Mérida International Airport

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.

For the airport in Venezuela, see Alberto Carnevalli Airport.

Mérida International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Mérida
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGrupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
ServesMérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Elevation AMSL12 m / 39 ft
Coordinates20°56′13″N 089°39′28″W
Map
MID
Location of the airport in Yucatán
MID
MID (Mexico)
MID
MID (North America)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
18/36 2,300 7,546 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Total passengers1,297,308
Ranking in Mexico8th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
Diagram of the Airport, by the FAA

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

Passenger
Airport view.
Arrivals area.
View of the ramp with a Volaris Airbus A320 parked at a gate and an Aeroméxico Boeing 737 taxiing in the background.
Interjet Airbus A320 parked at a gate.
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City
American Eagle Miami
Interjet Mexico City (suspended)[2]
Magnicharters Cancún, Mexico City
MAYAir Cancún, Chetumal, Cozumel, Villahermosa
United Airlines Houston–Intercontinental
VivaAerobus Guadalajara, Havana, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa
Volaris Chihuahua (suspended),[3] Guadalajara, Hermosillo (suspended),[3] León/Del Bajío (suspended),[3] Mexico City, Monterrey, Oakland, Oaxaca, Tijuana

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Aeronaves TSMCancún, Queretaro
Amerijet InternationalBelize City, Los Angeles, Houston-Intercontinental, Cancún, Miami, San Pedro Sula
DHL AviationMiami, Ontário-Califórnia
EstafetaCancún, Mexico City, Miami
LATAM Cargo MexicoLos Angeles, Miami, Mexico City, Bogotá
TUM AeroCarga Cancún, Toluca

Statistics

See source Wikidata query.

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Mérida International Airport (2020)[4]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
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
Busiest international routes at Mérida International Airport (2020)[4]
Rank City Passengers Ranking Airline
1  United States, Houston 12,997 United Airlines
2  United States, Miami 10,797 American Eagle
3  Cuba, Havana 6,479 Interjet, VivaAerobús
4  Canada, Toronto 1,644 WestJet
5  United Kingdom, Derby 52
6  Bahamas, Nassau 16

Accidents and incidents

See also

References
  1. "ASUR Passenger Traffic". ASUR. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. "Interjet will not have more flights for the remainder of the year, cancel everything". explica. Explica.co. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. "We are ready to fly with you". Volaris. January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

Airport information for MMMD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

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