The nearest airport is MEX - Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez Intl, located 28.8 km south east of Cárdenas.
Other airports nearby include TLC - Toluca Licenciado Adolfo Lopez Mateos Intl (53.0 km south west), PCA - Pachuca Ingeniero Juan Guillermo Villasana (63.0 km north east), CVJ - Cuernavaca General Mariano Matamoros (92.3 km south), PBC - Puebla Hermanos Serdan Intl (103.6 km south east),