Cancún International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de CancÃÆ'ºn ) (IATA: CUN , ICAO : MMUN ) is located in CancÃÆ'ºn, Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean coast of the YucatÃÆ'¡n Mexico Peninsula. It is the second busiest airport in Mexico, after Mexico City International Airport, but the largest for international passengers. In 2017, CancÃÆ'ºn Airport handles 23,601,509 passengers, an increase of 10.21% compared to 2016.
It has two parallel operating platforms that can be used simultaneously. The airport was officially opened in 1974. The airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR). It is the city of focus for AeromÃÆ' Â © xico, Interjet, VivaAerobus and Volaris, and currently offers flights to more than 20 destinations in Mexico and to more than 30 countries in North America, Central, South America and Europe.
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Expansion
The airport has grown as it has become the busiest entry point by air to the country. In 2005, ASUR invested US $ 150 million for the construction of Terminal 3, inaugurated in 2007, and a new runway and new control tower was opened in October 2009. A new length of 2,800 meters, a 45 meter runway built to the north of the present ; the new control tower is the highest in Latin America with a height of 97 meters.
Terminal 2 was recently expanded in 2014. An expansion of 76,000m 2 in Terminal 3 was simultaneously done, adding six gates and commercial areas, and officially opened in March 2016. The expansion contributed to the increase annual capacity up to 10 million out of 6 million available. Terminal 4 opened in late October 2017, much to the delight of local politicians.
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Terminal
The airport has four terminals, all of which are currently in use.
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 has 7 gates: 1-7A. After suffering damage by Hurricane Wilma, it temporarily closed for renovations to accommodate the charter flights operating to the airport. It reopened in November 2013 for charter flights; which only serves one airline, Magni.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 has 22 gates: A1-A11 (in the satellite building) and B12-B22 (in the main building). Most domestic airlines depart from here, along with all international flights to Central and South America and some long haul flights to Europe. There are banks and food outlets in the check-in area, along with several restaurants and shops in the boarding and immigration/customs areas.
Terminal 3
Terminal 3 has 21 gates: C4-C24. It has recently been expanded. Most US carriers and some Canadian and European airlines use this terminal. It offers shops (including duty free), cafes and restaurants, as well as immigration/customs services.
Terminal 4
Terminal 4 has 12 gates and opened in October 2017. The terminal is capable of handling 9 million passengers per year. Airlines flying to terminal 4 include Aeromà © à © xico, Interjet, Air France, Lufthansa, Air Transat, WestJet, Condor, Southwest Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Air Europa, Frontier Airlines and Sun Country Airlines. An on-site hotel is also planned to be opened around the same time frame as well as the parking structure. The addition of terminal 4 makes Cancun International the first airport in Mexico to have four terminals.
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Accidents and incidents
- On March 15, 1984, Aerocozumel 261 Flight Flight fell after takeoff. No one died in an accident but, one of the passengers died of a heart attack while moving through the swamp.
- On September 9, 2009, the AeromÃÆ' Â © xico Flight 576 plane landed at Mexico City International Airport from Cancun International Airport.
- On January 19, 2010, an Airbane Mexicana A318, MX-368 flight from Cancun to Mexico City, with 45 passengers crashing on take-off. Both the outboard core engine of the ship and the left wing are separated, hitting the fuselage and the semi-left wing leaving the residue on the runway; a few minutes later, Click Mexicana Boeing 717, QA-7323 flight from Havana to Cancun having two tires on landing; in both incidents no injured victims or passengers were reported.
Accolades
- 2011 - Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean from Airport Quality Airport's Best Quality Award and 2nd Best Airport by Size in 5 to 15 million categories passenger.
See also
- List of busiest airports in Mexico
- List of busiest airports in Latin America
References
External links
Media linked to Cancun Airport on Wikimedia Commons
- Cancun Airport (ASUR: Aeropuertos del Sureste) (in English)
- Airport information for MMUN at World Aero Data. Current data as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for the MMUN on the Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for MMUN in NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for CUN on the Aviation Safety Network
- Cancun airport travel data at Airportsdata.net (in English)
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