Mérida International Airport
Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Crescencio Rejón | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 m / 39 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°56′13″N 089°39′28″W / 20.93694°N 89.65778°W | ||||||||||||||
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  MID Location of the airport in Yucatán  MID MID (Mexico)  MID MID (North America) | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste[1]
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Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport, formerly known as Mérida-Rejón Airport (IATA: MID, ICAO: MMMD) is an international airport located in the Mexican city of Mérida, Yucatán. It is located on the southern edge of the city and it is one of four airports in Mexico which has an Area Control Center (Centro Mérida/Mérida Center); the other ones being Mexico City International Airport, Monterrey International Airport and Mazatlán International Airport. Mérida Center controls air traffic over the southeast part of the country.
It handles both domestic and international flights, and is open 24 hours a day. It can service airplanes as large as Boeing 747s and 777s, though most planes that fly in and out daily are smaller; the most common being the 737 and A320.
Information
The airport was completely remodeled between 1999 and 2001. It is the second largest airport in the ASUR's (Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste) group in terms of passengers and the first in terms of cargo.
There are multiple duty-free stores, a food court, specialty stores, bank and car rental counters in the terminal. 24 hour medical services and tourist information booths are also available
A Mexican Air Force Base −8th BAM, is located at the premises to the left of runway 10.
In 2017 it handled 2,148,484 passengers, and in 2018, 2,451,616 passengers passed through Mérida International Airport, a 14.1% increase from 2017. It became the 8th airport in the country to reach the 2 million milestone.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Mexico City, Mexico City
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833,929 | 
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Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 2 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey
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112,760 |
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VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 3 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara
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103,056 |
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VivaAerobus, Volaris |
| 4 |  Veracruz, Veracruz
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33,670 |
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MAYAir, TAR, VivaAerobus |
| 5 |  Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
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13,784 |  1
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TAR |
| 6 |  Tabasco, Villahermosa
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6,407 |  1
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MAYAir, VivaAerobus |
| 7 |  Quintana Roo, Cancún
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2,708 |
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MAYAir |
| 8 |  Querétaro, Querétaro
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1,707 | 5
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| 9 |  Guanajuato, León
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1,514 | 5
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Volaris |
| 10 |  Oaxaca, Oaxaca
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552 | 2
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| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  United States, Houston
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32,307 |
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United Airlines |
| 2 | United States, Miami
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22,016 |
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American Eagle |
| 3 | United States, Atlanta
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14,964 | 2
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Aeroméxico Connect |
| 4 |  Cuba, Havana
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13,263 | 1
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Interjet |
| 5 |  Canada, Toronto
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2,598 | 1
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WestJet |
| 6 |  United Kingdom, London
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323 | ||
| 7 |  Belize, Belize City
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2 | 1
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Accidents and incidents
- On 9 April 1958, a Vickers Viscount of Cubana de Aviación was hijacked en route from José Martí International Airport, Havana to Santa Clara Airport. The aircraft landed at Mérida-Rejón Airport, Mexico where the hijack ended.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "ASUR Passenger Traffic" (Web). ASUR. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 September 2009.