San Diego and Tijuana to Share an Airport Joshua Keating - Slate
go to original November 20, 2013

Passengers of an internal Mexican flight to Tijuana, near the U.S. border, line up to be inspected by security personnel prior to boarding in Toluca, Mexico. (Mario Vazquez/AFP/Getty Images)

Construction has begun on a new terminal that will let travelers at the Tijuana airport cross directly into San Diego.

Travelers will have to pay a fee to cross the 500-foot bridge across the border fence to a new customs station, but the plan will eliminate long waits at the border crossing for San Diego travelers who have already been using Tijuana as a second airport, particularly for international flights. (Needless to say, Tijuana taxi drivers are not big supporters of the plan.)

The plan has been under consideration since the early ‘90s, and the link is supposed to be operation next year.

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