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{{Infobox Airport 
| name         = Cancún International Airport
| nativename   = 
| nativename-a = 
| nativename-r = 
| image        = Sala embarque aeropuerto de Cancún.JPG
| image-width  = 
| caption      = 
| IATA         = CUN
| ICAO         = MMUN
| type         = Public
| owner        = 
| operator     = Aeropuertos del Sureste ASUR
| city-served  = Cancún
| location     = Cancún, Quintana-Roo, Mexico 
| elevation-f  = 20
| elevation-m  = 6
| coordinates  = {{coord|21|02|12|N|86|52|37|W|region:MX_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website      = http://www.asur.com.mx/
| metric-elev  = 
| metric-rwy   = 
| r1-number    = 12R/30L
12L/30R
| r1-length-f  = 11,483
9,186 
| r1-length-m  = 3,500
2,800
| r1-surface   = Asphalt
Asphalt
| stat-year    = 2008
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data   = 12,646,451
| stat3-header = Domestic passengers
| stat3-data   = 3,373,860
| stat4-header = Int'l passengers
| stat4-data   = 9,272,951
| footnotes    = 
}}

'''Cancún International Airport''' {{Airport codes|CUN|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 2008, Cancún airport handled 12,646,451 passengers, setting a new record<ref name="pax">[http://www.asur.com.mx/asur/ingles/aeropuertos/cancun/trafico_pasajeros.asp Passenger statistics for Cancun Airport]</ref>. It is currently the 5th busiest airport in [[Latin America]], just behind [[Mexico City International Airport]], the two main airports in [[São Paulo]] ([[Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport|Congonhas]]/[[São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport|Guarulhos]]), [[Brazil]]; and [[El Dorado International Airport]] in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]].

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 almost all international operations of airlines from [[North America]] and [[Europe]].

The airport is operated by ASUR, together with [[Cozumel International Airport]], [[Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport|Mérida International Airport]], [[General Heriberto Jara International Airport|Veracruz International Airport]], [[Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport|Villahermosa International Airport]] and [[Xoxocotlán International Airport]] among others.

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<ref>Cancun Airport Fact Sheet http://www.asur.com.mx/asur/ingles/aeropuertos/cancun/technical_Facts.asp</ref>.

==Passenger statistics==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Passenger statistics for Cancún International Airport<ref name="pax"/>
! Year !! Total Passengers !! % change 
|-
! 2006|| 9,728,149 || ---- 
|-
! 2007|| 11,340,027 || +16.6% 
|-
! 2008|| 12,646,451 || +11.5%   
|-
! 2009 (until Oct)|| 9,262,643 || -12.9% 
|-
|}

==Terminals and destinations==
===Terminal 1===
Terminal 1 has 7 gates: 1-7A
*Only Charter Service.
*The terminal is being remodeled on the inside and out so that it can be used again by charter airlines that operate into the airport. The terminal will be ready at the same time as the new runway, and will be equipped with 9 jetways.
[[Image:Cancun Terminal 1new.JPG|thumb|right|Cancun Airport's Terminal 1 Layout (Now closed).]]

===Terminal 2===
Terminal 2 has 22 gates: A1-A11 and B12-B22
====Main Building====
The Main Building has 11 gates on the lower level: B12-B22
[[Image:Cancun Terminal 2new.JPG|thumb|right|Cancun Airport's Terminal 2 Layout.]]
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Mexicana A330 Cancun.jpg|thumb|right|Mexicana A330 in New livery Landing in Cancun Airport .]] -->
{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Aeroméxico]]|Mexico City, Monterrey, St. Louis [begins December 14]
|[[Aerotucán]]|Cozumel 
|[[Cubana de Aviación]]|Havana
|[[Interjet]]|Mexico City, Monterrey, Toluca
|[[Magnicharters]]|Chihuahua, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, León, Varadero
|[[Maya Island Air]]|Belize City
|[[MAYAir]]|Cozumel
|[[Mexicana de Aviación|Mexicana]]|Bogota [begins December 14], Chicago-O'Hare, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York-JFK, San José de Costa Rica [begins December 16], Washington-Dulles [begins December 14]<ref>[In Spanish]http://www.exonline.com.mx/diario/noticia/dinero/empresas/mexicana_abre_mas_rutas_internacionales/755252</ref>
|[[MexicanaClick]]|Havana, Mexico City, San Juan de Puerto Rico [begins December 14]<ref>[In spanish] [http://www.mexicana.com/cs/Satellite?pagename=MexicanaG5/MexContainer_C/LandingBank_News&cid=1231061998627&ChannelID=1138058075614&siteID=1137101599555&IdNews=1243462698892 Mexicana introduces new Cancun routes]</ref>
|[[MexicanaLink]]|Guatemala City [begins December 15], Mérida, Monterrey, Puebla, San Salvador [begins December 14], Veracruz, Villahermosa,
|[[VivaAerobus]]|Monterrey
|[[Volaris]]|Guadalajara, Puebla, Tijuana, Toluca
}}

