Santa Cruz Aviación

Santa Cruz Aviación is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,235 metres. Santa Cruz Aviación is situated nearby to the neighborhood Valentín Gómez Farías, as well as near Colonia Federal.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Colonia Santa Cruz Aviación” and “Santa Cruz Aviacion”
Postal code: 15540

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boulevard Puerto Aéreo metro station and Balbuena metro station.

Boulevard Puerto Aéreo metro station

Railway station

Boulevard Puerto Aéreo metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Venustiano Carranza. It is an underground stop two side platforms, serving Line 1 between Balbuena and Gómez Farías.

Balbuena metro station

Metro station

Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Balbuena metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Venustiano Carranza. It is an underground stop with two side platforms serving Line 1 between Moctezuma and Boulevard Puerto Aéreo.

Estadio GNP Seguros

Recreation area

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Estadio GNP Seguros, formerly known as Foro Sol, is a multipurpose stadium built in 1993 inside the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in eastern Mexico City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

Centro

Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The old city center or Centro Histórico of Mexico City, centered on the Plaza de la Constitución, has been the heart of the nation since Aztec times. Its colonial and European architecture and narrow cobblestone streets set it apart from the rest of Mexico City.

Tlatelolco

Quarter

Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.

Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the Valley of Mexico. Its inhabitants, known as the Tlatelolca, were part of the Mexica, a Nahuatl-speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century. Tlatelolco is situated 5 km northwest of Santa Cruz Aviación.