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Travel to Tuxtla Gutierrez


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The city is a transportation hub for the rest of the state. The municipality has 54.25 km of highway, over half of which is rural roads (28.75 km) with the rest administered by various federal and state agencies. This includes the Pan American Highway . It also includes a new highway linking it to San Crist�bal which has cut travel time between the two places from two hours to forty five minutes. The first class bus station serves many Mexican travelers as well as backpackers especially from Europe. The large airport connects to many other parts of Mexico. The bus station is served by the Cristobal Colon, Maya de Oro, ADO and Rapidos del Sur lines. Around the bus station there are parks and numerous affordable restaurants.

The city has always had two airports although one was replaced by a newer facility and the other was rehabilitated as both were considered dangerous. Today, the city�s main airport is 35 km from the center of the city of Tuxtla Guti�rrez. It has become one of the more important airports in the country since opening in 2006 with just over 640,000 passengers traveling through it in 2009. It is also one of the most modern facilities in the country, covering 740 hectares. It cost about one billion pesos to build and was funded by government and private investors. Its official name is �ngel Albino Corzo International Airport, with IATA code TGZ. There is taxi service from the airport to the Chiapa de Corzo and bus service to both Tuxtla Guti�rrez and San Crist�bal de las Casas. The new facility can receive flights directly from the United States and Central America with plans for South Americanarrivals in the future. Continental Airlines began service between Houston and Tuxtla in 2010. Interjet provides service between Mexico City and Tuxtla which now includes an �Ecojet� which is modified to be more fuel efficient.

The airport in Tuxtla is 30km outside of the city. A taxi to downtown Tuxtla costs $20. The taxi's are part of a taxi
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