==== Satellite Building ====
The Satellite Building has 11 gates on the upper level: A1-A11
[[Image:Aeropuerto de Cancún.JPG|thumb|Cancun's Airport Terminal 2]]
[[Image:Sala embarque aeropuerto de Cancún.JPG|thumb|Cancun's Airport Building.]]
[[Image:MXA A330 in CUN.jpg|thumb|right|The New Mexicana A330 with the new image at Cancun's Airport]] 

{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Air Canada]]|Calgary, Edmonton [seasonal], Halifax [seasonal], Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg [seasonal]
|[[Air Pullmantur]]|Madrid
|[[AirTran Airways]]|Atlanta, Baltimore
|[[Air Transat]]|Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Moncton [begins February 26], Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Saskatoon [begins December 22], Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver
|[[Arkefly]]|Amsterdam
|[[Avianca]]|Bogotá [seasonal]
|[[Blue Panorama Airlines]]|Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
|[[CanJet]]|Abbotsford [begins December 24], Calgary, Comox [begins December 24], Edmonton, Halifax, Kelowna, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Québec City, St. John's, Regina [begins December 19], Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria [begins December 6] 
|[[Condor Flugdienst]]|Frankfurt
|[[Copa Airlines]]|Panama City
|[[Corsairfly]]|Paris-Orly
|[[Edelweiss Air]]|Zürich
|[[Enerjet]]|Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver
|[[EuroAtlantic Airways]]|Lisbon, Porto [seasonal]
|[[Iberworld]]|Barcelona [seasonal], Madrid
|[[Jetairfly]]|Brussels, Varadero
|[[JetBlue Airways]]|Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York-JFK, Orlando, Washington-Dulles
|[[LAN Airlines]]|Santiago de Chile
|[[LAN Peru]]|Lima 
|[[Livingston Energy Flight]]|Milan-Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino, San Salvador
|[[Martinair]]|Amsterdam
|[[Monarch Airlines]]|London-Gatwick
|[[Novair]]|Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda
|[[Neos]]|Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
|[[Orbest]]|Lisbon
|[[Skyservice]]|Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, Kitchener, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg
|[[Sunwing Airlines]]|Halifax, London (ON), Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Saint John, Saskatoon, Sault Ste Marie, Toronto-Pearson, Regina, Vancouver
|[[Sunwing Airlines]] operated by [[Aeroméxico]]|Calgary, Comox, Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg
|[[Grupo TACA|TACA]] operated by [[Aviateca|Regional]] |Flores, Guatemala City
|[[Grupo TACA|TACA]]|San Salvador [begins November 15]
|[[Thomas Cook Airlines]]|Belfast-International, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)
|[[WestJet]]|Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, Moncton, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg [all seasonal]
|[[White (airline)|White]]|Lisbon
|[[XL Airways France]]|Brussels, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
}}

