Cancún International Airport
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| Cancún International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: CUN - ICAO: MMUN | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Aeropuertos del Sureste ASUR | ||
| Serves | Cancún | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft (6 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12/30 | 11,483 | 3,500 | Asphalt |
Cancún International Airport (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. In 2005, 9,780,000 passengers used the airport. It is currently the 4th busiest airport in Latin America, just behind Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires, but it is expected to reach 25 million passengers by 2017, getting to the second position in Latin America, behind Mexico City.
Cancún Airport is going through some expansions, including the construction of a new runway and the brand new terminal 3, which is going to be ready by the first quarter of 2007, comprising 12 jetbridge-boarding gates and 4 apron doors.
The airport is owned by the Asur Company, together with Cozumel International Airport, Mérida International Airport, Villahermosa Airport, Veracruz Airport and Oaxaca Airport among others.
Cancún International Airport has two terminals: Terminal 1 serves all charter flights, while Terminal 2 and a connected satellite building serve all national and international scheduled flights.
The terminals together comprise 45 boarding gates, 12 in Terminal 1, and 33 (A1-A11 and B1-B22) in Terminal 2.
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[edit] Terminals and Airlines
[edit] Terminal 1
- Air Europe (Milan-Malpensa)
- Air Plus Comet (Madrid)
- Air Transat (Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
- Arkefly (Amsterdam)
- Belair (Zurich)
- Blue Panorama Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
- CanJet (Halifax, Moncton, Quebec City)[1]
- Champion Air
- Edelweiss Air (Zurich)
- EuroAtlantic Airways (Lisbon)
- Euro Atlantic (Brussels)
- Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)
- First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
- Iberworld (Madrid)
- Jetairfly (Brussels)
- Livingston Airlines (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, San Salvador[starts May 13, 2007])
- Monarch Airlines (London-Gatwick)
- MyTravel Airways (Belfast-International, Birmingham (UK), Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
- Neos (Milan-Malpensa)
- Nova Air (Mexico City, Toluca, Monterrey, Tapachula, Los Mochis, Loreto)
- Novair (Oslo, Stockholm)
- Pace Airlines
- Pullman Tour
- Premaris
- Republic Air (Toluca)
- Skyservice (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, Kitchener, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg)[2]
- Star Airlines (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Sunwing Airlines (London (ON), Montreal, Toronto-Pearson)
- Sunwing Airlines operated by Aeroméxico (Winnipeg)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (Birmingham (UK), Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
- Thomsonfly (Birmingham (UK), Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
- WestJet (Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver)
- Zoom Airlines (Montreal, Ottawa)
[edit] Terminal 2
- Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza)
- Aeromar (Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Villahermosa)
- Aeroméxico (Los Angeles, Mexico City)
- Air Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
- Air Europa (Madrid)
- Alaska Airlines (Los Angeles, San Francisco [seasonal], Seattle/Tacoma [seasonal])
- American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK)
- ATA Airlines (Chicago-Midway)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- Aviacsa (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey)
- Condor Airlines (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Continental Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City)
- Corsairfly (Paris-Orly)
- Cubana de Aviación (Havana)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Washington-Dulles)
- Frontier Airlines (Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Nashville, St. Louis, San Diego [seasonal], Salt Lake City)
- Apple Vacations operated by Frontier Airlines (Chicago-Midway)
- Interjet (Toluca)
- JetBlue Airways (Boston, New York-JFK)
- LAN Airlines (Havana, Santiago)
- Líneas Aéreas Azteca (Guadalajara, Mexico City)
- Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (Panama City, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
- LTU International (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
- Magnicharters (Mexico City, Monterrey, Toluca)
- Martinair (Amsterdam)
- Mexicana (Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami)
- Click Mexicana (Guadalajara, Havana, Mérida, Mexico City, Veracruz)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Milwaukee)
- Spirit Airlines (Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa)
- Sun Country Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- TACA (Flores, Guatemala City)
- Lacsa (San Jose, CR) [charter]
- United Airlines (Los Angeles, San Francisco)
- Ted operated by United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, Washington-Dulles)
- US Airways (Boston, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh)
- US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Phoenix)
- USA 3000 Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Hartford, New York-JFK, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis)
- Viva Aerobus (Monterrey)
- Volaris (Toluca)
[edit] Terminal 3
A new Terminal 3 is currently under construction. By December 21, 2006 the terminal had an advance of 60% according to Aeropuertos del Sureste.
[edit] External links
- ASUR: Aeropuertos del Sureste (in English)
- The Airport Guide: Cancun Intl (CUN/MMUN)
- World Aero Data: Cancun Intl (MMUN)
- FlightAware U.S. airport activity to/from: Cancun Int'l (MMUN)
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- Street map from Multimap
- Satellite image from Google Maps
