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	21°02′12″N 86°52′37″W / 21.03667°N 86.87694°WCoordinates: 21°02′12″N 86°52′37″W / 21.03667°N 86.87694°W
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.^[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 the United States and Europe.^[3] 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^[4] and Volaris,^[5] 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.^[6]

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.

A United A320 taking off.

International Gate at Terminal 2.

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal/ Concourse
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza Seasonal: Córdoba	2S
Aeroméxico	Guadalajara (begins June 1, 2016),[7] 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	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle	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, 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
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–International, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Washington–Dulles	3
Dynamic Airways	Chicago–O'Hare (begins October 23, 2016),[8] Los Angeles (begins June 25, 2016)[9] New York-JFK	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, Los Angeles (begins May 19, 2016),[10] Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, Toluca/Mexico City	2M, 2S, 3
Jetairfly	Brussels	2S
JetBlue Airways	Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York–JFK, Orlando–International	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, Lisbon[11]	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), Regina, Saskatoon, Sault Ste. Marie, St. John, Thunder Bay, Windsor (ON), Winnipeg	2S
TAM Airlines	São Paulo-Guarulhos (ends July 2, 2016)	2S
TAR Aerolineas	Ciudad del Carmen, Veracruz	1
Thomas Cook Airlines	London–Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: Glasgow, London–Stansted	3
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Charter: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda	3
Thomson Airways	Birmingham (UK), London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester Seasonal: East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne, Oslo–Gardenmoen, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal Charter: Dublin (begins June 13, 2016)[12]	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, 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, León/El Bajío (begins October 1, 2016),[13] Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla (begins October 1, 2016),[13] 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	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	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^[14]

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%
2016 (Jan-Apr)	7,266,099	7.6%

Busiest domestic and international routes at Cancún International Airport (2015)^[15]

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.)[16]	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
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	302,551	-	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

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.^[17]
• 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^[18] and 2nd Best Airport by Size in the 5 to 15 million passenger category.^[19]
• 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.^[20]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico
• List of the busiest airports in Latin America

References

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".
3. http://www.asur.com.mx/en/airports/cancun/cancun-passengers/cancuns-airport-map.html
4. https://www.vivaaerobus.com/mx/destinos/nuestros-destinos#image4
5. http://www.volaris.com/en/home/travel-with-volaris/our-Destinations/cities-you-can-reach-with-volaris/
6. http://www.asur.com.mx/assets/files/es/inversionistas/informacion-financiera/trimestral/2014/ASUR-Airports-Investor-Relations-Transcript-14Q3.pdf
7. "Aeroméxico strengthens it's presence in Guadalajara". EnElAire. April 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
8. https://www.airdynamic.com/#/schedule/cun/ord/11%20Apr%202016/31%20Dec%202016
9. "Dynamic Airways Schedule LAX to CUN". Dynamic Airways. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
10. "Flights to Los Angeles (in Spanish)". Interjet. February 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
11. http://www.en.orbest.com/b2c/pages/flight/disponibilidadSubmit.html?
12. "Direct Flights From Dublin Airport To Mexico And Jamaica In 2016". May 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
13. "VivaAerobus has new routes for you (in Spanish)". VivaAerobus. February 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
14. "Passenger statistics for Cancun Airport". Asur.com.mx. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
15. "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
16. Note 3 The official statistics includes both JFK and Newark Airports.
17. "Aviation Safety Network". Aviation-safety.net. 1984-03-15. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
18. "ASQ Award for Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean" Airports Council International. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13
19. "ASQ Award for Best Airport by Size (5-15m)" Airports Council International. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13
20. 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)
• 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
• Cancun airport travel data at Airportsdata.net (in English)