Cancún International Airport (Cancún International Airport)
Cancun International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún) is located in Cancún, Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. It is Latin America's third and Mexico's second busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport. In 2021, Cancún airport handled 22,318,467 passengers, and 30,342,961 passengers in 2022 according to Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste.
The airport has two parallel operative runways that can be used simultaneously. Officially opened in 1974, the airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR). It is a hub for MAYAir and a focus city for VivaAerobus and Volaris. It currently offers flights to over 20 destinations in Mexico and to over 30 countries in North, Central, and South America and Europe.
The airport has been expanding as it has become the second busiest point of entry by air to the country, after Mexico City International Airport. In 2005, ASUR invested US$150million to construct Terminal 3, inaugurated in 2007, and a new runway and a new control tower opened in October 2009. The new 2,800 m, 45 m runway was built to the north of the current one; the new control tower is the tallest in Latin America, standing 97 m tall.
Terminal 2 was expanded in 2014. A 76,000 m2 expansion in Terminal 3 was simultaneously carried out, adding six gates and commercial areas, and it was formally opened in March 2016. The expansion was planned to contribute to increasing annual capacity to 10million from the existing 6million. Terminal 4 was opened at the end of October 2017, much to the excitement of local politicians and vacationers who were growing impatient with an overcrowded airport.
The airport has two parallel operative runways that can be used simultaneously. Officially opened in 1974, the airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR). It is a hub for MAYAir and a focus city for VivaAerobus and Volaris. It currently offers flights to over 20 destinations in Mexico and to over 30 countries in North, Central, and South America and Europe.
The airport has been expanding as it has become the second busiest point of entry by air to the country, after Mexico City International Airport. In 2005, ASUR invested US$150million to construct Terminal 3, inaugurated in 2007, and a new runway and a new control tower opened in October 2009. The new 2,800 m, 45 m runway was built to the north of the current one; the new control tower is the tallest in Latin America, standing 97 m tall.
Terminal 2 was expanded in 2014. A 76,000 m2 expansion in Terminal 3 was simultaneously carried out, adding six gates and commercial areas, and it was formally opened in March 2016. The expansion was planned to contribute to increasing annual capacity to 10million from the existing 6million. Terminal 4 was opened at the end of October 2017, much to the excitement of local politicians and vacationers who were growing impatient with an overcrowded airport.
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Map - Cancún International Airport (Cancún International Airport)
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