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Benito Juarez International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México Benito Juárez
File:Aicm.jpg
Mexico City International Airport as seen from a satellite before the construction of Terminal 2.
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGrupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México
OperatorAeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
ServesMexico City, Mexico
LocationVenustiano Carranza, D.F.
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL7,316 ft / 2,230 m
Websitewww.aicm.com.mx
Map
MEX is located in Mexico City
MEX
MEX
Location within Mexico City
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05R/23L 3,900 12,795 Asphalt
05L/23R 3,952 12,966 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft movements350,032 Increase 2.98%
Passengers26,368,861 Increase 9.28%
Cargo tonnage411,455.59 Increase 4.68%
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Statistics: Airport website, [3]

Benito Juárez International Airport (Template:Lang-es), (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) in Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. It is Mexico's busiest airport by both passenger traffic and aircraft movements and is the Latin America's second busiest airport by passenger traffic after Guarulhos Airport in São Paulo, Brazil and the busiest airport by aircraft movements. Although Juárez was not its official name for several decades, it was formally named after the 19th century president Benito Juárez in 2006, and is Mexico's main domestic gateway. The airport is owned by Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México and operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, the government-owned corporation, who also operates 21 others airports through Mexico. In recent years Toluca Airport has become an alternate airport.

This hot and high airport is served by 30 domestic and international airlines and offers direct flights to more than 100 destinations worldwide.It provides non-stop services from Mexico City to North America, Central America and Caribbean, South America, Europe and Asia (Aeroméxico is the only airline that flies to Asia from Mexico City). In 2011, the airport served 26,368,861 passengers a 9.28% increase compared to 2010. For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2012, the airport handled 28,560,490 passengers. In optimal conditions, and with the recent renovations and expansion projects completed, the Benito Juárez airport will be able to handle up to 32 million passengers per year.[4] As the main hub for Mexico's largest airline Aeroméxico and a secondary hub for its subsidiary Aeroméxico Connect, the airport has become a SkyTeam hub. It is also a hub for Aeromar, Interjet and a focus city for VivaAerobus and Volaris.

Location

The airport is 5 km (3.1 mi). east from central Mexico City and is surrounded by the built-up areas of Gustavo A. Madero to the north and Venustiano Carranza to the west, south and east. As the airport is east Mexico City and its runways run southwest-northeast, and airliner's landing approach is usually directly over Mexico City. Therefore, there is an important overflying problem.

History

The airport first opened as Balbuena Military Airport with five runways. The first landing was on November 5, 1928 and regular service started a year later, but was officially inaugurated on May 15, 1931. Its first international route was to Los Angeles International Airport operated by Mexicana. President Miguel Alemán opened the terminal in 1952, thus becoming a commercial airport. In the 1970s, president Luis Echeverría closed three runways and gave that land to poor people in order to build their homes, leaving just two parallel runways. In 1980, the terminal was expanded to double its capacity, using a single large terminal rather than multiple terminals as in other airports. Ten years later in 1990, the mixed domestic/international gates were separated to increase the terminal's functionality, along with the separation of domestic and international check-in halls.

In 2001, the east wing of the terminal (H-gates) was opened as a final call waiting area, mainly used by SkyTeam members. Because of the increasing traffic, president Vicente Fox announced the construction of a new, larger airport on 5,000 ha (12,000 acres) in the municipalities of Texcoco and San Salvador Atenco, but when local violent protests aroused, the new airport was cancelled. Instead, he launched a program called Expansion of Mexico City Airport to its Maximum Capacity in 2002 to increase the airport's capacity. The whole terminal was expanded and upgraded with new check-in halls, 13 more baggage claim belts, the construction of Departures and Arrivals floors, construction of several new taxiways and a whole new terminal opposite of the original, thus breaking the single terminal concept. The project was started with an initial investment of $200,000,000 MXP. Nevertheless, its final cost was $800,000,000 MXP. The original quasi-Terminal 2, which only housed Aeromar's operations in and out the airport was demolished, and the new Terminal 2 was built in less than two years.

