Cancún International Airport

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Cancún International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún
Cancun International Airport.jpg

IATA: CUN – ICAO: MMUN

CUN is located in Quintana Roo
CUN
CUN
Location of airport in Quintana Roo
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
Serves Cancún
Location Cancún, Quintana-Roo, Mexico
Hub for VivaAerobus
Focus city for Volaris
Elevation AMSL 20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 21°02′12″N 86°52′37″W / 21.03667°N 86.87694°W / 21.03667; -86.87694Coordinates: 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 (2015)
Total Passengers 19,596,485
Increase 12.3%
International Passengers 13,566,003
Increase 13.3%
Ranking in Mexico 2nd Steady
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste

Cancún International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún) (IATA: CUN, ICAO: 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, but the biggest for international passengers.[1] In 2015, Cancún airport handled 19,596,485 passengers, a 12.3% increase compared to 2014.[2]

The airport has three commercial terminals. Terminal 1 is used by some low-cost and charter domestic airlines; Terminal 2 is used by all of the scheduled domestic airlines and some international flights; and the new Terminal 3 handles primarily international operations of airlines from North America and Europe.[3] It has two parallel operative runways that can be used simultaneously. The airport was officially opened in 1974.[4] The airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR). It is a hub for VivaAerobus[5] and Volaris,[6] and currently offers flights to 21 destinations in Mexico and to over 30 countries in North, Central, South America and Europe.

Expansion[edit]

The airport has been expanding as it has become the busiest point of entry by air to the country. In 2005, ASUR invested US$150 million for the construction of Terminal 3, inaugurated in 2007, and a new runway and a new control tower opened in October 2009. The new 2,800 meters long, 45 meters wide runway was built to the north of the current one; the new control tower is the tallest in Latin America standing at 97 meters tall.[7]

Terminal 2 was recently expanded in 2014. A 76,000 m2 expansion in Terminal 3 was simultaneously carried out, adding six gates and commercial areas, and it was formally opened in March 2016. The expansion should contribute to increase annual capacity to 10 million from the existing 6 million.[8] ASUR is currently building the new Terminal 4, scheduled to be ready by 2017.[9]

Terminals[edit]

The airport has three terminals, all of which are currently in use.

Terminal 1[edit]

Terminal 1 has 7 gates: 1-7A. After suffering damages by Hurricane Wilma, it was temporarily closed for remodeling in order to accommodate charter airlines operating into the airport. It re-opened its gates in November 2013 to charter flights; it also serves three local airlines, Magni, TAR and VivaAerobus. Terminal 1 offers basic services to passengers.

Terminal 2[edit]

Terminal 2 has 22 gates: A1-A11 (in a satellite building) and B12-B22 (at the main building). Most domestic airlines depart from here, along with all international flights to Central and South America and a few long-haul flights to Europe. There is a bank and food outlets in the check-in area, along with several restaurants and shops in the boarding area and migration/customs services.

Terminal 3[edit]

Terminal 3 has 21 gates: C4-C24. It has been recently expanded. All US and Canadian airlines and most of the European carriers use this terminal. It offers shops (including duty free), cafés and restaurants, as well as migration/customs services.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

