Cancún International Airport

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Cancún International Airport
CUNterminal3.jpg
IATA: CUNICAO: MMUN
CUN is located in Quintana Roo
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CUN
Location of airport in Quintana Roo
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
Serves Cancún
Location Cancún, Quintana-Roo, Mexico
Elevation AMSL 20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 21°02′12″N 86°52′37″W / 21.03667°N 86.87694°W / 21.03667; -86.87694
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12R/30L

12L/30R

11,483

9,186

3,500

2,800

Asphalt

Asphalt

Statistics (2011)
Total Passengers 13,022,481
 % change increase 4.7
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste

Cancún International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún) (IATA: CUNICAO: MMUN) is located in Cancún, Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. It is Mexico's second busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, but the biggest in Mexico and Latin America for International passengers. In 2011, Cancún airport handled 13,022,481 passengers, a 4.7% increase compared to 2010.

The airport has been expanding as it has become one of the most important international airports in the country. It has two operative runways that are 1,500m apart which allows them to be used simultaneously, and three commercial terminals. Terminal 1 is used by charter airlines from North America, including domestic charter airlines. Terminal 2 is used by some international airlines, as all of the scheduled domestic airlines, and new Terminal 3 handles primarily international operations of airlines from North America and Europe.

The airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, together with Cozumel International Airport, Mérida International Airport, Veracruz International Airport, Villahermosa International Airport and Xoxocotlán International Airport among others. It used to be a hub for Aerocancun, Aladia, Mexicana, and MexicanaLink.

Contents

[edit] Terminals, airlines and destinations

[edit] Terminals

The airport has three terminals, two of which are currently in use, with Terminal 1 scheduled for remodelling.

[edit] Terminal 1

  • Terminal 1 has 7 gates: 1-7A. It is temporarily closed for remodelling, so that it can be used again by charter airlines that operate into the airport.

[edit] Terminal 2

  • Terminal 2 has 22 gates: A1-A11 and B12-B22
    • The Satellite Building has 11 gates on the upper level: A1-A11
    • The Main Building: has 11 gates on the lower level: B12-B22

[edit] Terminal 3

  • Terminal 3 has 15 gates: C23-C37

The terminals together comprise 47 boarding gates (of which 17 are remote), 22 (A1-A11 and B12-B22) in Terminal 2, and 14 in Terminal 3.Cancun Airport Fact Sheet http://www.asur.com.mx/asur/ingles/aeropuertos/cancun/technical_Facts.asp