On November 15, 2007, Terminal 2 was opened, increasing the airport's capacity. All SkyTeam members moved their operations to the new terminal, except Air France and KLM. It was officially inaugurated on March 2008, once the new road accesses and taxiways were finished. Terminal 2 increased the airport's contact positions by 40%, and the operational capacity by 15%.

Lack of capacity and slot restriction

The airport as seen from an aircraft (2011).

The airport has suffered from a lack of capacity due to restrictions for expansion, since it is located in a densely-populated area. Some analysts have reported that if the airport had grown at the same speed as demand, it would now serve over 40 million passengers annually. The main issue with the airport is the limitation that its two runways provide, since they are used at 97.3% of their maximum capacity, leaving a very short room for new operations into the airport. Only government, military, commercial and specially authorized aircraft are allowed to land at the airport. Private aircraft must use alternate airports, such as Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos International Airport in Toluca, General Mariano Matamoros Airport in Cuernavaca or Hermanos Serdán International Airport in Puebla. Even with the inauguration of the new Terminal 2, the airport would be ideally designed to serve around 18 million passengers per year, according to the international standards for runway and terminal usage. Instead, the airport will keep increasing the number of passengers from around 26 million passengers in 2008 at a rate of 16% per year.

The Mexican Government laid the groundwork for a new airport to be built on the outskirts of Mexico City. After decades of planning a $2.3 billion dollar airport, peasant farmers who owned the property where the airport was proposed, took several hostages into their hands, refusing to give up their land at any cost.[citation needed]

Terminals and facilities

Terminal Layout before T2
Terminal layout after T2 was built
External façade of Terminal 2.
Terminal 2 - Departures waiting area.

Terminals

Mexico City International Airport has two passenger terminals. Terminal 1 is separated from the other by the runways.

Terminal 1

  • Opened in 1958; expanded in 1970, 1989, 1998, 2000 and 2004
  • Overall terminal surface: 548,000 m2 (5,900,000 sq ft)
  • Contact positions: 33
  • Remote positions: 17 (34 Before New T2 was built)
  • Number of jetways: 33
  • Number of airside halls: 10 (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J)
  • Number of landside (check-in) halls: 9 (A1, A2, B, C, D, D1, F1, F2, F3)
  • Number of mobile-lounges: 11 (A7-A, A7-B, A7-C, A9-A, A9-B, A9-C, A9-D, A9-E, F19-A, F19-C, F19-D)
  • Hotel service:
    • 600 rooms Camino Real
    • 288 rooms Courtyard
    • 327 rooms Fiesta Americana by Fiesta Inn (Located across from Terminal 1)
    • 110 rooms Hilton
  • Parking service: 3,100 vehicles (Domestic), 2,400 vehicles (International)
  • Space per passenger in T1: 17 m2 (180 sq ft)
  • Number of baggage claiming carousels: 22
  • Premium Lounges in T1:

Terminal 1 is currently the largest airport terminal in the Americas and the fourth largest in the world.

Terminal 2

  • Opened in 2007
  • Overall terminal surface: 242,000 m2 (2,600,000 sq ft)
  • Contact positions: 23
  • Remote positions: 18 (Aeromar and Aeroméxico Connect)
  • Number of jetways: 23
  • Number of airside halls: 2 (Domestic, International)
  • Number of landside (check-in) halls: 3 (L1, L2, L3)
  • Hotel service:
    • 287 rooms NH
  • Parking service: 3,000 vehicles
  • Space per passenger in T2: 22 m2 (240 sq ft)
  • Number of baggage claiming carousels: 15
  • Premium Lounges in T2:
    • Club Diamante (Aeromar)
    • Salón Premier (Aeroméxico)
    • Salón Premier Internacional T2 (Aeroméxico)
    • Riedel Wine Room (Aeroméxico)
    • Travel Pass Elite Lounge (Banamex/Citibank)
    • Centurion American Express Lounge (American Express)
  • Platform surface: 426,000 m2 (4,590,000 sq ft)
  • Inter-terminal Aerotrén capacity: 7,800 daily passengers

Terminal 2 is now housing all Aeroméxico flights out of the airport, becoming the airline's main distribution center. Although the terminal was intended to be served by all-SkyTeam member airlines, Air France and KLM decided to remain at Terminal 1.

