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°W | ||||||||||||||
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)  MID Location of the airport in Yucatán ) MID MID (Mexico) ) MID MID (North America) | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste ) Diagram of the Airport, by the FAA | |||||||||||||||
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, 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 that fly in and out 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 2019 it handled 2,790,649 passengers, and in 2020, 1,297,308 passengers passed through Mérida International Airport, a 53.5% decrease from 2019. It became the 8th airport in the country to reach the 2 million milestone.[1]
The airport has the exclusive VIP lounges the Aeroméxico's Salón Premier and the Caral VIP Lounge.
Airlines and destinations
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroméxico | Mexico City |
| Aeroméxico Connect | Mexico City |
| American Eagle | Miami Seasonal: Dallas/Fort-Worth (begins June 5, 2021)[2] |
| Interjet | Mexico City (suspended)[3] |
| Magnicharters | Mexico City Seasonal: Cancún |
| MAYAir | Cancún, Chetumal, Cozumel, Villahermosa |
| United Airlines | Houston–Intercontinental |
| VivaAerobus | Guadalajara, Havana, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa |
| Volaris | Chihuahua (suspended),[4] Guadalajara, Hermosillo (suspended),[4] León/Del Bajío (suspended),[4] Mexico City, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Tijuana |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeronaves TSM | Cancún, Queretaro |
| Amerijet International | Belize City, Cancún, Miami, San Pedro Sula |
| DHL Aviation | Miami |
| Estafeta | Cancún, Mexico City, Miami, Villahermosa |
| Mas Air | Los Angeles, Manaus, Mexico City, São Paulo-Viracopos |
| TUM AeroCarga | Cancún, Toluca |
Statistics
See source Wikidata query and sources.
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  Mexico City, Mexico City | 452,485 |  | Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 2 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey | 55,553 |  1 | Interjet, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 3 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara | 45,472 |  1 | VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 4 |  Veracruz, Veracruz | 17,372 | | VivaAerobús |
| 5 |  Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez | 11,785 | | Interjet, VivaAerobús |
| 6 |  Baja California, Tijuana | 7,957 | 4 | Volaris |
| 7 |  Oaxaca, Oaxaca | 5,036 | | Volaris |
| 8 |  Tabasco, Villahermosa | 4,714 | 2 | MAYAir, VivaAerobus |
| 9 |  Quintana Roo, Cancún | 3,949 | Magni, MAYAir | |
| 10 |  Sonora, Hermosillo | 3,328 | 1 | Volaris |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  United States, Houston | 12,997 | | United Airlines |
| 2 | United States, Miami | 10,797 | | American Eagle |
| 3 |  Cuba, Havana | 6,479 | | Interjet, VivaAerobús |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada, Toronto | 1,644 | | WestJet |
| 5 |  United Kingdom, Derby | 52 | ||
| 6 |  Bahamas, Nassau | 16 |
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.[6]
See also
- List of the busiest airports in Mexico
References
- ^ "ASUR Passenger Traffic". ASUR. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "American Airlines Becomes the Only US Carrier with Nonstop Service from Miami to Tel Aviv and Paramaribo, Suriname". American Airlines. February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Interjet will not have more flights for the remainder of the year, cancel everything". explica. Explica.co. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "We are ready to fly with you". Volaris. January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
External links
Airport information for MMMD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.