the Riviera Maya continues expanding southward from the more established Cancun corridor.