Other facilities

Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, a government-owned corporation that operates airports in Mexico, has its headquarters on the airport property.[5] The Aeromar headquarters are located in Hangar 7 in Zone D of the General Aviation Terminal of the airport.[6][7] Aviacsa has its headquarters in Hangar 1 in Zone C.[8]

Airlines and destinations

In terms of international passengers MEX is the third-busiest airport in Latin America (behind only São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport and Cancún International Airport).

AeroMéxico/AeroMéxico Connect operates the most departures from the airport followed by Interjet, Volaris, and VivaAerobus. AeroMéxico also operates to the most destinations followed by Interjet. Iberia and Air France operate the most trans-Atlantic flights (28 flights per week) with nonstop service to Madrid and Paris. From March 2013, Lufthansa will serve 2 destinations in Germany. AeroMéxico operates 2 trans-Pacific destinations in China and Japan. As a foreing airline, United Airlines serves the most destinations in USA (7). Air Canada serves the most destinations in Canada (2), while AeroMéxico serves the most destinations to Central and South America (11).


Terminal 2 Hall L2 in the foreground, Hall L1 in the far background.
Terminal 2 Hall L3 Entrance.
Terminal 2 Hall L3 Check-in Counters.
Terminal 2 - AeroMéxico aircraft parked at North Concourse.
AeroMéxico Boeing 777-200ER landing from Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
An Aeromexico Connect Embraer ERJ-145 landing. Connect operates the most destinations from the airport (50).
Viva Aerobus links the airport with 16 destinations within Mexico.
A Volaris A319 parked at Terminal 1 on a rainy day.
AirlinesDestinationsTerminal/
Concourse
AeromarAcapulco, Aguascalientes, Ciudad Victoria, Colima, Durango, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Lázaro Cárdenas, Manzanillo, Matamoros, Morelia, Piedras Negras, Poza Rica, Puerto Escondido, Reynosa, Saltillo, San Luis Potosí, Tepic, Veracruz [resumes September 3, 2012], Xalapa
Seasonal: Huatulco [resumes November 1, 2012], San Antonio
2Note 1
AeroméxicoBogotá, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cancún, Caracas, Chicago-O'Hare, Fresno, Guadalajara, Havana, Las Vegas, Lima, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Monterrey, Montréal-Trudeau, New York-JFK, Orlando, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, San Francisco, San José de Costa Rica, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Shanghai-Pudong, Tijuana, Tokyo-Narita, Washington-Dulles
Seasonal: Denver, Guatemala City, Houston-Intercontinental, San Antonio
2 North
AeroméxicoCancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mérida, Mexicali, Monterrey, Oaxaca, San José del Cabo, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Villahermosa
Seasonal: Acapulco, Ciudad del Carmen, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta, Reynosa, Torreón/Gómez Palacio, Veracruz
2 South
Aeroméxico ConnectAtlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth [begins November 5, 2012], Guatemala City, Houston-Intercontinental, Mérida, Miami, San Antonio, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador 2 North
Aeroméxico ConnectAcapulco, Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chetumal, Chihuahua, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Obregón, Colima, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, La Paz, León/El Bajío, Los Mochis, Manzanillo, Matamoros, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexicali, Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos, Monterrey, Morelia, Nuevo Laredo, Oaxaca, Poza Rica, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro [begins September 3, 2012], Reynosa, Saltillo [begins September 10, 2012], San José del Cabo, San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Tapachula, Tijuana, Torreón/Gómez Palacio, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa, Zacatecas
Seasonal: Ciudad Juárez
2 South
Air CanadaToronto-Pearson, Vancouver1F
Air FranceParis-Charles de Gaulle1F
AirTran Airways
operated by Southwest Airlines
Orange County, San Antonio1F
Alaska AirlinesLos Angeles, Seattle/Tacoma1F
American AirlinesChicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami1F
AviancaBogotá1F
British AirwaysLondon-Heathrow1F
Copa AirlinesPanama City2 North
Copa Airlines ColombiaBogotá2 North
Cubana de AviaciónHavana1F
Delta Air LinesAtlanta, Detroit, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City [ends September 4, 2012]2 North
IberiaMadrid1F
InterjetAcapulco, Cancún, Chetumal, Chihuahua, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Cozumel, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mérida, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo, Tampico, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa1B
InterjetGuatemala City, Havana, Miami, New York-JFK, San Antonio, San José de Costa Rica1F
KLMAmsterdam1F
LAN AirlinesSantiago de Chile2 North
LAN PerúLima2 North
LufthansaFrankfurt, Munich [begins March 31, 2013]1F
MagnichartersCancún, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mérida, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo1D
TACA AirlinesSan Salvador1F
TACA Airlines
operated by Lacsa
Guatemala City, San José de Costa Rica1F
TACA PerúLima1F
TAM AirlinesSão Paulo-Guarulhos1F
United AirlinesChicago-O'Hare, Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles
Seasonal: Denver
1F
United Express
operated by ExpressJet Airlines
Houston-Intercontinental1F
US AirwaysCharlotte, Phoenix1F
VivaAerobusCampeche, Cancún, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Huatulco, Mazatlán, Mérida, Monterrey, Puerto Escondido, Reynosa, Tampico, Torreón/Gómez Palacio, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Villahermosa
Seasonal: Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo
1D
VolarisCancún, Chihuahua, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Mexicali, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo, Tijuana1D
VolarisChicago-Midway, Denver [begins December 8, 2012][9], Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Diego
Seasonal: Oakland
1F

