- Cancún International Airport
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Cancún International Airport 
IATA: CUN – ICAO: MMUN Location of airport in Quintana Roo
CUNSummary Airport type Public Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste Serves Cancún Location Cancún, Quintana-Roo, Mexico Elevation AMSL 20 ft / 6 m Coordinates 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 (2010) Total Passengers 12,439,266 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 in Mexico City, but the biggest in Mexico and Latin America for International passengers. In 2010 Cancún airport handled 12,439,266 passengers, an 11.3% increase compared to 2009.
The airport has been expanding as it has become one of the most important international airports in the country. It has two operative runways that are 1,500m apart which allows them to be used simultaneously, and three commercial terminals. Terminal 1 is used by charter airlines from North America, including domestic charter airlines. Terminal 2 is used by some international airlines, as all of the scheduled domestic airlines, and new Terminal 3 handles primarily international operations of airlines from North America and Europe.
The airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, together with Cozumel International Airport, Mérida International Airport, Veracruz International Airport, Villahermosa International Airport and Xoxocotlán International Airport among others. It used to be a hub for Aerocancun, Aladia, Mexicana, and MexicanaLink.
Contents
Terminals, airlines and destinations
Terminals
The airport has three terminals, two of which are currently in use, with Terminal 1 scheduled for remodelling.
Terminal 1
- Terminal 1 has 7 gates: 1-7A. It is temporarily closed for remodelling, so that it can be used again by charter airlines that operate into the airport.
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
The terminals together comprise 47 boarding gates (of which 17 are remote), 22 (A1-A11 and B12-B22) in Terminal 2, and 14 in Terminal 3.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Terminal 1 Layout
Terminal 2 Layout
Terminal 3 Layout
Terminal 3
Terminal 2
Terminal building
An Interjet Airbus 320 taxiing.
A Volaris Airbus 319 parked at Terminal 2.Airlines Destinations Terminal/
ConcourseAeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo 2S Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Ezeiza 2S Aeroméxico Havana, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey 2M Aerotucán Cozumel 2M Air Berlin Düsseldorf
Seasonal: Munich3 Air Canada Calgary, Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Seasonal: Edmonton, Halifax, Ottawa, Vancouver, Winnipeg2S Air Europa Madrid 3 Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle 3 Air Pullmantur Madrid 2S Air Transat Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver
Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Québec City, Regina, Saskatoon2S AirTran Airways Atlanta, Baltimore
Seasonal: Milwaukee2S American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK
Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare3 Apple Vacations operated by Frontier Airlines Philadelphia [begins December 25][2] 3 Arkefly Amsterdam 2S Avianca Seasonal: Bogotá 2S Blue Panorama Airlines Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino 2S British Airways London-Gatwick 2S CanJet Abbotsford, Calgary, Comox, Edmonton, Halifax, Kelowna, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Québec City, St. John's, Regina, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg 2S Condor Frankfurt 2S Continental Airlines Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark
Seasonal: Austin, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio3 Copa Airlines Panama City 2S Copa Airlines Colombia Bogotá 2S Cubana de Aviación Havana 2M Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Detroit, Minneapolis/St Paul
Seasonal: Austin, Boston, Columbus (OH), Hartford/Springfield, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh/Durham, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Tampa, Washington-Dulles3 Frontier Airlines Denver, Kansas City
Seasonal: Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, St. Louis3 Edelweiss Air Zürich 2S Enerjet Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver 2S EuroAtlantic Airways Seasonal: Lisbon, Porto 2S Finnair Winter Charter: Helsinki 2M Iberworld Seasonal: Barcelona, Madrid 2S Interjet Mexico City, Monterrey, Toluca, Guadalajara 2M Jetairfly Brussels 2S JetBlue Airways Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York-JFK, Orlando, Washington-Dulles 2S LAN Airlines Santiago de Chile 2S LAN Peru Lima 2S Magnicharters Mexico City 2M Maya Island Air Belize City 2M MAYAir Ciudad del Carmen, Cozumel, Mérida, Veracruz, Villahermosa 2M Monarch London-Gatwick, Manchester 2S Orbest Orizonia Airlines Lisbon 2S Spirit Airlines Detroit, Fort Lauderdale 3 Sun Country Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Seasonal: Austin, Lansing3 Sunwing Airlines Bagotville, Halifax, London (ON), Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Saint John, Saskatoon, Sault Ste Marie, Toronto-Pearson, Regina, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg 2S TACA Airlines San Salvador 2S TACA Airlines
operated by RegionalFlores, Guatemala City 2S Thomas Cook Airlines London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)
Seasonal: Glasgow-International, Belfast-International3 Thomas Cook Canada
operated by Jazz AirHalifax, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson 2S Thomson Airways Birmingham (UK), London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)
Seasonal: Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Newcastle upon Tyne2S Transaero Moscow-Domodedovo 2S United Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, Washington-Dulles