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Terminal 1 Layout
Terminal 2 Layout
Terminal 3 Layout
Terminal 3
Terminal 2
Terminal building
An Interjet Airbus 320 taxiing.
A Volaris Airbus 319 parked at Terminal 2.
Airlines Destinations Terminal/Concourse
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo 2S
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Ezeiza 2S
Aeroméxico Havana, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey 2M
Aerotucán Cozumel 2M
Air Berlin Düsseldorf
Seasonal: Munich
3
Air Canada Calgary, Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Seasonal: Edmonton, Halifax, Ottawa, Vancouver, Winnipeg
2S
Air Europa Madrid 3
Air France Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle 3
Air Pullmantur Madrid 2S
Air Transat Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Québec City, Regina, Saskatoon, Vancouver 2S
AirTran Airways Atlanta, Baltimore, San Antonio [begins May 24, 2012]
Seasonal: Milwaukee
2S
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK
Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare
3
Apple Vacations operated by Frontier Airlines Philadelphia 3
Arkefly Amsterdam 2S
Avianca Seasonal: Bogotá 2S
Blue Panorama Airlines Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino 2S
British Airways London-Gatwick 2S
CanJet Seasonal: Abbotsford, Calgary, Comox, Edmonton, Halifax, Kelowna, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Québec City, Rouyn-Noranda, St. John's, Regina, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg 2S
Condor Frankfurt 2S
Copa Airlines Panama City 2S
Copa Airlines Colombia Bogotá 2S
Cubana de Aviación Havana 2M
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Detroit, Minneapolis/St Paul
Seasonal: Boston, Columbus (OH), Hartford/Springfield, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh/Durham, Salt Lake City, Tampa, Washington-Dulles
3
Edelweiss Air Zürich 2S
Enerjet Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver 2S
EuroAtlantic Airways Seasonal: Lisbon, Porto 2S
Finnair Winter charter: Helsinki 2M
Frontier Airlines Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Cleveland, Denver, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Rockford (IL)
Seasonal: Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, St. Louis
3
Iberworld Seasonal: Barcelona, Madrid 2S
Interjet Mexico City, Monterrey, Toluca, Guadalajara 2M
Jetairfly Brussels 2S
JetBlue Airways Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York-JFK, Orlando 2S
LAN Airlines Santiago de Chile 2S
LAN Peru Lima 2S
Magnicharters Mexico City 2M
Maya Island Air Belize City 2M
MAYAir Ciudad del Carmen, Cozumel, Mérida, Veracruz, Villahermosa 2M
Monarch London-Gatwick, Manchester 2S
Orbest Orizonia Airlines Lisbon 2S
Spirit Airlines Detroit, Fort Lauderdale 3
Sun Country Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Seasonal: Austin, Lansing
3
Sunwing Airlines Bagotville, Halifax, London (ON), Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Saint John, Saskatoon, Sault Ste Marie, Toronto-Pearson, Regina, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg 2S
TACA Airlines San Salvador 2S
Thomas Cook Airlines London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)
Seasonal: Glasgow-International, Belfast-International
3
Thomas Cook Canada operated by Jazz Air Calgary, Halifax, Toronto-Pearson 2S
Thomson Airways Birmingham (UK), London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)
Seasonal: Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Newcastle upon Tyne
2S
Transaero Moscow-Domodedovo 2S
TUIfly Nordic Winter charter: Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda 2S
United Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Denver, Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, Washington-Dulles
Seasonal: Austin, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio, San Francisco
3
US Airways Boston, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix 3
Virgin America Los Angeles, San Francisco 3
Virgin Atlantic Airways London-Gatwick [begins June 12, 2012] TBA
VivaAerobus Mexico City, Monterrey, Tuxtla Gutiérrez [begins March 15, 2012], Veracruz, Villahermosa [begins March 12, 2012] 2M
Volaris Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puebla, Tijuana, Toluca 2M
WestJet Calgary, Edmonton, London (ON), Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver
Seasonal: Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, Moncton, Ottawa, Quebec City, Regina, Saskatoon, Victoria, Winnipeg
2S
White Lisbon
Seasonal: Porto
2S
Whitejets Campinas-Viracopos, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos 2S
Xiknal Air Chetumal 2M
XL Airways France Brussels, Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2S

[edit] Cargo airlines

ASUR's cargo operations are centered at Cancún International Airport, where the service is rendered by the company Caribbean Logistics, S. A. de C. V.

Airlines Destinations
Amerijet International Belize City, Ciudad del Carmen, Mérida, Miami
Estafeta Carga Aérea Merida, Miami
FedEx Express Miami
Regional Cargo Merida, Mexico City

