Mérida International Airport
Mérida International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Mérida | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 m / 39 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°56′13″N 089°39′28″W / 20.93694°N 89.65778°WCoordinates: 20°56′13″N 089°39′28″W / 20.93694°N 89.65778°W | ||||||||||||||
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  MID Location of the airport in Yucatán  MID MID (Mexico)  MID MID (North America) | |||||||||||||||
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Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport, formerly known as Mérida-Rejón Airport (IATA: MID, ICAO: MMMD) is an international airport located in the Mexican city of Mérida, Yucatán. It is located on the southern edge of the city and it is one of four airports in Mexico which has an Area Control Center (Centro Mérida/Mérida Center); the other ones being Mexico City International Airport, Monterrey International Airport, and Mazatlán International Airport. Mérida Center controls air traffic over the southeast part of the country, largely traffic going from Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to the United States and Canada.
It handles both domestic and international flights, and is open 24 hours a day. It can service airplanes as large as Boeing 747s and 777s, though most planes flying daily are smaller, the most common being the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.
Information
The airport was completely remodeled between 1999 and 2001. It is the second largest airport in the ASUR's (Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste) group in terms of passengers and the first in terms of cargo.
There are multiple duty-free stores, a food court, specialty stores, bank and car rental counters in the terminal. 24 hour medical services and tourist information booths are also available.
A Mexican Air Force Base −8th BAM, is located at the premises to the left of runway 10.
In 2020 it handled 1,297,308 passengers, and in 2021, 2,079,503 passengers passed through Mérida International Airport, a 60.3% increase from 2020. It became the 8th airport in the country to reach the 2 million milestone.[1]
The airport has exclusive VIP lounges for Aeroméxico Salón Premier, and the Caral VIP Lounge.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeromar | Chetumal, Cozumel, Havana |
| Aeroméxico | Mexico City |
| Aeroméxico Connect | Mexico City, Mexico City/AIFA |
| American Airlines | Miami |
| American Eagle | Seasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Magnicharters | Mexico City Seasonal: Cancún |
| MAYAir | Cancún, Villahermosa |
| Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos | Flores, Guatemala City |
| United Airlines | Houston–Intercontinental |
| VivaAerobús | Camagüey, Guadalajara, Havana, León/El Bajío (begins December 18, 2022),[2] Mexico City, Monterrey, Querétaro (begins December 16, 2022),[2] Toluca/Mexico City, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa |
| Volaris | Guadalajara, León/El Bajío (resumes November 18, 2022), Mexico City, Mexico City/AIFA, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Tijuana |
| WestJet | Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson |
Cargo
Statistics
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Mexico City, Mexico City
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704,993 | 
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Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 2 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey
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95,444 |
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VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 3 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara
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77,850 |
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VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 4 |  Veracruz, Veracruz
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25,744 |
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VivaAerobús |
| 5 |  Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
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17,931 |
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VivaAerobús |
| 6 |  Tabasco, Villahermosa
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12,420 |  2
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MAYAir, VivaAerobus |
| 7 |  Baja California, Tijuana
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7,606 |  1
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Volaris |
| 8 |  Quintana Roo, Cancún
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6,687 | 1
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Magni, MAYAir |
| 9 |  Oaxaca, Oaxaca
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5,698 | 2
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Volaris |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  United States, Houston
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49,640 |
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United Airlines |
| 2 | United States, Miami
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24,936 |
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American Eagle |
| 3 | United States, Dallas
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920 | American Eagle | |
| 4 |  Cuba, Havana
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404 | 1
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VivaAerobús |
| 5 |  Canada, Toronto
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269 | 1
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WestJet |
Accidents and incidents
- On 9 April 1958, a Vickers Viscount of Cubana de Aviación was hijacked en route from José Martí International Airport, Havana, to Santa Clara Airport. The aircraft landed at Mérida-Rejón Airport, Mexico, where the hijack ended.[4]
See also
Busiest airports in Mexico
References
- ^ "ASUR announces the total traffic for December 2021" (PDF) (in Spanish). ASUR. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Viva Aerobus inaugurates new operating base in Mérida". EnElAire (in Spanish). August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 September 2009.