Air Freight: lanes, transit times and quotes

International air cargo into Mexico moves on commercial flights or freighters, as a consolidated shipment or as a direct booking. It is the mode for urgent parts, high value, samples and cargo that cannot wait for a vessel. Ocean remains the default for heavy cube. We do not publish air rates on this page.

General air cargo is booked on the next suitable flight with a consolidated or standard service. Urgent cargo is the same airport-to-airport move with a tighter cutoff and a more direct connection when the airline has space. Both still depend on the flight that is actually available. We confirm the option in the written quote, without a contracted clock on this hub.

The gateways we use most are AIFA (Felipe Ángeles) and Mexico City AICM for the center of the country, Guadalajara for the Bajío and the west, and Monterrey for the northeast and the border region. The airport follows the flight and the customs office, not a single national hub.

The air waybill (AWB) is the carrier’s transport document. With it you normally need the commercial invoice and the packing list. The pedimento is filed in Mexico by a licensed customs broker. Regulated products can require extra certificates. The AWB number is also how you track the flight.

Airlines compare actual kilograms with volumetric weight. The higher of the two is the chargeable weight. The usual air-cargo divisor is 6,000 when dimensions are in centimeters: length × width × height ÷ 6,000. That figure is a measurement rule, not a tariff. We do not publish a price per kilo here.

These are the air lanes readers open most often.