Mexico City International Airport facts for kids

mexico City International Airport
mexico City International Airport; Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México
IATA: MEX – ICAO: MMMX
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México
Operator	Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
Serves	Mexico City, Mexico
Location	Venustiano Carranza, D.F.
Hub for	Passenger Aeromar; Aeroméxico; Aeroméxico Connect; Interjet; Magnicharters; Volaris; Cargo AeroUnion; MasAir;
Elevation AMSL	7,316 ft / 2,230 m
Coordinates	19°26′10″N 099°04′19″W / 19.43611°N 99.07194°WCoordinates: 19°26′10″N 099°04′19″W / 19.43611°N 99.07194°W
Map
	Location within Mexico City
Runways
Statistics (July '13 - June '14)
Aircraft movements	401,602; 4.49%
Passengers	32,934,537; 8.83%
Cargo tonnage	380,275.19; 1.52%
Economic & social impact (2012)	$4.4 billion & 187.9 thousand
	Source: DAFIF; Statistics: Airport website,

Mexico City International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México), known officially as Benito Juárez International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez), (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) is the main airport of Mexico City, Mexico. It was named after the 19th century president Benito Juárez in 2006.

Airlines

The following airlines currently go to Mexico City International Airport:

Past airlines

These airline used to go to Mexico City International Airport before:

Aero California
Aeroflot
Aeroperu
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Aviacsa
Aviateca
Avolar
Braniff International Airways
Continental Airlines
CP Air
Japan Airlines
LACSA
Lineas Aereas Azteca
Mexicana de Aviacion
Northwest Airlines
Pan American World Airways
SARO
TACA Airlines
TAESA
Texas International Airlines
TWA
Varig Brazilian Airlines
Western Airlines
World Airways

Gallery

An Air France Boeing 707 at Mexico City in 1968
A Mexicana airplane at Mexico City in 2003. Mexico City International Airport used to be the largest hub for Mexicana before it stopped flying in 2010.
TAESA was based at Mexico City International Airport in the 1990s.
An Aeromexico Boeing 767 at Mexico City. Aeromexico is the largest airline at Mexico City.
The tarmac at the airport.
Inside the terminal at the airport
Inauguration of Iberia's Mexico City-Madrid route, March 1, 1950
President and Mrs. Kennedy debark Air Force One, June 29, 1962
Architect Fernando Romero and the scale model of the New Mexico City airport.
External facade of Terminal 2.
Terminal 2 - Departures waiting area.
Terminal 2 - Display screens.
Terminal 2 - Hall L3 Check-in counters.
Central corridor at T2.
Terminal 2 - Aeroméxico and Delta aircraft parked at North Concourse. Aeroméxico is the largest carrier operating at Benito Juárez Airport.
AeroMéxico Boeing 777-200ER on final approach.
KLM Boeing 747 arriving from Schiphol.
British Airways Boeing 747-400 landing from Heathrow Airport.
Lufthansa Boeing 747-400. Lufthansa connects Frankfurt and Munich from MEX.
Air France Boeing 747-400 arriving from Paris.
Iberia Airbus A340-600 taxiing at the airport.
Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800 taking off to Panama City.
American Airlines Boeing 737-800. The airline operates 105 flights per week to 6 destinations in the US.
Aeroméxico Connect Embraer 190 taxiing with T2 in the background. Connect operates the most destinations from the airport (50).
Interjet aircraft parked at the side of T1. Interjet links the airport with 44 destinations within Mexico and other 5 countries.
Cargolux Boeing 747-400F landing at the airport.
UPS Airlines Airbus A300-600RF landing from Louisville, KY
Aerounión 300B4-200F on final approach at Benito Juárez airport.
Atlas Air 747-400F taking off to Huntsville, AL
Mexico City airport inter-terminal transit with Terminal 2 in background.