Notes
  • ^1 Aeromar has remote positions, just north of Terminal 2.

Other services.

In addition to the scheduled airlines above, Mexico City airport is used by some further airlines for chartered flights including:

Domestic destinations map

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Cargo airlines

Individuals aircraft spotting from a spot adjacent the taxiways.

As of July 2012, Mexico City airport is served by 18 cargo airlines flying directly to Europe, Central, North and South America. Over 411,000 metric tonnes pass through the airport in 2011, making it the third busiest by cargo traffic in Latin America, after El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá and Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo. Most passenger airlines, such as AeroMéxico and KLM use the airport to carry hold cargo on passenger flights, though most cargo is transported by all-cargo airlines. The following airlines operate the following scheduled destinations.

AirlinesDestinations
ABX AirGuadalajara, Los Angeles
Aeroméxico Cargo see Aeroméxico destinations
AeroUnion Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Guadalajara, Los Angeles, Monterrey
Air Cargo GermanyDallas/Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Frankfurt-Hahn, Toronto-Pearson
Air France CargoAtlanta, Guadalajara, Houston-Intercontinental, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Zaragoza
Amerijet International Miami
Atlas AirHuntsville
CargoluxAtlanta, Guadalajara, Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Miami, New York-JFK
Centurion Air CargoBangor, Miami
DHL de GuatemalaGuatemala City
Estafeta Air CargoMérida, San Luis Potosí, Villahermosa
Florida West International AirwaysBogotá, Miami
Lufthansa CargoAtlanta, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Frankfurt, New York-JFK
MasAir Bogotá, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campinas-Viracopos, Caracas, Guadalajara, Guayaquil, Lima, Los Angeles, Manaus, Medellín-Córdova, Mérida, Miami, Quito, Santiago de Chile
Tampa Cargo Bogotá
UPS Airlines Louisville
Volaris Cargo see Volaris destinations

Airlines providing on-demand cargo services

Traffic statistics

Cargo [metric tons]
Year Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2012
[Jan.-July]
47,466.85 Decrease 0.74 182,538.75 Decrease 2.51 230,005.60 Decrease 2.15
2011 81,953.37 Decrease 3.41 329,502.22 Increase 6.90 411,455.59 Increase 4.68
2010 84,846.88 Increase 1.01 308,228.99 Increase 29.98 393,075.87 Increase 22.40
2009 83,999.43 Decrease 13.47 237,134.01 Decrease 15.01 321,133.44 Decrease 14.61
2008 97,070.08 - 279,025.63 - 376,095.71 -

Operations

In 2011, Benito Juárez was the busiest airport in Latin America by aircraft movements with 15% more operations than El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá and 29.4% more than Guarulhos Airport in São Paulo. For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2012, the airport had 368,267 aircraft operations, an average of 1,008 operations per day.

