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 America, South America, and the Caribbean to the United States and Canada.
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 | ||||||||||||||
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  MID Location of the airport in Yucatán  MID MID (Mexico) | |||||||||||||||
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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 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 2021, it handled 2,079,503 passengers, and, in 2022, 3,079,618 passengers passed through Mérida International Airport according to Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste.[1]
The airport has exclusive VIP lounges for Aeroméxico Salón Premier, and the Caral VIP Lounge.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aeroméxico | Mexico City |
| Aeroméxico Connect | Atlanta (resumes March 18, 2024),[2] Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA |
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami |
| Magnicharters | Mexico City Seasonal: Cancún |
| Mexicana de Aviación | Mexico City–AIFA (begins December 2, 2023)[3] |
| TAG Airlines | Flores, Guatemala City |
| United Airlines | Houston–Intercontinental |
| Viva Aerobus | Camagüey, Guadalajara, Havana, León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA (begins December 16, 2023),[4] Miami (begins July 2, 2024),[5] Monterrey, Orlando (begins July 1, 2024),[5] Puebla, Querétaro, Toluca/Mexico City, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa Seasonal: Santa Clara |
| Volaris | Guadalajara, León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Mexico City–AIFA, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Tijuana |
| WestJet | Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson |
Cargo
Busiest routes
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico City, Mexico City |
969,108 |  |
Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Magni, VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 2 |  Nuevo León, Monterrey |
145,584 | |
VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 3 |  Jalisco, Guadalajara |
121,798 | |
VivaAerobús, Volaris |
| 4 |  State of Mexico, Mexico City-AIFA |
40,607 |  |
Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris |
| 5 |  Veracruz, Veracruz |
36,548 |  1 |
VivaAerobús |
| 6 |  Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
26,321 | 1 |
VivaAerobús |
| 7 |  Baja California, Tijuana |
15,794 | |
Volaris |
| 8 |  Tabasco, Villahermosa |
15,137 | 2 |
MAYAir, VivaAerobus |
| 9 | State of Mexico, Toluca |
13,717 | |
VivaAerobus |
| 10 |  Oaxaca, Oaxaca |
13,207 | 1 |
Volaris |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Ranking | Airline |
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| 1 |  United States, Houston |
49,243 | |
United Airlines |
| 2 | United States, Miami |
36,918 | |
American Eagle |
| 3 |  Cuba, Havana |
5,960 |  1 |
VivaAerobús |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada, Toronto |
2,833 | 1 |
WestJet |
| 5 |  Guatemala, Guatemala City |
2,376 | |
Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos |
| 6 | United States, Dallas |
2,253 | 3 |
American Eagle |
| 7 | Cuba, Camagüey |
405 | |
VivaAerobús |
| 8 | Guatemala, Flores |
137 | |
Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos |
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.[7]
- On 01 June 2023, an Aeromexico Boeing 737-8JP declared a Squawk 7700, a regulation for emergency on an aircraft. While en route to Mexico City, the aircraft, registered XA-PPP diverted back to Merida International Airport. The aircraft suffered an engine loss and safely landed with no deaths to the people on board
See also
Busiest airports in Mexico
References
- "Passenger's Traffic" (in Spanish). ASUR. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- "Aeromexico began selling flights on a dozen new routes in the United States". World Nation News Desk. October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- "These Are Our Destinations". Mexicana (in Spanish). October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- "Viva Aerobus Bets Big on AIFA: 17 New Routes". Aviacionline. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- "New Destinations from Mérida". Viva Aerobus (in Spanish). October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- "Estadística operacional por origen-destino / Traffic Statistics by City Pairs" (in Spanish). Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil. January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
External links
- Mérida Intl. Airport Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
