Cancún International Airport
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Cancún International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cancún | ||||||||||
| Location | Cancún, Quintana-Roo, Mexico | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°02′12″N 86°52′37″W / 21.03667°N 86.87694°W | ||||||||||
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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 2014, Cancún airport handled 17,455,353 passengers, a 9.4% increase compared to 2013.[1]
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 the United States and Europe.[2] It has two parallel operative runways that can be used simultaneously.
The airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR). It is a hub for VivaAerobus[3] and Volaris,[4] and currently offers flights to 21 destinations in Mexico and to over 30 countries in North, Central, South America and Europe.
The airport has been expanding as it has become the busiest point of entry by air to the country. Terminal 2 was recently expanded in 2014. Expansion of Terminal 3 is expected to conclude by the fourth quarter of 2015. The remodeling should contribute to increase annual capacity to 10 million from the current 6 million. ASUR is in the process of designing the new Terminal 4, scheduled to be ready by 2017.[5]
Terminals
The airport has three terminals, all of which are currently in use.
Terminal 1
- Terminal 1 has 7 gates: 1-7A. It was temporarily closed for remodeling, so that it can be used again by charter airlines that operate into the airport. On November 2013, the terminal 1 re-opened the gates to domestic and charter flights.
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
Terminal 3
- Terminal 3 has 15 gates: C23-C37
Airlines and destinations
^1 All US Airways flights will be rebranded as American Airlines effective October 17, 2015.
Cargo
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 |
Traffic statistics
| Year | Total passengers | % change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6,969,733 | - |
| 2000 | 7,745,317 |  11.1
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| 2001 | 7,639,021 |  1.4
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| 2002 | 7,717,144 | 1.0
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| 2003 | 8,683,950 | 12.5
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| 2004 | 10,010,526 | 15.3
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| 2005 | 9,301,240 | 7.1
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| 2006 | 9,728,149 | 4.6
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| 2007 | 11,340,027 | 16.6
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| 2008 | 12,646,451 | 11.5
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| 2009 | 11,174,908 | 11.6
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| 2010 | 12,439,266 | 11.3
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| 2011 | 13,022,481 | 4.7
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| 2012 | 14,463,435 | 11.1
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| 2013 | 15,962,162 | 10.4
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| 2014 | 17,455,353 | 9.4
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| 2015 (January–August) |
13,725,464 | 14.0
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| Rank | City | [24] | [25] | Total passengers | Airline |
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| 1 |  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City
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3,524,774 | 3,941 | 3,528,715 | Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 2 |  United States, New York City (JFK and Newark airports.)[26]
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779,878 | - | 779,878 | Aeroméxico, American Airlines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways |
| 3 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey
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712,327 | 1127 | 713,454 | Aeroméxico, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Magnicharters |
| 4 | United States, Atlanta
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704,376 | 2,821 | 707,197 | AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines |
| 5 | United States, Dallas
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678,249 | 15,809 | 694,058 | Aeroméxico, American Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Sun Country Airlines |
| 6 | United States, Houston
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584,985 | 18,658 | 603,643 | United Airlines |
| 7 |  Canada, Toronto
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526,068 | 31,185 | 557,253 | Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet |
| 8 | United States, Chicago (Midway, O'Hare & Rockford airports.)
