Projected costs for the new airport include $4 billion in addition to the cost of Mexico City's current airport.
As one of his four signature construction projects, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador dedicated Mexico City's new Felipe Angeles International Airport on March 21.
The government made a big deal out of the event, even filming an army general conversing with a monument as part of a documentary about it.
The airfield where the terminal is located was established by the military and named after a military leader.
Only 16 aircraft a day are expected to depart from the new terminal because of the distance from the city and the lack of rail and highway connections. It is estimated that the new terminal would serve barely 2,000 passengers on Monday, a far cry from its anticipated 2.4 million users by the end of this calendar year.
Sanctioned Venezuelan airline will be the only foreign user of the airport, flying to Caracas for business in the South American country.
Cargo flights use the new terminal more than passenger jets. López Obrador said that was true.
In the new Felipe Angeles Mexico City airport, López Obrador's government is reflected in its inconsistencies and contrasts.
Austerity measures taken by the administration, as well as the usual over-reliance on the Mexican army, are on full show in the terminal, which reflects his key campaign pledge.