[edit] Traffic statistics

Passenger statistics for Cancún International Airport [1]
Year Total Passengers  % change
1999 6,969,733 -
2000 7,745,317 increase11.1
2001 7,639,021 decrease1.4
2002 7,717,144 increase1.0
2003 8,683,950 increase12.5
2004 10,010,526 increase15.3
2005 9,301,240 decrease7.1
2006 9,728,149 increase4.6
2007 11,340,027 increase16.6
2008 12,646,451 increase11.5
2009 11,174,908 decrease11.6
2010 12,439,266 increase11.3
2011 13,022,481 increase4.7
Busiest routes at Cancún International Airport [2011][2]
Rank City Note 1 Note 2 Total Passengers Carriers
1 Mexico Mexico City 2,300,581 18,404 2,318,985 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magni, Viva Aerobus, Volaris
2 United States Atlanta, GA, USA 619,967 - 619,967 AirTran, Delta
3 United States Houston, TX, USA 554,499 10,872 565,371 United
4 United States Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA 534,520 13,252 547,772 American, Sun Country
5 United States Miami, FL, USA 535,076 608 535,684 American
6 United States New York, NY, USA, (JFK and Newark airports) Note 3 530,333 - 530,333 American, United, JetBlue
7 Canada Toronto, Canada 413,163 67,008 480,171 Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Enerjet, Thomas Cook Canada, Sunwing, WestJet
8 Mexico Monterrey, Nuevo León 442,710 2,818 445,528 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Viva Aerobus
9 United States Chicago, IL, USA 345,298 44,805 390,103 American, United
10 Canada Montréal, Canada 326,949 56,844 383,793 Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing Airlines, Thomas Cook Canada, WestJet
11 Mexico Guadalajara, Jalisco 306,234 4,4210 310,444 Interjet, Volaris
12 Mexico Toluca, State of Mexico 309,497 161 309,658 Interjet, Volaris
13 United States Charlotte, NC, USA 307,231 - 307,231 US Airways
14 United States Philadelphia, PA, USA 264,653 608 265,261 US Airways
15 Spain Madrid, Spain 260,523 4,603 265,126 Air Europa, Air Pullmantur, Iberworld
16 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 61,310 161,932 223,242 British Airways, Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
17 Panama Panama City, Panama 221,882 221,882 Copa
18 United States Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 205,380 - 205,380 JetBlue, Spirit
19 United States Denver, CO, USA 175,351 10,541 185,892 Frontier, United
20 United States Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA 181,747 303 182,050 Delta, Sun Country
21 Canada Calgary, Canada 146,566 22,096 168,662 Air Canada, Air Transat, Enerjet, Sunwing, WestJet
22 United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom - 166,634 166,634 Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
23 United States Detroit, MI, USA 152,649 13,414 166,063 Delta, Spirit
24 United States Phoenix, AZ, USA 132,415 132,415 US Airways
25 Canada Vancouver, Canada 118,973 13,290 132,263 Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Enerjet, Sunwing, WestJet
26 United States Los Angeles, CA, USA 127,710 2,854 130,564 Delta, United, Virgin America
27 Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands 105,963 - 105,963 Arkefly
28 Cuba Havana, Cuba 100,101 4,405 104,506 Aeroméxico, Cubana de Aviación
29 United States Washington, DC, USA 98,497 - 98,497 Delta, JetBlue, United
30 France Paris, France 91,691 91,691 Air France, XL Airways France
Notes
  • ^1 Denotes passengers in scheduled flights.
  • ^2 Denotes passengers in charter flights.
  • ^3 Official statistics include JFK and Newark airports

[edit] Expansion

In 2005 ASUR invested US$150 million for the construction of Terminal 3 (open since 2007), a new runway, and a new control tower. With the opening of the new terminal the airport doubled the amount of passengers it could handle. The new runway and tower were opened in October 2009. The new runway was built north of the current runway and is 2,800 m long, and 45 m wide; the new control tower is the tallest in Latin America standing at 97 meters tall. ASUR has also started on their cargo complex project which will be completed in three phases. In phase 0 it will have facilities capable of handling 20,000 tons of cargo (phase 0 Complete). Phase 1 the cargo complex will be relocated to a new site within the airport grounds. A 5,000-m plant will be built to house it, with sufficient capacity to handle 70,000 tons of freight per year. Phase 2 the cargo complex will be extended by 5,000-m2 more and will be capable of handling 140,000 tons of freight per year. Phase 3 the cargo complex will be extended by 5,000-m2 more and will be capable of handling 210,000 tons of freight per year.

[edit] Accidents and Incidents

  • On March 15, 1984, Aerocozumel Flight 261 crashed soon after takeoff. No one died in crash. One of the passengers died of a heart attack while moving through the swamp.[citation needed]
  • On September 9, 2009, hijacked Aeroméxico Flight 576 landed at Mexico City International Airport from Cancun International Airport.
  • On January 19, 2010, a Mexicana Airbus A318, flight MX-368 from Cancun to Mexico City, with 45 passengers suffered a mishap at takeoff. Both the outboard and inboard core cowling of the left hand engine separated, hitting the fuselage and the semi-left wing leaving residues on the runway; a few minutes later, a Click Mexicana Boeing 717, flight QA-7323 from Havana to Cancun suffered the puncture of two tires while landing; in both incidents no casualties or injured passengers were reported.[citation needed]

[edit] See also

[edit] Gallery

Image:MXA A330 in CUN.jpg|A Mexicana A330 on the tarmac.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Passenger statistics for Cancun Airport
  2. ^ [1] 2011 Origin-Destinations statistics provided by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. Retrieved on January 23, 2012 (In Spanish)

[edit] External links

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