Mérida International Airport


Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport, formerly known as Mérida-Rejón Airport 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
; 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.
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.

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The airport was completely remodeled between 1999 and 2001. It is the second largest airport in the ASUR's 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 2018 it handled 2,451,616 passengers, and in 2019, 2,790,649 passengers passed through Mérida International Airport, a 13.8% increase from 2018. It became the 8th airport in the country to reach the 2 million milestone.
The airport has the exclusive VIP lounges the Aeroméxico's and the .

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Busiest routes

RankCityPassengersRankingAirline
1, Houston32,307United Airlines
2, Miami21,687American Eagle
3, Havana18,538 1Interjet
4, Toronto2,768 1WestJet
5, Belize City1 2

Accidents and incidents