The closest international airport to Leon is the Guanajuato International Airport (BJX), with direct flights to the following international locations:
- Aeromexico Connect (Skyteam): Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Monterrey
- American Eagle (Oneworld): Dallas
- Continental Airlines (Star Alliance): Houston, Los Angeles
You should be able to book connecting flights to Leon through members of the alliances indicated above in parentheses (e.g. Air France-KLM and China Southern Airlines for Skyteam, British Airways and MALEV for Oneworld, Lufthansa and Swiss for Star Alliance etc.)
Buses from Mexico City take 5 hours and cost around 380 Mexican Pesos (20 EUR / 27 USD). Click here for a list of bus companies and links to their websites. Mexico City boasts the largest and busiest airport in Latin America (MEX) with direct flights to Europe (Aeromexico: Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Air Europa: Madrid, Air France: Paris, British Airways: London, Lufthansa: Frankfurt, KLM: Amsterdam, Iberia: Madrid) and Asia (Aeromexico: Shanghai, Tokyo). Click on the image to the left for a map of routes from Mexico City airport
(Aeromexico Asian routes not shown, complied via OpenFlights.org, November 2011).