Busiest international routes [YE June 2012][11]
Rank
Airport
Passengers
Rank change
% change
YoY
Carriers
1  United States, Los Angeles 785,048 Steady Increase 16.4 Aeroméxico, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Volaris
2  United States, Miami 682,914 Increase 1 Increase 20.2 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, American Airlines, Interjet
3  United States, Houston-Intercontinental 619,102 Decrease 1 Decrease 7.5 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, ExpressJet Airlines, United Airlines
4  United States, New York-JFK, Newark Note 2 581,534 Steady Increase 4.9 Aeroméxico, Delta Air Lines, Interjet, United Airlines
5  Spain, Madrid 496,055 Steady Increase 5.3 Aeroméxico, Iberia
6  France, Paris-Charles de Gaulle 425,482 Steady Increase 6.7 Aeroméxico, Air France
7  United States, Chicago-Midway, Chicago-O'Hare Note 3 382,076 Increase 2 Increase 22.2 Aeroméxico, American Airlines, United Airlines, Volaris
8  Colombia, Bogotá 374,886 Steady Increase 18.4 Aeroméxico, Avianca, Copa Airlines Colombia
9  United States, Dallas-Fort Worth 355,341 Decrease 2 Decrease 4.9 American Airlines
10  United States, Atlanta 305,305 Steady Increase 4.4 Aeroméxico Connect, Delta Air Lines
11  Panama, Panama City 285,040 Steady Increase 13.8 Copa Airlines
12  Peru, Lima 276,998 Steady Increase 14.2 Aeroméxico, LAN Perú, TACA Perú
13  Brazil, São Paulo-Guarulhos 268,833 Increase 2 Increase 39.6 Aeroméxico, TAM Airlines
14  United States, Las Vegas 251,568 Increase 7 Increase 78.2 Aeroméxico, Volaris
15  Guatemala, Guatemala City 220,073 Increase 10 Increase 113.9 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Lacsa
16  United States, San Antonio 216,092 Increase 8 Increase 104.1 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, AirTran Airways, Interjet
17  Germany, Frankfurt 214,971 Decrease 4 Increase 1.0 Lufthansa
18  United States, San Francisco 214,851 Decrease 4 Increase 7.5 Aeroméxico, United Airlines
19  Cuba, Havana 214,549 Increase 1 Increase 45.8 Aeroméxico, Cubana de Aviación, Interjet
20  Chile, Santiago de Chile 198,975 Increase 2 Increase 20.4 Aeroméxico, LAN Airlines
21  Netherlands, Amsterdam 186,667 Decrease 5 Increase 1.9 KLM
22  Argentina, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza 177,274 Steady Increase 38.1 Aeroméxico
23  Costa Rica, San José 162,147 Decrease 6 Decrease 8.7 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Lacsa
24  United States, Phoenix 161,018 Decrease 5 Increase 0.22 US Airways
25  Canada, Toronto-Pearson 125,634 Decrease 2 Increase 9.2 Air Canada

Notes
  • ^2 Official statistics include JFK and Newark airports.
  • ^3 Official statistics include Midway and O'Hare airports.

