General Francisco Javier Mina Airport, Tampico’s International Airport, is the second most important airport in northeastern Mexico. Its IATA code is TAM and its OACI code is MMTM.

Tampico testified the beginning of the civil aviation in Mexico. In the twenties, Mexicana de Aviación executed the first national flight from Tampico´s airport to Mexico City.

Nowadays, several commercial aviation firms connect the airport, making flights to international destinations such as Houston, Texas and other national destinations such as Mexico City, Monterrey, Veracruz and Ciudad del Carmen.