Closest Airport to Teotihuacan: Felipe Ángeles (NLU), 28 km Away

How we measured: We Fly Teotihuacan located each airport and the Pyramid of the Sun with OpenStreetMap, then calculated road distance and driving time with the open-source OSRM router on November 2, 2026. OSRM assumes traffic that flows freely, so add time at rush hour.

Flights to Teotihuacan: 5 key facts

• Teotihuacan has no airport, and no airline flies to Teotihuacan.
• Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU) is the closest airport: 28.4 km by road.
• Mexico City International Airport (MEX) sits 45.9 km by road from the pyramids.
• Puebla (PBC) and Toluca (TLC) airports sit more than 100 km away by road.
• The only flights over Teotihuacan are hot air balloon flights, 45 to 60 minutes in the first hours of dawn.

Airports near Teotihuacan, compared

Every distance runs to the Pyramid of the Sun. The straight-line column shows the distance as the crow flies; the road columns show what you actually drive.

The road distance from NLU is 1.5 times the straight line.

From the airport to central Mexico City

Each We Fly Teotihuacan transport package sets its own pickup point in Mexico City. Flight + transport from Mexico City ($2,890 MXN) picks you up at the address you register in the Reforma area. Flight + Group Transport + Pyramids ($2,990 MXN) leaves from the Ángel de la Independencia, on Paseo de la Reforma. The All-Inclusive flight ($3,600 MXN) picks you up at the address you register in central Mexico City. This table shows how far each main airport sits from the Ángel.

Which airport should you choose?

• You want the shortest ride to the pyramids: choose NLU. It sits 28.4 km by road from the Pyramid of the Sun.
• You want to stay in central Mexico City: choose MEX. It sits 14.4 km from the Ángel de la Independencia, and We Fly's Flight + transport from Mexico City package picks you up at the address you register in the Reforma area for $2,890 MXN per person, with round-trip transport and a buffet breakfast.
• You want to sleep next to the launch field: book the Balloon + Hotel package at $3,900 MXN per person, minimum 2 people. You spend the night before in Teotihuacan, and the transfer to the launch field takes 15 minutes.
• You arrive at Puebla or Toluca: plan more than 100 km of road and spend the night closer to Teotihuacan before your flight.

No airline flies to Teotihuacan: the flights there are balloon flights

No airline sells a ticket to Teotihuacan, because Teotihuacan has no airport. The flights over Teotihuacan are hot air balloon flights: We Fly Teotihuacan flies daily over the pyramids in the first hours of dawn, and every flight lasts 45 to 60 minutes.

Compare every package on our Teotihuacan balloon prices page, or book your date in the We Fly Teotihuacan checkout.

Plan your arrival with check-in in mind: We Fly Teotihuacan starts check-in at 5:30 a.m. sharp, and every passenger shows a valid government-issued photo ID at the reception desk.

Closest airport to Teotihuacan: questions travelers ask