Busiest domestic routes [YE June 2012]
Rank
Airport
Passengers
Rank change
% Change YoY
Carriers
1  Quintana Roo, Cancún 2,757,655 Steady Increase 38.4 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2  Nuevo León, Monterrey 2,268,552 Steady Increase 16.5 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3  Jalisco, Guadalajara 1,920,605 Steady Increase 17.4 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
4  Baja California, Tijuana 1,006,237 Steady Increase 18.7 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris
5  Yucatán, Mérida 998,410 Steady Increase 21.7 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus
6  Tabasco, Villahermosa 691,165 Increase 1 Increase 17.2 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus
7  Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 689,062 Decrease 1 Increase 4.0 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus
8  Sonora, Hermosillo 581,579 Increase 1 Increase 29.8 Aeroméxico, Interjet, Volaris
9  Chihuahua, Chihuahua 502,923 Increase 1 Increase 24.8 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris
10  Veracruz, Veracruz 464,422 Decrease 2 Increase 0.29 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet
11  Sinaloa, Culiacán 429,862 Increase 1 Increase23.8 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris
12  Tamaulipas, Tampico 429,829 Increase 1 Increase 23.8 Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus
13  Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta 420,919 Decrease 2 Increase 13.0 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus
14  Baja California Sur, Los Cabos 417,330 Steady Increase 20.8 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
15  Oaxaca, Bahías de Huatulco 398,720 Steady Increase 23.9 Aeromar, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus
16  Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez 380,812 Increase 1 Increase 23.1 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus
17  Oaxaca, Oaxaca 313,908 Increase 1 Increase 17.5 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet
18  Guerrero, Acapulco 303,850 Decrease 2 Decrease 2.8 Aeromar, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet
19  Coahuila, Torreón/Gómez Palacio 283,077 Steady Increase 19.7 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus
20  Baja California, Mexicali 249,969 Increase 3 Increase 23.7 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris
21  Campeche, Ciudad del Carmen 245,352 Increase 1 Increase 12.5 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet
22  Guanajuato, León/El Bajío 236,348 Decrease 1 Increase 7.6 Aeroméxico Connect
23  Guerrero, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo 214,543 Decrease 3 Decrease 4.3 Aeromar, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni
24  Sinaloa, Mazatlan 211,211 Steady Increase 18.1 Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus
25  Baja California Sur, La Paz 206,417 Steady Increase 26.8 Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris

Inter-terminal transportation

Mexico City airport inter-terminal transit with Terminal 2 in background.

Terminal 1 is connected to Terminal 2 by the Aerotrén monorail system in which only connecting passengers with hand baggage are allowed to use with their boarding pass. Technical and cabin crew can also use it. Normal operation hours are from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm, every day of the year, and the first run always begins from T2 to T1; the last run of the day is to T2. The distance between the terminals is 3 km (1.9 mi). and the Airtrain's speed is 45 km/h (28 mph). The Airtrain journey, once the doors are fully closed therefore takes approximately 4 minutes and 40 seconds between stations in both directions. Also, if you arrive as a train is leaving the maximum waiting period for the next train is 11 minutes. Also there is a land service between terminals called "inter-terminal transportation". These buses are located at entrance no. 6 of Terminal 1 and entrance no. 4 of Terminal 2.

Airport lounges

  • Terminal 1 (Salón Premier Internacional [AeroMéxico], American Airlines Admiral's Club, American Express Lounge, United Club [United Airlines].)
  • Terminal 2 (Club Diamante [Aeromar], Salón Premier, Salón Premier Internacional and Riedel Wine Room [AeroMéxico], Travel Pass Elite Lounge [Banamex/CitiBank] and Centurion American Express Lounge.)

Ground transportation

Metro and bus services

Terminal 1 is served by the Terminal Aérea Metro station, which belongs to Line 5 of the subway, running from Pantitlán station to Politécnico station. It is located just outside the national terminal. Also, trolley bus line G runs from the bus stop next to the Metro to Boulevard Puerto Aéreo station 1.7 km (1.1 mi) away, allowing transfer to Metro Line 1 (one can also take line 5 to Pantitlán and change to line 1, which is a geographical detour). Terminal 2 does not have any Metro station, but is a 700 m (2,300 ft) walk from Pantitlán served by Metro lines 1, 5, 9, A and numerous local buses.

