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Hangares (Spanish pronunciation (help·info); Spanish lit. transl. "Hangars"[2]) is a Mexico City Metro station in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Terminal Aérea and Pantitlán stations. Hangares station serves the colonia of Federal, located next to the Mexico City International Airport. The station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the then Consulado–Pantitlán service. The pictogram for the station features a biplane inside a hangar and its name is on account of its proximity to the airport's hangars. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 4,856 passengers, making it the 188th busiest station in the network and the twelfth busiest of the line.

Hangares
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2012
General information
Location	Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Avenue Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°25′27″N 99°05′15″W
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Politécnico – Pantitlán)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Route: 11-C
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	19 December 1981 (1981-12-19)
Key dates
23 April 2020 (2020-04-23)	Temporarily closed
15 June 2020 (2020-06-15)	Reopened
Passengers
2021	946,994[1]  22.31%
Rank	179/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Terminal Aérea toward Politécnico Line 5 Pantitlán Terminus
Route map Legend Politécnico Instituto del Petróleo Autobuses del Norte La Raza Misterios Valle Gómez Consulado Eduardo Molina Aragón Oceanía Terminal Aérea Hangares Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Hangares Location within Mexico City
Area map

Location

Hangares is a metro station located on Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Avenue, in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in eastern Mexico City, that serves the colonia (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Federal. Within the system, the station lies between Terminal Aérea and Pantitlán stations.[3] The station is located near the Mexico City International Airport.[4] The area is serviced by Route 11-C of the city's public bus system.[5]

Exits

There are two exits:[3]

• North: Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Avenue, Federal.
• South: Correos y Telégrafos Street and Asistencia Pública Street, Federal.

Landmarks

A pedestrian bridge nicknamed "MacPuente" is near the station. People use it as an improvised observation deck to see the landing and take-off of airplanes.[6][7]

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA,[8] and its first section was opened on 19 December 1981, operating from Pantitlán to Consulado stations.[9] Hangares is an underground station[10] whose station pictogram features a biplane inside a hangar in reference to its proximity to the airports' hangars.[3] For the Hangares–Terminal Aérea interstation tunnel, slurry walls were built using the Milan method,[8] and it is 1,153 meters (3,783 ft) long;[11][12] the Hangares–Pantitlán section goes from the underground level to the street level[13] and it is 1,644 meters (5,394 ft) long.[12]

Incidents

After the 2015 Oceanía station train crash, Hangares station was temporarily closed for repairs.[14] From 1 to 16 March 2020, Terminal Aérea, Hangares, and Pantitlán stations were closed due to a leak of gasoline in a surface petrol station.[15] From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[16][17]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, between 2011 and 2021, commuters averaged between 2,100 and 5,700 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 1,772,609 passengers,[18] which was a decrease of 721,611 passengers compared to 2018.[19] In the same year, Hangares was the 188th busiest station of the system and it was the line's second-least used station.[18]

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2021	946,994	2,594	179/195	+22.31%	[1]
2020	777,118	2,123	191/195	−56.32%	[20]
2019	1,772,609	4,856	188/195	−6.42%	[18]
2018	1,894,220	5,189	186/195	+2.37%	[19]
2017	1,850,363	5,069	186/195	+2.56%	[21]
2016	1,804,140	4,929	186/195	−3.91%	[22]
2015	1,877,580	5,144	177/195	+5.21%	[23]
2014	1,784,681	4,889	178/195	−4.30%	[24]
2013	1,864,860	5,109	187/195	−1.98%	[25]
2012	1,902,550	5,198	172/195	−8.24%	[26]
2011	2,073,411	5,680	169/175	–	[27]

References

External links

• Media related to Hangares (station) at Wikimedia Commons
• "Metro Hangares". At the Official Guide to Mexico City.

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