MEX
Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport
Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) is a large airport in Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico. It opened in 1952. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,952 m (12,966 ft). It is operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. In 2025 it handled 44.6 million passengers.
Timeline
4 events · 1952–20081952
OpenedMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport opens.
21 SEP 1969
DisasterMexicana de Aviación Flight 801.
31 OCT 1979
DisasterFlight 2605 by Western Airlines.72 killed
04 NOV 2008
Disaster2008 Mexico City Learjet crash.16 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N05L/23R059° / 239° · LIT
LENGTH3,952 m12,966 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
05R/23L059° / 239° · LIT
LENGTH3,900 m12,795 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202534.3M
38.4M
41.4M
44.7M
47.7M
50.3M
22.0M
36.1M
46.3M
48.4M
45.4M
44.6M
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Routes
98 destinations · 28 countriesYear-round98
QROQuerétaro Intercontinental AirportMexico · Aeroméxico176 km109 miVERGeneral Heriberto Jara International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Viva304 km189 miBJXGuanajuato International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico305 km190 miACAGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris306 km190 miZIHIxtapa-Zihuatanejo International AirportMexico · Volaris324 km201 miTAMGeneral Francisco Javier Mina International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico341 km212 miOAXXoxocotlán International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva367 km228 miSLPPonciano Arriaga International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico369 km229 miAGUAguascalientes International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico422 km262 miPXMPuerto Escondido International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva448 km278 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva459 km285 miHUXBahías de Huatulco International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva504 km313 miZLOPlaya de Oro International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico577 km359 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva661 km411 miVSACarlos Rovirosa Pérez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva678 km421 miMTYMonterrey International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva713 km443 miTGZAngel Albino Corzo International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva715 km444 miREXGeneral Lucio Blanco International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Viva736 km457 miCMECiudad del Carmen International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico769 km478 miTRCFrancisco Sarabia Tinoco International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Viva814 km506 miMZTGeneral Rafael Buelna International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva853 km530 miTAPTapachula International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris879 km546 miMIDManuel Crescencio Rejón International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva997 km620 miCULBachigualato Federal International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris1,049 km652 miGUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · Volaris Costa Rica, Aeroméxico, Volaris1,056 km656 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva1,124 km698 miCTMChetumal International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva1,134 km705 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva1,178 km732 miTQOFelipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport TulumMexico · Aeroméxico1,196 km743 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico1,205 km749 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Aeroméxico, Volaris +11,232 km766 miLMMValle del Fuerte International AirportMexico · Volaris1,240 km771 miCUUGeneral Roberto Fierro Villalobos International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva1,245 km774 miSALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · Volaris El Salvador, Avianca El Salvador, Aeroméxico1,258 km782 miCZMCozumel International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris1,274 km792 miLAPManuel Márquez de León International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris1,274 km792 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva1,285 km798 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Aeroméxico, Volaris +11,510 km938 miCJSAbraham González International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva1,543 km959 miHMOGeneral Ignacio L. Pesqueira International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva1,619 km1,006 miHAVJosé Martí International AirportCuba · Aeroméxico1,771 km1,100 miSJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · Avianca Costa Rica, Volaris Costa Rica, Aeroméxico1,910 km1,187 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico1,930 km1,199 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Aeroméxico2,016 km1,253 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Aeroméxico, Volaris2,051 km1,274 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico, Volaris2,060 km1,280 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,143 km1,332 miMXLGeneral Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris2,177 km1,353 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · Aeroméxico2,226 km1,383 miTIJGeneral Abelardo L. Rodriguez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva2,301 km1,430 miNASLynden Pindling International AirportBahamas · Aeroméxico2,306 km1,433 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico, Volaris2,333 km1,450 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Aeroméxico, Copa Airlines2,411 km1,498 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico, Volaris, Viva2,428 km1,509 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,499 km1,553 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Aeroméxico, Volaris +12,500 km1,553 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,672 km1,660 miCTGRafael Nuñez International AirportColombia · Aeroméxico2,717 km1,688 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, American Airlines, Aeroméxico +22,719 km1,690 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,880 km1,790 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,933 km1,822 miMDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · Avianca, Aeroméxico2,952 km1,834 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Aeroméxico3,002 km1,865 miOAKOakland San Francisco Bay AirportUnited States · Volaris3,024 km1,879 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Aeroméxico3,029 km1,882 miCLOAlfonso Bonilla Aragon International AirportColombia · Aeroméxico3,031 km1,883 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Volaris3,045 km1,892 miSDQLas Américas International AirportDominican Republic · Aeroméxico3,091 km1,921 miUIOMariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · Aeroméxico3,136 km1,949 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Avianca, Aeroméxico3,159 km1,963 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico3,215 km1,998 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · Aeroméxico3,225 km2,004 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Aeroméxico, Flair Airlines3,247 km2,018 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Aeroméxico3,342 km2,077 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Aeroméxico +13,365 km2,091 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico3,665 km2,277 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Aeroméxico3,712 km2,307 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Aeroméxico3,757 km2,334 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet3,759 km2,336 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Aeroméxico, Flair Airlines3,945 km2,451 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru, Aeroméxico, Volaris4,245 km2,638 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Chile, Aeroméxico6,596 km4,099 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · Aeroméxico7,397 km4,596 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Aeroméxico, LATAM Brasil7,433 km4,619 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Aeroméxico, British Airways8,904 km5,533 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, Aeroméxico9,065 km5,633 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Aeroméxico9,199 km5,716 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, Aeroméxico9,206 km5,720 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Emirates, Aeroméxico9,481 km5,891 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa9,551 km5,935 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Aeroméxico9,776 km6,075 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa9,845 km6,117 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Aeroméxico10,223 km6,352 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Aeroméxico11,253 km6,992 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines11,387 km7,076 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Aeroméxico12,096 km7,516 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines12,436 km7,727 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates14,329 km8,904 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MEX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Mexico City International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
29 airlines · destinations from MEXHub airlines5
AMAeroméxico83Y4Volaris385DAeroméxico Connect6RAvianca Cargo MéxicoM7MasAir Cargo MexicoPassenger24
VBViva27AAAmerican Airlines7DLDelta Air Lines6UAUnited Airlines6ACAir Canada3AVAvianca2EKEmirates2F8Flair Airlines2LHLufthansa2Q6Volaris Costa Rica2AFAir France1LRAvianca Costa Rica1TAAvianca El Salvador1BABritish Airways1CMCopa Airlines1HUHainan Airlines1IBIberia1KLKLM1LPLATAM Airlines Peru1JJLATAM Brasil1—LATAM Chile1TKTurkish Airlines1N3Volaris El Salvador1WSWestJet1Former hub of Aero California, Aerocaribe, Aviacsa, Interjet, Líneas Aéreas Azteca, Mexicana de Aviación, MexicanaClick, Nova Air and TAESA Lineas Aéreas.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from MEX. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
8 channelsAPPMEXICO APP121.200
ARRMEXICO ARR129.600
ATISATIS127.650
CLDMEXICO CLNC DEL122.100
DEPMEXICO DEP120.500
GNDGND121.000
RDOMEXICO INFO126.900
TWRMEXICO TWR118.550