Terminals 1 and 2 have two land terminals operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Different bus lines operate from here [1], and provide continuous transportation services to the main cities located around Mexico City, such as Córdoba, Cuernavaca, Pachuca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala and Toluca. The Terminal 1 land terminal is located in front of the international area vehicular ramp and its facilities include various services for the comfort of the passengers. Among others, it offers VIP lounges, internet, resting, reading and meeting halls. The Terminal 2 land terminal is located at gate D, between entrance 4 and the national arrival passenger exit, and its facilities include resting halls and a fast food area.

Metrobús

In late 2010, Head of Government of the Federal District Marcelo Ebrard announced a plan to build a new Metrobús Line 4 that would run from near Buenavista Station in the west of the city towards Mexico City airport. Construction on Line 4 started on July 4, 2011. The plans for Line 4 include a two step construction process with the first 28 km (17 mi) operational segment to be built between Buenavista and Metro San Lázaro. A later extension would provide travel between San Lázaro and the Airport. The line opened on April 1, 2012.

Service Destinations [departing from the airport] Operator
Metro San Lázaro, TAPO bus station, Historic Centre, Metro Buenavista, Buenavista Station Metrobus, a government-owned corporation.

Authorized taxis

Taxis are in operation in Terminals 1 and 2 and there are two models of service: Ordinary service in a sedan type vehicle for 4 passengers. Executive service in 8 passengers vans. At present there are 5 taxi groups in operation. These are the only taxis authorized by the Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) of the Federal Government. The Terminal 1 taxi boarding areas are located at entrances 1 and 10; and in Terminal 2, boarding areas are located at entrances 3 and 4. Taxi rates are registered under the SCT and include passenger insurance, civil liability and medical expenses for all occupants. To receive the taxi service you must purchase the corresponding ticket previously at the authorized sale points located within the airport.

Parking

T1 National parking lot is located on Av. Capitán Carlos León in front of entrances 1 and 2 of the terminal building, in the national arrivals zone. It has the capacity of 1,971 vehicles which are permanently monitored by a modern security and surveillance system, by way of closed circuit TV cameras. T1 International parking lot is located on Av. Capitán Carlos León in front of the international area of the terminal building, on one side of the long-distance bus terminal. It has a capacity of 2,106 vehicles. An additional parking option for Terminal 1 airport users is Parking Lot 06, located on Sonora street in front of the taxi rank. Because of its location, it is a useful alternative for those visiting the airport customs, loading area, customs agencies and some airline offices. The new AICM Terminal 2 parking lot is located on one side of the Terminal's great central patio. It has the capacity of 2,437 vehicles.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 10 April 1968, Douglas R4D-3 XA-GEV of Aerovías Rojas crashed on approach, killing all eighteen people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight, which was the airline's inaugural flight from Aguascalientes International Airport to Mexico City.[12]
  • On October 31, 1979, Western Airlines Flight 2605 crash-landed. The crew of the DC-10 had landed on the wrong runway and the jetliner hit construction vehicles that were on the closed runway. There were 78 fatalities (including one on the ground) and 14 survivors.
  • An Aero California DC-9-15 overran in 2006, during an intense storm at the airport. There were no victims, but the aircraft was scrapped. However, a woman died later due to a heart attack.[citation needed]
  • On September 9, 2009, hijacked Aeroméxico Flight 576 landed at Mexico City International Airport from Cancun International Airport.
  • On September 13, 2009, Lufthansa Cargo McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 D-ALCO was damaged in a heavy landing. Post landing inspection revealed that there were wrinkles in the fuselage skin and the nose gear was bent.[13] According to a Lufthansa spokesman, the aircraft will be repaired and returned into full service.[14]
  • On June 25, 2012, two federal police officers who were stationed at the airport opened fire at colleagues who were surrounding them and were about to arrest them after an investigation showed they were involved in drug trafficking offenses. Two federal police officers were killed at the scene and a third officers died later at a local hospital. The suspects were able to flee the scene, but their identities are known. Operations at the airport were not affected.[15]

See also

References

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