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447,587 | 101,872 | 549,459 | American Airlines, United Airlines |
| 9 |  Panama, Panama City
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525,561 | - | 525,561 | Copa Airlines |
| 10 | United States, Miami
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522,203 | 160 | 522,363 | Aeroméxico, American Airlines |
| 11 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara
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438,247 | 135 | 438,382 | Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 12 |  UK, London
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245,504 | 149,131 | 394,635 | British Airways, Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways |
| 13 | Canada, Montréal
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305,618 | 85,470 | 391,088 | Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet |
| 14 | United States, Charlotte
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343,414 | 3445 | 346,859 | US Airways |
| 15 | United States, Los Angeles
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317,775 | - | 317,775 | Aeroméxico, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Virgin America |
| 16 | United States, Denver
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295,982 | 332 | 296,314 | Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| 17 | United States, Philadelphia
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289,937 | - | 289,937 | Frontier Airlines, US Airways |
| 18 |  Spain, Madrid
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250,492 | 9,286 | 259,778 | Air Europa, Air Pullmantur, Evelop! Air |
| 19 | UK, Manchester
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97,564 | 132,140 | 229,704 | Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook UK, Thomson Airways |
| 20 | United States, Fort Lauderdale
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206,276 | - | 206,276 | JetBlue, Spirit Airlines |
| 21 | Canada, Calgary
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187,544 | 9,126 | 196,670 | Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet |
| 22 | United States, Minneapolis/St. Paul
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194,104 | - | 194,104 | Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines |
| 23 |  México (state), Toluca
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188,342 | 179 | 188,521 | Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris |
| 24 |  Colombia, Bogotá
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179,928 | 2,363 | 182,291 | Avianca, Copa Airlines Colombia, LAN Colombia |
| 25 | United States, Detroit
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164,539 | 12,727 | 177,266 | Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines |
| 26 | United States, Baltimore
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155,568 | 5,146 | 160,714 | AirTran Airways |
| 27 | United States, Phoenix
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135,210 | - | 135,210 | US Airways |
| 28 |  Cuba, Havana
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130,610 | - | 130,610 | Aeroméxico, Cubana de Aviación |
| 29 | Canada, Vancouver
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116,359 | 6,457 | 122,816 | Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing, WestJet |
| 30 |  Peru, Lima
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117,245 | 2,211 | 119,456 | Aeroméxico, LAN Perú |
- Notes
Expansion
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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. In 2012 construction will begin on International Terminal 4. ASUR in partnership with Jet Blue has designed a state of the art facility capable of handling an additional 800,000 passengers annually. The terminal will also feature duty-free designer boutiques, extensive dining options and an Aloft Hotel. Terminal 4 is expected to be operational by 2015.
Accidents and Incidents
- 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.[27]
- 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
- 2011 - Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean of the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International[28] and 2nd Best Airport by Size in the 5 to 15 million passenger category.[29]
- 2013 - The first Airbus A380 to land in Cancún International Airport and in Mexico, was the Air France A380 in the 80th anniversary livery on November 27, 2013.[30]
See also
References
- ^ a b http://www.sct.gob.mx/transporte-y-medicina-preventiva/aeronautica-civil/estadisticas/estadistica-operacional-de-aeropuertos-airports-operational-statistics/
- ^ http://www.asur.com.mx/en/airports/cancun/cancun-passengers/cancuns-airport-map.html
- ^ https://www.vivaaerobus.com/mx/destinos/nuestros-destinos#image4
- ^ http://www.volaris.com/en/home/travel-with-volaris/our-Destinations/cities-you-can-reach-with-volaris/
- ^ http://www.asur.com.mx/assets/files/es/inversionistas/informacion-financiera/trimestral/2014/ASUR-Airports-Investor-Relations-Transcript-14Q3.pdf
- ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/05/26/ar-pujcun-jan16/
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b http://airlineroute.net/2015/07/22/ts-w15update2/
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- ^ "Blue Panorama Merida Service Changes from Dec 2015". Airlineroute.net. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-orange-air-route-canceled-20150929-story.html
- ^ "DELTA Adds Seasonal Seattle - Cancun Service from mid-Dec 2015". Airlineroute.net. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ^ "Eurowings Plans Cologne - Cancun Service from Nov 2015". Airlineroute.net. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ http://airlineroute.net/2014/12/16/lh-w15update2/
- ^ "Fewer stops, more options in 2015". Southwest Airlines. March 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/09/01/sy-rswcun-w15/
- ^ https://tarmexico.com/?tab=BOOKING
- ^ "Direct Flights From Dublin Airport To Mexico And Jamaica In 2016".
- ^ "City pairs Schedule". Information and Services. JSC "TRANSAERO" Airlines. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Passenger statistics for Cancun Airport". Asur.com.mx. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ^ "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ^ Note 1 Indicate passengers at schedule flights.
- ^ Note 2 Indicate passengers at charter flights.
- ^ Note 3 The official statistics includes both JFK and Newark Airports.
- ^ "Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 1984-03-15. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
- ^ "ASQ Award for Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean" Airports Council International. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13
- ^ "ASQ Award for Best Airport by Size (5-15m)" Airports Council International. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13
- ^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/222902/cancun-prepares-to-welcome-air-france-a380/
External links
- Cancun Airport (ASUR: Aeropuertos del Sureste) (in English)
- Template:WAD
- Airport information for MMUN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for MMUN at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for CUN at Aviation Safety Network