Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport

For the airport in Venezuela, see Alberto Carnevalli Airport.
Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Crescencio Rejón
IATA: MID – ICAO: MMMD
Summary
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 / 20.93694; -89.65778Coordinates: 20°56′13″N 089°39′28″W / 20.93694°N 89.65778°W / 20.93694; -89.65778
Map
MID

Location of the airport in Yucatán

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
18/36 2,300 7,546 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Total passengers 1,663,616
Ranking in Mexico 8th Steady
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
Diagram of the Airport,by the FAA

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's 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 2014, 1,436,959 passengers passed through Mérida International Airport, and in 2015 it handled 1,663,616 passengers.[1]

Airlines and destinations

General view of the Airport.
Arrivals area.
Exterior of the airport.
Gate B at the airport.
Caral VIP Lounge at the airport.
AirlinesDestinationsConcourse
Aeromar Oaxaca (begins May 9, 2016),[2] Mexico City (begins May 11, 2016),[2] Tuxtla Gutiérrez (begins May 9, 2016),[2] Villahermosa A
AeroméxicoMexico City A
Aeroméxico ConnectGuadalajara (begins July 1, 2016),[3] Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey (begins July 1, 2016)[4] A
Aeroméxico Express Monterrey, Tampico, Veracruz, Villahermosa A
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth A
Blue Panorama Airlines Rome-Fiumicino
Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa		 A
Interjet Havana, Mexico CityB
MagniMexico City B
MAYAirCancún, Cozumel, Veracruz, Villahermosa B
TARToluca/Mexico City, Tuxtla Gutiérrez B
Tropic Air Belize City A
United Airlines Houston-Intercontinental A
VolarisGuadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey B
VivaAerobusGuadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, Veracruz (begins July 1, 2016)[5] B
WestJet Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson A

Cargo airlines

AirlinesDestinations
Amerijet InternationalBelize City, Cancún, Miami, San Pedro Sula
DHL ExpressMiami
EstafetaCancún, Mexico City, Miami
MasAirLos Angeles, Manaus, Mexico City, São Paulo-Viracopos
TSM AeronavesCancún, Queretaro

Busiest routes

Busiest domestic routes at Mérida International Airport (2015)
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City 650,855 Steady Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Nuevo León, Monterrey 63,185 Steady Aeroméxico Express, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Jalisco, Guadalajara 37,141 Steady VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Tabasco, Villahermosa 19,818 Steady Aeromar, Aeroméxico Express, MAYAir
5  Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 4,176 TAR
6  Baja California, Tijuana 1,857 Increase 1 Volaris
7  Guerrero, Acapulco 349 Decrease 1
8  Guanajuato, León 246 Increase 2
9  Querétaro, Querétaro 157
10  Quintana Roo, Cancún 151 Decrease 5 MAYAir
Busiest international routes at Mérida International Airport (2015)[6]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  United States, Houston 26,539 Steady United Airlines
2  United States, Miami 12,934 Steady Aeroméxico Connect
3  Belize, Belize City 326 Increase 1 Tropic Air
4  Italy, Milan 212 Blue Panorama Airlines
5  United States, Orlando–International 80 Decrease 2 Aeroméxico Connect
6  Guatemala, Guatemala City 70
7  Italy, Rome 55 Blue Panorama Airlines
8  Cuba, Havana 30
9  USA, Denver 28

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for December 2015 Up 8.5% Year over Year".
  2. 1 2 3 "Aeromar webpage - Flight Search". Aeromar. February 27, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Aeroméxico announces new flights from Mérida to Guadalajara and Monterrey (in Spanish)". Transponder 1200. April 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Aeroméxico announces more frequencies and new flights y from Monterrey (in Spanish)". EnElAire. April 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "VivaAerobus has new routes for you (in Spanish)". VivaAerobus. February 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Air Operational Statistics". Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

External links

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