Mexico City Airport to Santa Fe Transfer
All the way across the city from MEX to the business district, at a fixed price for the whole vehicle.
The drive
MEX to Santa Fe, east to west
Santa Fe is the longest transfer inside the city: 16.4 miles from Terminal 1 and 15.3 from Terminal 2, about 30 min with no traffic. The airport is on the east side of Mexico City and Santa Fe is on the far western edge, so the drive crosses the whole of it.
The route takes the Viaducto west across the middle of the city, then Avenida Observatorio and Avenida Constituyentes up toward the hills, and finishes with a short stretch of the México–Toluca toll highway, MEX-15D, into Santa Fe. The toll is included in the price.
This transfer at a glance
- Distance
- 16.4 mi from T1, 15.3 from T2
- Free-flow time
- about 30 min
- Roads
- Viaducto, Constituyentes, MEX-15D toll
- Tolls
- Included in the fixed price.
Prices
What a Santa Fe transfer costs
Priced from Terminal 1, the farther of the two for Santa Fe, per vehicle, with the toll included. At more than sixteen miles it is the dearest transfer within the city, and the one where the price being fixed does the most work.
| Vehicle | Seats | One way | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Sedan | Up to 2 | $185 | $370 |
| Premium SUV | Up to 5 | $205 | $410 |
| Executive SUV | Up to 5 | $240 | $480 |
| Sprinter Executive | Up to 12 | $500 | $1,000 |
| Sprinter Coach | Up to 14 | $500 | $1,000 |
| Executive Coach Bus | Up to 40 | $950 | $1,900 |
| Motor Coach | Up to 55 | $1,055 | $2,110 |
Santa Fe
The business district in the hills
Santa Fe is Mexico City's modern business district: office towers, corporate headquarters, a large shopping center and residential high-rises, built on the hills at the city's western edge. It spreads across two boroughs, Álvaro Obregón and Cuajimalpa, and it feels like a different city from the center.
Many addresses here are corporate campuses and hotel towers rather than street doors. Send the building or company name as well as the street address; in Santa Fe that is what finds the right entrance.
Across the city
Why it takes so long
The drive is not long because of the miles — sixteen miles is nothing on a highway — but because every one of them is urban. The Viaducto and Constituyentes are main arteries, and TomTom's 2025 Traffic Index puts Mexico City's average rush-hour speed at 13.5 km/h.
At that speed a thirty-minute free-flow transfer can take two hours. That is why we quote Santa Fe on distance and hold the price, and plan departure pickups well ahead.
From AIFA
Santa Fe from the other airport
If your flight lands at AIFA instead, Santa Fe is the farthest point in the city from it: 35.6 miles, against 16.4 from MEX. For anyone staying in Santa Fe with a choice of airports, that is a strong argument for MEX. The AIFA page has its own prices.
By the hour
A driver for a day of meetings
A business trip to Santa Fe is often more than the airport. A day with meetings in Santa Fe, lunch in Polanco and a dinner in Roma is simpler with one driver held by the hour than with a new car for every leg.
Hourly bookings have a 4-hour minimum, and the clock runs from pickup to drop-off.
| Vehicle | Seats | 4 hours | 8 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium SUV | Up to 5 | $580 | $1,160 |
| Executive SUV | Up to 5 | $620 | $1,240 |
| Sprinter Executive | Up to 12 | $860 | $1,720 |
Terminals
Terminal 2 is the nearer one
For Santa Fe, Terminal 2 is 1.1 miles closer than Terminal 1. We read the terminal from your flight number, the driver meets you outside that terminal's arrivals exit, and the price in the table — from Terminal 1 — is the most you will be quoted.
From Santa Fe
Santa Fe to the rest of the city
Staying in Santa Fe and working elsewhere, or the reverse, is common. The other business areas are closer to Santa Fe than the airport is, but the roads between them are the same busy arteries.
| To | Miles | Free-flow time |
|---|---|---|
| Polanco | 8.7 | about 20 min |
| Reforma | 9.1 | about 20 min |
Beyond Santa Fe
The same highway to Toluca
The toll highway that finishes the drive into Santa Fe is the México–Toluca road, and it carries on west out of the valley to Toluca. A trip beyond Santa Fe is quoted the same way as this one, on distance and vehicle, with the tolls inside the price. Send the Toluca address with the booking and the quote covers the whole run from the airport, with no change of vehicle on the way.
Groups
Teams and offsites
Company teams flying in for a meeting or an offsite in Santa Fe tend to arrive together or within a few hours. One Sprinter from the airport keeps a team of up to twelve together with its luggage; a coach takes a larger group. Tell us every flight and we will quote the vehicles and pickups that keep the waiting short.
Going home
Santa Fe to MEX for a flight
The airport asks for 2 hours before a domestic flight and 3 hours before an international one. From Santa Fe, the drive on top of that is the widest range of any hotel area in the city. Give us the flight and terminal and we will set the pickup with a real margin.
Nearby
More for Mexico City
The airports, the other transfers and the city hub.
Booking
What we need, and what is included
The flight number, the hotel or building name and street address, and how many people and bags.
Tolls are included in the quoted price. Tips are not included and are at your discretion. Child seats are free if you ask when you book. Cancelling is free up to 24 hours before pickup.
The Mexico City hub has every zone. Closer in: MEX to Polanco.
Frequently Asked Questions
16.4 miles from Terminal 1 and 15.3 from Terminal 2, about 30 min with no traffic.
From $205 one way in a Premium SUV for up to five, or from $185 in a Business Sedan for two. Round trip is twice the one-way price.
A short stretch of the México–Toluca toll highway at the end. It is included in the price.
Much longer than the free-flow about 30 min. TomTom puts the city's rush-hour average at 13.5 km/h. The price is fixed regardless.
No — it is the farthest part of the city from AIFA, at 35.6 miles.
Yes, by the hour with a 4-hour minimum.
No, per vehicle, for everyone who fits in it.