Monterrey International Airport

"MTY" redirects here. For the company, see MTY Food Group. For the city, see Monterrey.

Not to be confused with Monterey Regional Airport.

Monterrey International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Mariano Escobedo
IATA: MTY ICAO: MMMY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
Serves	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Location	Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Hub for	Aeroméxico Magnicharters VivaAerobus
Focus city for	Interjet Volaris
Elevation AMSL	1,280 ft / 390 m
Coordinates	25°46′42″N 100°06′23″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 3,000 9,843 Asphalt 16/34 1,801 5,909 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Total Passengers 10,733,186 9.8% Ranking in Mexico 4th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

Monterrey International Airport, (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Monterrey, IATA: MTY, ICAO: MMMY), ceremonial name General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, is an international airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico. Together with Del Norte International Airport, the airport handles domestic and international operations for the city of Monterrey and its metropolitan area.

There are almost 300 daily flights to more than 35 destinations in Mexico and the United States. It is the country's fourth busiest airport and is the busiest in northern Mexico. Only Mexico City, Cancún, and Guadalajara serve more passengers per year than Monterrey International Airport.

The airport serves as a hub for Aeroméxico, Magnicharters, and VivaAerobus, and a focus city for Interjet and Volaris. Airport terminals were renovated and expanded in 2003 and 2007.

It's also one of the fastest growing airports in Mexico and among the Top 15 in Latin America: in 2017, the airport handled 9,771,630 passengers, and in 2018 it handled 10,733,186 passengers.

Terminal configurations

• Terminal A, consists of a building comprising check-in facilities, baggage claiming, shopping areas, restaurants, customs, airport and airline offices, as many other services, while the satellite building connected via underground tunnels comprises all the VIP and waiting lounges, migration among other services as well as obviously the boarding gates. The Satellite building, is divided into two concourses, North Concourse for domestic flights (Gates A1-A15), while South Concourse comprises all the international flights that operate into the airport (Gates B3-B8). Several flights are delayed day by day due to the lack of free contact and even remote positions, as the ones capable of handling large aircraft such as the Boeing 787. Nevertheless, Terminal C and Terminal B work as a relief system for this terminal. There are future plans to remodel and expand the Satellite building, adding at least 4 new jetways and 3 remote positions.
• Terminal B, considered as the second most modern air facility in the country (only behind the Mexico City's Terminal 2), it was opened on September 2010. The terminal comprise 8 gates, 6 of which are equipped with jetways and 2 apron-doors which might be used by Aeroméxico's feeder airline Aeroméxico Connect. The terminal house all operations of the SkyTeam member airlines, similar to Terminal 2 in Mexico City International Airport. The airport terminal is able to handle up to 2 million passengers per year, and allows the airport to free some slots for new airlines to operate into Terminal A.
• Terminal C, inaugurated on November 30, 2006, houses the operations from low-cost carrier serving the airport, VivaAerobus. This terminal works completely independent to Terminal A, opposite to Terminal B functionality.
• Air Cargo Terminal, recently launched the "Air Cargo Terminal", which has 6 hectares (15 acres) for operations. Courier companies operating nationally and abroad, notably FedEx, DHL, UPS, Estafeta.

Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, the airport company operating this airport, has its headquarters in the air cargo zone.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1280 feet (390 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft). A second runway which is rarely used is designated 16/34 and also has an asphalt surface with a stretch of 1,801 by 30 metres (5,909 ft × 98 ft). The main runway, 11/29, has an ILS approach system and has its own VHF omnidirectional radio range (VOR) and DME station. It is also capable of handling aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400, but due to the lack of remote positions, this airport is mainly used by smaller aircraft. In September 2014, Monterrey commenced its first intercontinental flight in years when Aeromexico began flying its Boeing 787 Dreamliner four days a week to Tokyo-Narita as a fuel stop to flights between Mexico City International Airport and Tokyo-Narita. Aeromexico stated that the flight would last while Tijuana International Airport, the usual stop between the Aeromexico flight to Tokyo, made improvements to its runway. Monterrey was selected due to its importance to the country's economy and for being a popular business destination. Later on, Aeromexico's flight from Mexico City to Tokyo-Narita was upgraded into a direct flight, with once a day flights leaving from Mexico City.

Due to the growing Korean population in Monterrey, Aeroméxico now operates a direct flight from Monterrey to Seoul Incheon airport. This is its first intercontinental flight since the discontinuation of the Tokyo-Narita route operating through Monterrey.

