Cancún International Airport

Cancún International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún
IATA: CUN – ICAO: MMUN 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
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 12.3% International Passengers 13,566,003 13.3% Ranking in Mexico 2nd
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. In 2015, Cancún airport handled 19,596,485 passengers, a 12.3% increase compared to 2014.

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. 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 and Volaris, 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.

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. In 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

Countries served by flights from Cancún International Airport (includes seasonal and future destinations).

Terminal 1 Layout.

Terminal 2 Layout.

Terminal 3 Layout.

Terminal 1.

Terminal 1's inside.

Landside of Terminal 1.

Terminal 2.

Terminal 2's inside.

Landside of Terminal 2.

Airside's Terminal 2.

Main corridor of Terminal 3.

Cubana Yak-42.

United's A320 Take-off.

International Gate at Terminal 2.

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal/ Concourse
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza Seasonal: Córdoba	2S
Aeroméxico	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 Seasonal: Munich	3
Air Canada	Calgary Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg	3
Air Canada Rouge	Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Vancouver (begins February 15, 2016),	3
Air Europa	Madrid	3
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle	3
Air Transat	Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Fredericton (begins March 8, 2016), Halifax, Kelowna, London (ON), Ottawa, Québec City, Regina, Saskatoon, St. John's (begins March 8, 2016), Victoria, Winnipeg	2S
Alaska Airlines	Seasonal: Seattle/Tacoma	3
American Airlines	Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–JFK, Philadelphia, Phoenix Seasonal: Boston, Kansas City (begins March 5, 2016), Nashville (begins March 5, 2016), Pittsburgh (begins March 5, 2016), Raleigh/Durham (begins March 5, 2016)	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
Arkefly	Amsterdam Seasonal Charter: Warsaw–Chopin	2S
Avianca	Bogotá	2S
Avianca Costa Rica	San José de Costa Rica, San Salvador	2S
Avianca Peru	Lima	2S
Blue Panorama Airlines	Rome–Fiumicino	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, Salt Lake City Seasonal: Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Columbus (OH), Hartford, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Washington–Dulles	3
EuroAtlantic Airways	Seasonal: Lisbon, Porto	2S
Eurowings operated by SunExpress Deutschland	Cologne/Bonn	2S
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki	2M
Frontier Airlines	Cleveland, Denver, Philadelphia, St. Louis Seasonal: Cincinnati	3
Interjet	Guadalajara, Havana, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, Toluca/Mexico City	2M, 2S, 3
Jetairfly	Brussels	2S
JetBlue Airways	Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York–JFK, Orlando	3
LAN Airlines	Santiago de Chile	2S
LAN Colombia	Bogotá	2S
LAN Peru	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 Portugal	Madrid Charter: Lisbon	2S
SATA International	Charter: Lisbon	2S
Southwest Airlines	Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago–Midway, Denver, Houston–Hobby Seasonal: Austin, Milwaukee, San Antonio	2S
Spirit Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Houston–Intercontinental Seasonal: Detroit	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, London (ON),Windsor (ON) Regina, Saskatoon, Sault Ste. Marie, St. John, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg	2S
TAM Airlines	São Paulo-Guarulhos	2S
TAR Aerolineas	Ciudad del Carmen, Veracruz	1
Thomas Cook Airlines	London–Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: Glasgow–International, London–Stansted	3
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Charter: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda	3
Thomson Airways	Birmingham (UK), London–Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow–International, London–Stansted (begins May 3, 2016), Newcastle upon Tyne, Oslo–Gardenmoen, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal charter: Dublin (begins June 13, 2016)	2S
Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos	Flores	2M
Tropic Air	Belize City	2M
TUIfly operated by TUI Airlines Netherlands	Seasonal Charter: Hamburg	2S
TUIfly Nordic	Seasonal Charter: Copenhagen, Gothenburg–Landvetter, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda	2S
United Airlines	Chicago–O'Hare, Cleveland, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, Washington–Dulles Seasonal: Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio	3
Vacation Express operated by Sunwing Airlines	Seasonal Charter: Atlanta, Birmingham (AL), Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago/Rockford (begins March 24, 2016), Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus (OH), Lansing, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Newark, 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, Mexico City, Monterrey, Reynosa, Tampico, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa	1
Volaris	Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Guadalajara, Guatemala City, León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, Querétaro, San José de Costa Rica, San Juan, San Luis Potosí, Tijuana, Toluca/Mexico City, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa Seasonal: Ciudad Juárez, 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, Winnipeg, Victoria	2S
XL Airways France	Brussels, Paris–Charles de Gaulle	2S