Airlines Destinations Terminal/
Concourse
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Ezeiza
Seasonal: Córdoba		 2S
Aeroméxico Guadalajara, Havana, Mexico City, New York–JFK
Seasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Monterrey		 2M
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City, Monterrey 2M
Aerotucán Cozumel 2M
Aruba Airlines Charter: Aruba 2M
Air Berlin Düsseldorf 3
Air Canada Calgary
Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg		 3
Air Canada Rouge Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Vancouver		 3
Air Europa Madrid 3
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle[10][11] 3
Air Transat Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver
Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Fredericton, Halifax, Kelowna, London (ON), Ottawa, Québec City, Regina, Saskatoon, St. John's, Victoria, Winnipeg		 2S
Alaska Airlines Seasonal: Seattle/Tacoma 3
American Airlines Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles (begins December 15, 2016),[12] Miami, New York–JFK, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Seasonal: Boston, Kansas City, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham		 3
Apple Vacations
operated by Alaska Airlines		 Seasonal Charter: Baltimore 3
Apple Vacations
operated by Allegiant Air		 Seasonal Charter: Pittsburgh 3
Apple Vacations
operated by Icelandair		 Seasonal Charter: Boston 3
Apple Vacations
operated by Xtra Airways		 Seasonal Charter: Baltimore 3
Avianca Bogotá 2S
Avianca Costa Rica San José de Costa Rica, San Salvador 2S
Avianca Peru Lima 2S
Blue Panorama Airlines Rome–Fiumicino 2S
Boliviana de Aviación Seasonal Charter: Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2S
Branson Air Express
operated by Elite Airways		 Seasonal: Branson, New Orleans 2S
British Airways London–Gatwick 3
Calima Aviación
operated by Orbest Portugal		 Seasonal Charter: Madrid 2S
Condor Frankfurt, Munich 3
Copa Airlines Panama City 2S
Copa Airlines Colombia Bogotá 2S
Cubana de Aviación Havana 2M
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK (begins December 17, 2016),[13] Salt Lake City
Seasonal: Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Columbus (OH), Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City (begins December 17, 2016),[13] Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Washington–Dulles		 3
EasySky Tegucigalpa[14] TBA
Edelweiss Air Zürich (resumes April 17, 2017)[15] TBA
Eurowings
operated by SunExpress Deutschland		 Cologne/Bonn 2S
Evelop Airlines Madrid 3
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki 2M
Frontier Airlines Cleveland, Chicago–O'Hare (begins November 9, 2016),[16] Denver, Philadelphia, St. Louis
Seasonal: Cincinnati (begins December 17, 2016)[17]		 3
Interjet Guadalajara, Havana, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, Toluca/Mexico City, New York–JFK 2M, 2S, 3
Jetairfly Brussels 2S
JetBlue Airways Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York–JFK, Orlando 3
LATAM Chile Santiago de Chile 2S
LATAM Colombia Bogotá 2S
LATAM Perú Lima 2S
LOT Polish Airlines Charter: Warsaw–Chopin 3
Lufthansa
operated by Lufthansa CityLine		 Seasonal: Frankfurt 3
Magnicharters Guadalajara, León/Bajío, Mexico City, Monterrey 1
Maya Island Air Belize City 2M
MAYAir Cozumel, Mérida, Veracruz, Villahermosa FBO
Novair Charter: Gothenburg–Landvetter 2S
Neos Scheduled charter: Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino 3
Nordwind Airlines Moscow–Sheremetyevo 3
Orbest Lisbon 2S
Southwest Airlines Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago–Midway, Denver, Houston–Hobby, Los Angeles (begins December 4, 2016),[18] Milwaukee
Seasonal: Austin, San Antonio		 2S
Spirit Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston–Intercontinental 3
Sun Country Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Myers, Minneapolis/St. Paul 3
Sunwing Airlines Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal–Trudeau, Québec City, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver
Seasonal: Bagotville, Halifax, Kelowna (begins November 6, 2016),[19] London (ON), Regina, Saskatoon, Sault Ste. Marie, St. John, Thunder Bay, Windsor (ON), Winnipeg		 2S
TAR Campeche, Ciudad del Carmen, Mérida (begins October 20, 2016),[20] Villahermosa (begins October 20, 2016)[20] 1
Thomas Cook Airlines London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Glasgow, London–Stansted, Belfast		 3
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Charter: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda 3
Thomson Airways Birmingham (UK), London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester
Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins December 18, 2016),[21] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Helsinki (begins December 18, 2016),[21] Newcastle upon Tyne, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Seasonal Charter: Dublin		 2S
Tropic Air Belize City 2M
TUI Airlines Netherlands Amsterdam
Seasonal Charter: Warsaw–Chopin		 2S
TUIfly
operated by TUI Airlines Netherlands		 Seasonal Charter: Hamburg, Warsaw-Chopin 2S
TUIfly Nordic Seasonal Charter: Copenhagen, Gothenburg–Landvetter, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda 2S
United Airlines Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, Washington–Dulles
Seasonal: Austin, Cleveland, New Orleans, San Antonio		 3
Vacation Express
operated by Sunwing Airlines		 Seasonal Charter: Atlanta, Birmingham (AL), Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago/Rockford, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus (OH), Lansing, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond 2M, 2S, 3
Vacation Express
operated by Interjet		 Seasonal Charter: Columbus (OH), Cleveland 2M, 2S, 3
Vacation Express
operated by Volaris		 Seasonal Charter: Indianapolis 2M, 2S, 3
Virgin America Los Angeles, San Francisco 3
Virgin Atlantic London–Gatwick 3
VivaAerobus Guadalajara, León/El Bajío (begins October 1, 2016),[22] Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla (begins October 1, 2016),[22] Reynosa, Tampico, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa 1
Volaris Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Guatemala City, León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, Querétaro, Reynosa, San José de Costa Rica, San Juan, San Luis Potosí, Tijuana, Toluca/Mexico City, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa
Seasonal: Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez
Seasonal Charter: Newark		 2M
Wamos Air Charter: Madrid 3
WestJet Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver
Seasonal: Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, London (ON), Moncton, Ottawa, Québec City, Regina, Saskatoon, Victoria, Winnipeg		 3
XL Airways France Paris–Charles de Gaulle 2S