• Terminal A: 9 contact positions, 12 remote positions
• Terminal B: 6 contact positions, 7 remote positions
• Terminal C: 8 remote positions
  • VivaAerobus has its corporate headquarters in the Cargo Zone of Terminal C
• Number of jetways: 9 (Terminal A), 6 (Terminal B)
• Number of baggage claiming carousels: 4

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroméxico	Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect	Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Detroit, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Las Vegas, León/El Bajío, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York–JFK, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí Seasonal: Denver, Orlando, Tijuana (begins December 18, 2019)
American Eagle	Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami
Calafia Airlines	Culiacán, La Paz
Copa Airlines	Panama City–Tocumen
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, Detroit
Interjet	Cancún (ends September 30, 2019), Guadalajara (ends October 26, 2019), Havana, Houston–Intercontinental, Las Vegas, Mexico City, San Antonio, Toluca/Mexico City
Magnicharters	Acapulco, Cancún, Chihuahua, Huatulco, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Las Vegas, Mazatlán, Orlando, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo Seasonal: Cozumel, Palenque, Punta Cana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Varadero
TAR	Aguascalientes (begins November 4, 2019), Durango, Guadalajara, Querétaro, Tampico, Veracruz (begins November 4, 2019)
United Express	Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental
VivaAerobus	Acapulco, Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Houston–Intercontinental, La Paz, Las Vegas, León/El Bajío, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, San José del Cabo, San Luis Potosí (begins November 1, 2019), Tampico, Tijuana, Toluca/Mexico City, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare (begins December 7, 2019), Huatulco, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Los Angeles Charter: Havana
Volaris	Cancún, Cozumel, Guadalajara, Huatulco, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Oaxaca (resumes October 27, 2019), Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo (resumes October 27, 2019), Tijuana Seasonal: Mazatlán (begins December 7, 2019)

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Amerijet International	Mexico City
AeroUnion	Los Angeles, Mexico City
DHL Aviation operated by ABX Air	Cincinnati
Estafeta	Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí
FedEx	Memphis
MasAir	Mexico City
Regional Cargo	Mexico City, Querétaro
UPS	Austin

Busiest routes

Diagram of the Monterrey Airport terminals

North Gate of Terminal A.

Airport's Terminal B.

Airport's Terminal C.

Busiest domestic routes from Monterrey International Airport (2018)

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airlines
1	Mexico City, Mexico City	1,708,635		Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2	Quintana Roo, Cancún	637,116		Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3	Jalisco, Guadalajara	407,296		Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
4	Baja California, Tijuana	185,760		Viva Aerobus, Volaris
5	Querétaro, Querétaro	148,131	1	Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, Viva Aerobus
6	Veracruz, Veracruz	130,513	5	Viva Aerobus
7	Guanajuato, León	123,262	2	Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus
8	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	123,154		Aeroméxico Connect, Magni, VivaAerobus
9	Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta	121,433	1	Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
10	Yucatán, Mérida	112,714	3	VivaAerobus, Volaris
11	Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez	103,939	1	Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus
12	México (state), Toluca	103,515	5	Interjet, VivaAerobus
13	Sonora, Hermosillo	103,369	4	Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus
14	Puebla, Puebla	98,229	2	Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
15	Tabasco, Villahermosa	72,321		VivaAerobus

Busiest international routes from Monterrey International Airport (2018)

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airlines
1	United States, Houston	171,065		Interjet, United Express, VivaAerobus
2	United States, Dallas	97,226		American Eagle
3	United States, Atlanta	66,306		Delta Air Lines
4	United States, Detroit	48,843	2	Aeroméxico Connect, Delta Air Lines
5	United States, Chicago	43,853	1	United Express
6	United States, Las Vegas	40,216	1	Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus
7	United States, New York	27,027		Aeroméxico Connect
8	United States, Los Angeles	23,842	3	Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus
9	United States, San Antonio	22,206	1	Interjet
10	United States, Miami	19,699	1	American Eagle
11	South Korea, Seoul	14,312	3	Aeroméxico
12	Panama, Panama City	13,342	2	Copa Airlines
13	Cuba, Havana	9,314	1	Interjet
14	United States, Denver	2,513	1	Aeroméxico Connect
15	Cuba, Varadero	1,394		Magni

Accidents and incidents

• On February 11, 2010, Click Mexicana Flight 7222, operated by Fokker 100 XA-SHJ suffered an undercarriage malfunction on approach to Quetzalcóatl International Airport, Nuevo Laredo. A low fly-past confirmed that both main gears had not deployed. The aircraft diverted to Monterrey. It was substantially damaged in the landing, having departed the runway and spun through 180°.
• On April 13, 2010 an Aerounion – Aerotransporte de Carga Union Airbus A-300B4-200, registration XA-TUE performing a freight flight, AeroUnion Flight 302 from Mexico (Mexico) to Monterrey (Mexico) with 5 crew, crashed on approach to land on General Mariano Escobedo International Airport's runway 11. The aircraft came to rest on a highway at around 23:30L (04:30Z Apr 14). All on board perished, 1 person in a truck on the highway was also reported killed, the airplane was destroyed after a large fire broke out.
• On November 24, 2010 a Mexican Air Force AN-32 cargo flight crashed when taking off from General Mariano Escobedo International Airport for a flight to Mexico City. All 5 crew members died.
• On December 9, 2012, a Learjet 25 carrying Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera and 4 other passengers, and 2 crew, crashed 7 minutes after take-off, while on its way to Toluca. All seven occupants died.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

External links

• Monterrey International Airport location
• Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
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