Cargo

Regional Cargo's B737.

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

Passenger statistics for Cancún International Airport

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

Busiest domestic and international routes at Cancún International Airport (2014)

Rank	City	Scheduled	Charter	Total passengers	Airline
1	Mexico, Mexico City	3,524,774	3,941	3,528,715	Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2	United States, New York City (New York–JFK and Newark airports.)	779,878	-	779,878	Aeroméxico, American, United, JetBlue
3	Mexico, Monterrey	712,327	1127	713,454	Aeroméxico, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Magnicharters
4	United States, Atlanta	704,376	2,821	707,197	AirTran/Southwest, Delta
5	United States, Dallas	678,249	15,809	694,058	Aeroméxico, American, Spirit, Sun Country
6	United States, Houston	584,985	18,658	603,643	United
7	Canada, Toronto	526,068	31,185	557,253	Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing, WestJet
8	United States, Chicago (Midway, O'Hare & Rockford airports.)	447,587	101,872	549,459	American, United, Southwest
9	Panama, Panama City	525,561	-	525,561	Copa
10	United States, Miami	522,203	160	522,363	Aeroméxico, American
11	Mexico, Guadalajara	438,247	135	438,382	Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris
12	UK, London	245,504	149,131	394,635	British Airways, Monarch, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Virgin Atlantic
13	Canada, Montréal	305,618	85,470	391,088	Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing, WestJet
14	United States, Charlotte	343,414	3445	346,859	US Airways
15	United States, Los Angeles	317,775	-	317,775	Aeroméxico, Delta, United, Virgin America
16	United States, Denver	295,982	332	296,314	Frontier, United
17	United States, Philadelphia	289,937	-	289,937	Frontier, US Airways
18	Spain, Madrid	250,492	9,286	259,778	Air Europa, Air Pullmantur, Evelop! Air
19	UK, Manchester	97,564	132,140	229,704	Monarch, Thomas Cook UK, Thomson
20	United States, Fort Lauderdale	206,276	-	206,276	JetBlue, Spirit
21	Canada, Calgary	187,544	9,126	196,670	Air Canada, Air Transat, Sunwing, WestJet
22	United States, Minneapolis/St. Paul	194,104	-	194,104	Delta, Sun Country
23	Mexico, Toluca	188,342	179	188,521	Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris
24	Colombia, Bogotá	179,928	2,363	182,291	Avianca, Copa Colombia, LAN Colombia
25	United States, Detroit	164,539	12,727	177,266	Delta, Spirit
26	United States, Baltimore	155,568	5,146	160,714	Southwest
27	United States, Phoenix	135,210	-	135,210	US Airways
28	Cuba, Havana	130,610	-	130,610	Aeroméxico, Cubana
29	Canada, Vancouver	116,359	6,457	122,816	Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing, WestJet
30	Peru, Lima	117,245	2,211	119,456	Aeroméxico, LAN Perú

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. In 2012 construction will begin on International Terminal 4. ASUR in partnership with JetBlue 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.
• 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 and 2nd Best Airport by Size in the 5 to 15 million passenger category.
• 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.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

External links

• Cancun Airport (ASUR: Aeropuertos del Sureste) (in English)
• Airport information for MMUN at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• 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