Cargo[edit]

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

Traffic statistics[edit]

Terminal 1 Layout.
Terminal 2 Layout.
Terminal 3 Layout.
Terminal 1
Terminal 2 interior
Terminal 3 interior

Passenger figures[edit]

Passenger statistics for Cancún International Airport[23]
Year Total passengers  % change
1999 6,969,733 -
2000 7,745,317 Increase 11.1%
2001 7,639,021 Decrease 1.4%
2002 7,717,144 Increase 1.0%
2003 8,683,950 Increase 12.5%
2004 10,010,526 Increase 15.3%
2005 9,301,240 Decrease 7.1%
2006 9,728,149 Increase 4.6%
2007 11,340,027 Increase 16.6%
2008 12,646,451 Increase 11.5%
2009 11,174,908 Decrease 11.6%
2010 12,439,266 Increase 11.3%
2011 13,022,481 Increase 4.7%
2012 14,463,435 Increase 11.1%
2013 15,962,162 Increase 10.4%
2014 17,455,353 Increase 9.4%
2015 19,596,485 Increase 12.3%

Busiest routes[edit]

Busiest domestic and international routes at Cancún International Airport (2015)[24]
Rank City Scheduled Charter Total passengers Airline
1  Mexico, Mexico City 3,870,116 870 3,870,986 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  United States, New York City (New York–JFK and Newark airports.)[25] 894,036 13,274 907,310 Aeroméxico, American, United, JetBlue
3  Mexico, Monterrey 858,635 320 858,955 Aeroméxico, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Magnicharters
4  United States, Dallas 737,728 15,216 752,944 Aeroméxico, American, Spirit, Sun Country
5  United States, Houston 711,062 14,961 726,023 United
6  United States, Atlanta 682,645 6,148 688,793 AirTran/Southwest, Delta
7  United States, Chicago (Midway, O'Hare & Rockford airports.) 544,587 105,796 650,383 American, United, Southwest
8  Canada, Toronto 605,718 31,276 636,994 Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing, WestJet
9  United States, Miami 601,117 2,256 603,373 Aeroméxico, American, Interjet
10  Panama, Panama City 530,643 814 531,457 Copa
11  Mexico, Guadalajara 513,879 - 513,879 Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris
12  UK, London 245,711 163,188 408,899 British Airways, Monarch, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Virgin Atlantic
13  Canada, Montréal 325,556 67,806 393,362 Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing, WestJet
14  United States, Los Angeles 391,259 246 391,505 Aeroméxico, Delta, United, Virgin America
15  United States, Denver 384,610 1,004 385,614 Frontier, Southwest, United
16  United States, Charlotte 344,253 4,509 348,762 American Airlines
17  United States, Philadelphia 325,174 521 325,695 American Airlines, Frontier
18  Colombia, Bogotá 309,005 6,995 316,000 Avianca, Copa Colombia, LAN Colombia
19  Spain, Madrid 304,697 - 302,551 Air Europa, Air Pullmantur, Evelop! Air
20  United States, Minneapolis/St. Paul 248,381 372 248,753 Delta, Sun Country
21  United States, Fort Lauderdale 206,276 - 206,276 JetBlue, Spirit
22  UK, Manchester 80,298 138,762 219,060 Monarch, Thomas Cook UK, Thomson
23  Canada, Calgary 194,865 7,977 202,842 Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing, WestJet
24  United States, Baltimore 183,463 18,534 201,997 Southwest
25  Cuba, Havana 183,142 104 183,246 Aeroméxico, Cubana
26  United States, Detroit 171,662 7,674 179,336 Delta, Spirit
27  Peru, Lima 117,245 2,211 119,456 Avianca Perú, LAN Perú
28  Mexico, Veracruz 166,200 77 166,277 Mayair, Viva Aerobus, Volaris
29  Mexico, Toluca 164,359 - 164,359 Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris
30  United States, Phoenix–Sky Harbor 164,196 - 164,196 American Airlines