Seasonal: San Francisco3 US Airways Boston, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix 3 USA3000 Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky [ends December 3], Cleveland [ends December 4] St. Louis [ends December 4]
Seasonal: Pittsburgh [ends December 4]3 Virgin America Los Angeles, San Francisco 3 VivaAerobus Mexico City, Monterrey, Veracruz 2M Virgin Atlantic Airways London-Gatwick [begins June 12, 2012][3] TBA Volaris Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puebla, Tijuana, Toluca 2M WestJet Calgary, Edmonton, London (ON), Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver
Seasonal: Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, Moncton, Ottawa, Quebec City, Regina, Saskatoon, Victoria, Winnipeg2S White Lisbon
Seasonal: Porto2S Whitejets Campinas-Viracopos, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos 2S Xiknal Air Chetumal 2M XL Airways France Brussels, Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2S Cargo airlines
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 Regional Cargo Merida, Mexico City Traffic statistics
Passenger statistics for Cancún International Airport[4] Year Total Passengers % change 1999 6,969,733 - 2000 7,745,317 
11.12001 7,639,021 
1.42002 7,717,144 1.02003 8,683,950 12.52004 10,010,526 15.32005 9,301,240 7.12006 9,728,149 4.62007 11,340,027 16.62008 12,646,451 11.52009 11,174,908 11.62010 12,439,266 11.32011 [Jan-Oct]
10,834,5153.5Busiest routes at Cancún International Airport [2010][5] Rank City Note 1 Note 2 Total Passengers Carriers 1 
Mexico City1,973,959 21,030 1,994,989 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magni, Mexicana, MexicanaClick, Viva Aerobus, Volaris 2 
Houston, TX, USA643,248 14,158 657,406 Continental 3 New York, NY, USA, (JFK and Newark airports) Note 3602,566 - 602,566 American, Continental, JetBlue, Mexicana 4 Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, USA523,707 21,553 545,260 American, Mexicana, Sun Country 5 Atlanta, GA, USA522,765 357 523,122 AirTran, Delta 6 Toluca, State of Mexico508,420 414 508,834 Interjet, Volaris 7 
Toronto, Canada347,664 110,055 457,719 Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Enerjet, Thomas Cook Canada, Sunwing, WestJet 8 Miami, FL, USA452,773 182 452,995 American, Mexicana 9 Monterrey, Nuevo León436,003 2,372 438,375 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magni, MexicanaLink, Viva Aerobus, Volaris 10 Chicago, IL, USA370,917 10,634 381,551 American, Mexicana, United, USA3000 11 Montréal, Canada285,726 56,369 342,095 Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing Airlines, Thomas Cook Canada, WestJet 12 
Madrid, Spain227,302 69,529 296,831 Air Europa, Air Pullmantur, Iberworld 13 Charlotte, NC, USA289,001 - 289,001 US Airways 14 Philadelphia, PA, USA283,530 - 283,530 US Airways, USA3000 15 Guadalajara, Jalisco255,495 8,017 263,512 Interjet, Magni, Viva Aerobus, Volaris 16 Denver, CO, USA201,577 16,892 218,469 Frontier, United 17 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA155,339 - 155,339 JetBlue, Spirit 18 
London, United Kingdom4,506 150,585 155,091 British Airways, Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways 19 
Panama City, Panama146,068 193 146,261 Copa, Mexicana 20 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA135,622 - 135,622 Delta, Sun Country 21 Los Angeles, CA, USA133,302 9,103 142,405 Delta, United, Virgin America 22 Manchester, United Kingdom- 135,293 135,293 Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways 23 Detroit, MI, USA124,457 9,983 134,440 Delta, Spirit 24 Phoenix, AZ, USA129,361 249 129,610 US Airways 25 Calgary, Canada114,338 15,228 129,566 Air Canada, Air Transat, Enerjet, Sunwing, WestJet 26 Washington, DC, USA124,180 - 124,180 Delta, JetBlue, United 27 
Amsterdam, Netherlands117,950 - 117,950 Arkefly, Martinair 28 
Havana, Cuba116,571 1,177 117,748 Aeroméxico, Cubana de Aviación, Mexicana, MexicanaClick 29 Vancouver, Canada94,095 21,352 115,447 Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Enerjet, Sunwing, WestJet 30 Baltimore, MD, USA96,291 898 97,189 AirTran, USA3000 - Notes
- ^1 Denotes passengers in scheduled flights.
- ^2 Denotes passengers in charter flights.
- ^3 Official statistics include JFK and Newark airports
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.
Accidents and Incidents
- On March 15, 1984, Aerocozumel Flight 261 crashed soon after takeoff. No one died in crash. One of the passengers died of a heart attack while moving through the swamp.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
See also
- List of the busiest airports in Mexico
Gallery
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A Mexicana A330 on the tarmac.
References
- ^ Cancun Airport Fact Sheet http://www.asur.com.mx/asur/ingles/aeropuertos/cancun/technical_Facts.asp
- ^ http://www.applevacations.com/flight-schedule/phl-philadelphia/
- ^ "Virgin Atlantic announces nonstop service to Cancun beginning in 2012". PR Newswire. 16 June, 2011. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virgin-atlantic-announces-nonstop-service-to-cancun-beginning-in-2012-123991024.html. Retrieved 16 June, 2011.
- ^ Passenger statistics for Cancun Airport
- ^ [1] 2010 Origin-Destinations statistics provided by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. Retrieved on January 28, 2011 (In Spanish)
External links
- Cancun Airport (ASUR: Aeropuertos del Sureste) (in English)
- Transportation web site, independent of and not authorized by the Cancun Airport - (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 Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for MMUN at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for CUN at Aviation Safety Network
Categories:- Airports in Mexico
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