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.

For the airport in Venezuela, see Alberto Carnevalli Airport.
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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 (2021)
Total passengers2,079,503
Ranking in Mexico9th 1
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 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
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.
Airport's ticket counters.
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Aeroméxico Connect Mexico City, Mexico City/AIFA
American Eagle Miami
Seasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth
Magnicharters Mexico City
Seasonal: Cancún
MAYAir Cancún, Chetumal, Cozumel, Villahermosa
Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos Guatemala City
United Airlines Houston–Intercontinental
VivaAerobús Guadalajara, Havana, Mexico City, Monterrey, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa
Volaris Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Tijuana
WestJet Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Aeronaves TSMCancún, Queretaro
AeroUnion Guatemala City, Mexico City, Miami, New York-JFK
Amerijet InternationalBelize City, Cancún, Miami, San Pedro Sula
DHL AviationMiami
EstafetaCancún, Mexico City, Miami, Villahermosa
Mas AirLos Angeles, Manaus, Mexico City, São Paulo-Viracopos
TUM AeroCarga Cancún, Toluca/Mexico City

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at MID airport. See source Wikidata query.

Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes at Mérida International Airport (2020)[2]
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)[2]
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

Busiest airports in Mexico

References
  1. "ASUR announces the total traffic for December 2021" (PDF) (in Spanish). ASUR. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. "Traffic Statistics by Airline" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
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