===Terminal 3===
Terminal 3 has 15 gates: C23-C37
[[Image:Cancun Terminal 3new.JPG|thumb|right|Cancun Airport's Terminal 3 Layout.]]
[[Image:CUNterminal3.jpg|thumb|Cancun Airport's Terminal 3]]
{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Air Berlin]]|Düsseldorf, Munich
|[[Air Europa]]|Madrid
|[[Alaska Airlines]]|Los Angeles, Seattle/Tacoma
|[[American Airlines]]|Chicago-O'Hare [seasonal], Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK
|[[Continental Airlines]]|Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark
|[[Delta Air Lines]]|Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky [seasonal], Hartford/Springfield [seasonal], Los Angeles, Nashville [seasonal], Orlando [seasonal], Raleigh/Durham [seasonal], Salt Lake City, Washington-Dulles [seasonal], Detroit, Indianapolis [seasonal], Memphis, Milwaukee [seasonal], Minneapolis/St. Paul
|[[Frontier Airlines]]|Chicago-Midway, Denver, Indianapolis [seasonal; begins December 19], Kansas City, Salt Lake City [seasonal],St. Louis [seasonal]
|[[Spirit Airlines]]|Detroit, Fort Lauderdale
|[[Sun Country Airlines]]|Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul
|[[Thomson Airways]]|Birmingham (UK), Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Newcastle
|[[United Airlines]]|Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles [seasonal], San Francisco [seasonal], Washington-Dulles
|[[US Airways]]|Boston, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix
|[[USA3000 Airlines]]|Baltimore, Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Cleveland, Columbus (OH), Detroit [seasonal; resumes November 21], Lansing (MI) [begins December 27] <ref>http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091020/NEWS03/910200313/Business-news-briefs</ref>, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh [ends December 13], St. Louis
}}

===Cargo airlines===
{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Amerijet International]]|Belize City, Ciudad del Carmen, Mérida, Miami
|[[Estafeta Carga Aérea]]|Merida, Miami
|[[FedEx Express]]|Miami
|[[Regional Cargo]]|Merida, Mexico City
}}

==Traffic statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" width= align=
|+ '''Busiest International Routes out of Cancún International Airport (2008) <ref>http://dgac.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=467</ref>'''
|-
! Rank
! City
! Passengers
|-
| 1
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York City-JFK]]
| 303,708
|-
| 2
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston-Intercontinental]]
| 269,950
|-
| 3
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas]]
| 260,831
|-
| 4
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Miami International Airport|Miami]]
| 246,856
|-
| 5
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]]
| 178,155
|-
| 6
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Ohare International Airport|Chicago-O'Hare]]
| 170,042
|-
| 7
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]]
| 158,915
|-
| 8
| [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] [[Barajas Airport|Madrid]]
| 154,321
|-
| 9
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]]
| 137,694
|-
| 10
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]]
| 134,031
|-
| 11
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Denver International Airport|Denver]]
| 120,755
|-
| 12
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Minneapolis International Airport|Minneapolis]]
| 101,800
|-
| 13
| [[Image:Flag of United States.svg|20px]] [[Detroit International Airport|Detroit]]
| 95,641
|-
| 14
| [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] [[Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Montréal-Trudeau]]
| 84,005
|-
| 15
| [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] [[Toronto Pearson Airport|Toronto-Pearson]]
| 82,090
|}

==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 on 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 September 9, 2009, hijacked [[Aeroméxico Flight 576]] landed at Mexico City International Airport from [[Cancun International Airport]].

==See also==
*[[List of the busiest airports in Mexico]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links== 
*[http://www.asur.com.mx/asur/ingles/aeropuertos/cancun/cancun.asp ASUR: Aeropuertos del Sureste (in English)]
*{{WAD|MMUN|source=[[DAFIF]]}}
*{{GCM|MMUN|source=[[DAFIF]]}}
*{{NWS-current|MMUN}}
*{{ASN|CUN}}

[[Category:Airports in Mexico|Cancún International Airport]]

[[de:Flughafen Cancún]]
[[es:Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún]]
[[id:Bandar Udara Internasional Cancún]]
[[it:Aeroporto Internazionale di Cancun]]
[[ms:Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Cancun]]
[[nl:Internationale Luchthaven van Cancún]]
[[pl:Port lotniczy Cancún]]
[[pt:Aeroporto Internacional de Cancún]]
[[ru:Канкун (аэропорт)]]