Car hire Minatitlan Airport

Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos National Airport is named after its two closest cities, which are best reached with car hire in Airport of Minatitlan. But it is technically located in a much smaller community called Cosoleacaque, on Mexico's east coast. In 2010, nearly 121,000 people flew on Aeromar and Aeroméxico Connect direct flights to Mexico City from the airport.

Airport of Minatitlan facilities

Desks of both Hertz and Europcar are located on site so passengers can compare car hire or pick up the keys to a pre-booked vehicle. Rentals cars are parked in a car park next to the airport terminal. A tourism advisory desk dispenses advice to passengers, who can also receive medical assistance at the airport. A delicatessen, ATMs, a bank, a shopping centre and public telephones are some other features this airport provides.

Airport of Minatitlan excursions

The largest city near this airport is Coatzacoalcos, a port community whose namesake river flows into the Bay of Campeche and whose history dates from 1522. Visitors can see thousands of North American birds in their warmer southern habitat, the Manati lagoon, during Coatzacoalcos River tours. The smaller city of Minatitlan is most famous for its January coffee and mining fair, reclaimed wetlands and oil refinery, the first in Latin America.

Best time to visit

Coatzacoalcos and Minatitlán may have been struck by several hurricanes and tropical storms throughout the years, but this region's last few rainy seasons have been much calmer lately. Summers tend to be wetter and warmer than the cool and dry winters, which are made even cooler by high pressure breezes across the Gulf of Mexico.

Car rental in Airport of Minatitlan

Coatzacoalcos and Minatitlán have long been important transportation hubs in this part of the state of Veracruz. Mexican Federal Highway 180, which takes motorists along the Bay of Campeche's south shore from Coatzacoalcos to the Yucatán, can be driven with car rental in Airport of Minatitlan. Local drivers tend to ignore the rules of the road but the slow pace of driving on the back roads makes for exciting exploration.