Accidents and Incidents[edit]

  • On March 15, 1984, Aerocozumel Flight 261 crashed soon after takeoff. No one died in crash but, one of the passengers died of a heart attack while moving through the swamp.[26]
  • 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.

Accolades[edit]

  • 2011 - Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean of the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International[27] and 2nd Best Airport by Size in the 5 to 15 million passenger category.[28]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.sct.gob.mx/transporte-y-medicina-preventiva/aeronautica-civil/estadisticas/estadistica-operacional-de-aeropuertos-airports-operational-statistics/
  2. ^ "ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for December 2015 Up 8.5% Year over Year". PR Newswire Association. January 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016. 
  3. ^ "Cancún's Airport Map". Aeropuertos del Suereste. August 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016. 
  4. ^ "History". Cancun Online Community. August 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016. 
  5. ^ "Our Destinations". VivaAerobus. August 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016. 
  6. ^ "Our Destinations". Volaris. August 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016. 
  7. ^ "Cancun opens second runway as traffic grows 30% in two years; US routes lead way". anna.aero. October 2009. Retrieved August 17, 2016. 
  8. ^ "Inaugurated Terminal 3 of Cancún Airport (in Spanish)". Periódico El Economista. March 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016. 
  9. ^ "Third Quarter 2014 Earnings Call Transcript" (PDF). Aeropuertos del Sureste. October 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2016. 
  10. ^ http://www.air-journal.fr/2016-09-26-air-france-propose-la-barbade-avec-air-antilles-renforce-cancun-5169953.html
  11. ^ To be operated all the year
  12. ^ "American adds new Los Angeles – Mexico routes from mid-Dec 2016". RoutesOnline.com. Retrieved August 14, 2016. 
  13. ^ a b http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/delta-air-lines-plans-three-new-transborder-routes-mexico
  14. ^ "EasySky - Calendario de vuelos (in Spanish)". easysky.hn. Retrieved September 10, 2016. 
  15. ^ "Edelweiss erweitert das Langstreckennetz: San José, Cancun und San Diego werden ab Sommer 2017 mit dem umgebauten Airbus A340 bedient (in German)". TravelNews. Retrieved 21 June 2016. 
  16. ^ "Frontier plans Chicago – Cancun service in W16". routesonline. Retrieved August 8, 2016. 
  17. ^ "JULY SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT". FlyFrontier.com. Retrieved August 12, 2016. 
  18. ^ "Southwest Airlines Files Application To Offer Nonstop Service Between Los Angeles (LAX) And Three Mexico Beach Destinations". PR Newswire Association. Retrieved June 25, 2016. 
  19. ^ "Sunwing Airlines Adds New Routes in W16". Airlineroute.net. Retrieved June 15, 2016. 
  20. ^ a b "TAR - Busca tu vuelo". TAR. July 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016. 
  21. ^ a b "Thomson Airways Schedules Boeing 787-9 W16 Nordic Operations". May 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016. 
  22. ^ a b "VivaAerobus has new routes for you (in Spanish)". VivaAerobus. February 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016. 
  23. ^ "Passenger statistics for Cancun Airport". Asur.com.mx. Retrieved 2014-02-03. 
  24. ^ "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-30. 
  25. ^ Note 3 The official statistics includes both JFK and Newark Airports.
  26. ^ "Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 1984-03-15. Retrieved 2013-07-01. 
  27. ^ "ASQ Award for Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean" Airports Council International. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13
  28. ^ "ASQ Award for Best Airport by Size (5-15m)" Airports Council International. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13

External links[edit]

Media related to Cancun Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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