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Mexico City International Airport
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IATA: MEX - ICAO: MMMX
Summary

<tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Mexico City</td></tr>

Elevation AMSL 7,342 ft (2,238 m)
Coordinates 19°26′11″N, 99°04′20″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05R/23L 12,795 3,900 Paved
05L/23R 12,966 3,952 Paved

The Mexico City International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México) sometimes called Benito Juárez International Airport (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. Although it has no official name, it is colloquially named after the 19th century statesman Benito Juárez and is Mexico's main international and domestic gateway. This airport offers direct flights to more than 300 destinations worldwide.

Juárez International is Mexico's and Latin America's busiest airport, and is one of the 30 most important airports worldwide in terms of passengers, operations, and cargo.

Plans to build a second, auxiliary airport in either Texcoco (State of Mexico) or Tizayuca (Hidalgo) were floated by the government in 2001–02, but these were later shelved due to resistance from local farmers dissatisfied with the price offered for their land. Because of this, the AICM (Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México) is undergoing major construction work, including new concourses in the Terminal 1 and 1-E, and a new terminal, the Terminal 2 (T2), this to handle up to 16 million passengers more per year, up from 32 million currently. With the opening of T2 it will be the first Latin American airport to be capable of handling the Airbus A380.

On November 28, 2004, The Arizona Republic, a right-wing U.S. newspaper, published an article saying that it was remarkable that, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Benito Juárez International Airport kept its plane spotting area open to the public, whereas a large number of airports worldwide had decided to close theirs. The Republic estimated that about 300 viewers and 100 model airplane and food sellers are attracted to the area every day. The airport's director told the newspaper that they had decided to leave the area open because it offered a free alternative for low-income families to spend the day.

Contents

[edit] Terminals and Airlines

[edit] Terminal 1

[edit] Domestic Hall

  • Hall A
    • Aero California (Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Colima, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Monterrey, Tampico, Tepic, Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz)
    • Aeroméxico (Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, La Paz, León, Los Cabos, Matamoros, Mazatlán, Mérida, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Reynosa, Tijuana, Torreón, Villahermosa)
      • Aerolitoral (Campeche, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Obregón, Durango, La Paz, Los Mochis, Oaxaca, Torreón, Veracruz)
  • Hall B
    • Mexicana (Acapulco, Cancún, Colima, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, León, Los Cabos, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexicali, Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Tampico, Tijuana, Veracruz, Villahermosa, Zacatecas)
      • Click Mexicana (Cancún, Chetumal, Ciudad del Carmen, Cozumel, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Guadalajara, Mérida, Nuevo Laredo, Puerto Escondido, Saltillo, San Luis Potosí, Torreón, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Villahermosa)
  • Hall C
    • Aviacsa (Acapulco, Cancún, Chetumal, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, León, Mérida, Mexicali, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Tampico, Tapachula, Tepic, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa)
  • Hall D1
    • Aeromar (Campeche, Ciudad Victoria, Colima, Guadalajara, Lázaro Cárdenas, Manzanillo, Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos, Monterrey, Morelia, Poza Rica, Puebla, Queretaro, Reynosa, San Luis Potosí, Tepic, Xalapa, Zacatecas)
    • Líneas Aéreas Azteca (Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Zacatecas)
  • Hall D2
    • Magnicharters (Cancún, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Los Cabos, Manzanillo, Mérida, Puerto Vallarta)

[edit] International Hall

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[edit] Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is still under construction. When opened, it will house the international destinations of Aeroméxico and its SkyTeam partners

[edit] Metro and Bus Service

The airport is served by the Terminal Aérea Metro station, located just outside the national terminal; it also has a Bus Terminal, which is served by various bus lines [1] with routes to Cuernavaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Toluca, Pachuca, and Córdoba. Whilst the airport always had a bus area, the terminal building itself was created in 2003, to accommodate the many passengers that utilise bus service.

[edit] External links

es:Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México id:Bandara Internasional Mexico City nl:Internationale Luchthaven Benito Juárez ja:メキシコ・シティ国際空港 pl:Port lotniczy Meksyk-Benito Juarez

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