With cities across North America playing host this year to the latest edition of FIFA’s quadrennial World Cup tournament, airports and FBOs are preparing for what they anticipate to be a surge in private aviation traffic. The sixteen host sites include eleven in the U.S.: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, New York/New Jersey, San Francisco, and Seattle; three in Mexico: Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey; and two in Canada: Toronto and Vancouver.
Those cities are clearly expecting the games in their venues to be a major aviation tourism draw and are taking steps to accommodate. Earlier this year, officials at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport (MMMX) launched a massive renovation project, which had passengers threading their way through active demolition zones in a terminal crowded with orange-vested construction workers.
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