Mexico City International Airport

Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Mexico City Airport (disambiguation), Benito Juárez Airport (Argentina), and Ciudad Juárez International Airport.

Mexico City International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México
ServesGreater Mexico City
LocationMexico City, Mexico
OpenedMay 15, 1931; 93 years ago (1931-05-15)
Hub forPassenger
Cargo
Focus city forMagnicharters
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL2,230 m / 7,316 ft
Coordinates19°26′10″N 099°04′19″W / 19.43611°N 99.07194°W / 19.43611; -99.07194
Websitewww.aicm.com.mx
Map
MEX is located in Mexico City
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Location within Mexico City
MEX is located in Mexico City
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MEX (Mexico City)
MEX is located in Mexico
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05R/23L 3,900 12,795 Asphalt
05L/23R 3,952 12,966 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Total passengers48,415,693
Ranking in Mexico1st Steady
Cargo tonnage447,887.2
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Statistics: Airport website[3]

Mexico City International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México, AICM); officially Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez (Benito Juárez International Airport) (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) is the primary international airport serving Greater Mexico City. It is the busiest airport in Mexico and Latin America,[4] ranking as the 17th-busiest in the world and eighth in North America as of 2022, based on passenger traffic and aircraft movements.[5]

The airport is served by more than 25 airlines, handling flights to over 100 destinations across Mexico, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. With an average of 132,000 daily passengers, the airport handled 46,200,529 passengers in 2022 and 48,415,693 in 2023.[3]

As the primary hub for Mexico's flag carrier, Aeroméxico, Mexico City Airport functions as a SkyTeam hub. Additionally, it serves as a hub for Volaris and Viva, and a focus city for Magnicharters. The facility comprises two passenger terminals and two runways. It supports cargo activities and accommodates entities such as Mexican Airspace Navigation Services, the Mexican Federal Civil Aviation Agency, and an Air Force Base. It is owned by the Mexican Navy and operated by Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de Mexico. It was named after the 19th-century president Benito Juárez.[6]

Part of Mexico City's airport system, which also includes Toluca International Airport and Felipe Ángeles International Airport, the Mexico City International Airport was operating at full capacity, as of mid-2020.[7] With an average of 1,056 daily aircraft movements, it ranks as one of the busiest two-runway airports in the world.

  1. ^ "Airport information for MMMX". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for MEX at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ a b "AICM in Numbers, December 2023" (PDF). Mexico City International Airport. January 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Tomás Serebrisky. "Airport Economics in Latin America and the Caribbean". The World Bank. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. April 2023. p. 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 28, 2023.
  6. ^ Elizalde, Triunfo; Vargas, Rosa Elvira (October 5, 2006). "Decretará Fox que el AICM se denomine Benito Juárez" [President Vicente Fox decrees official name for Mexico City Airport]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 8, 2014. 
  7. ^ Cantera, Sara (June 11, 2020). "IATA respalda cancelación de la Terminal 3 y suspensión de adquisición del Aeropuerto de Toluca". El Universal (México).