Mexico City International Airport Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids

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

Focus city for

Passenger

Viva Aerobus

Cargo

Air France Cargo

Elevation AMSL

7,316 ft / 2,230 m

Map

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Runway

Runway	Length		Surface
Runway	m	ft	Surface
05R/23L	3,900	12,795	Asphalt
05L/23R	3,952	12,966	Asphalt

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) is also officially called Benito Juárez International Airport. It's the main airport for Mexico City, Mexico. This airport is super important for travel in Mexico.

It was named after Benito Juárez in 2006. He was a very important president in Mexico during the 1800s. The airport uses the codes MEX and MMMX to identify itself.

Airlines Flying Today
Airlines That Used to Fly Here
Airport Views
Images for kids
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Airlines Flying Today

Many different airlines fly to and from Mexico City International Airport. These airlines connect Mexico City to places all over the world.

Here are some of the airlines that currently fly here:

Airlines That Used to Fly Here

Over the years, many airlines have flown to Mexico City International Airport. Some of them have stopped flying there for different reasons.

Here are some airlines that used to serve this airport:

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

Airport Views

Here are some pictures showing different parts of Mexico City International Airport.

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.