This is the list of the busiest airports in Mexico, according to the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC).[1] The busiest airport is Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City. The top 10 includes the international airports of the beach resorts of Cancún, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta, and the large cities of Guadalajara and Monterrey.

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Mexico's 50 busiest airports by passenger traffic (2020-2023)

# Airport IATA ICAO 2020 2021[2] 2022[1] 2023[1] %
(22/23)
1 Mexico City International Airport MEX MMMX 21,977,268 36,028,389 46,200,529 48,377,435 Increase4.71%
2 Cancún International Airport CUN MMUN 12,259,148 22,318,467 30,342,961 32,750,411 Increase7.93%
3 Guadalajara International Airport GDL MMGL 8,094,115 12,208,828 15,574,002 17,678,839 Increase13.52%
4 Monterrey International Airport MTY MMMY 4,994,170 8,269,834 10,943,186 13,326,936 Increase21.78%
5 Tijuana International Airport TIJ MMTJ 6,310,798 9,665,844 12,308,370 13,180,604 Increase7.09%
6 Los Cabos International Airport SJD MMSD 2,927,987 5,465,624 6,843,094 7,459,841 Increase9.01%
7 Puerto Vallarta International Airport PVR MMPR 2,489,825 4,053,893 6,122,904 6,726,336 Increase9.86%
8 Mérida International Airport MID MMMD 1,297,308 2,079,503 3,079,618 3,674,103 Increase19.30%
9 Bajío International Airport BJX MMLO 1,377,573 2,101,433 2,581,976 3,195,946 Increase23.78%
10 Felipe Ángeles International Airport NLU MMSM 912,415 2,630,437 Increase188.29%
11 Culiacán International Airport CUL MMCL 1,373,102 1,970,211 2,426,003 2,612,249 Increase7.68%
12 Ciudad Juárez International Airport CJS MMCS 790,009 1,499,841 2,004,524 2,275,153 Increase13.50%
13 Hermosillo International Airport HMO MMHO 961,485 1,515,700 1,908,813 2,155,149 Increase12.91%
14 Chihuahua International Airport CUU MMCU 818,151 1,363,937 1,727,006 1,905,714 Increase10.35%
15 Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport TGZ MMTG 756,786 1,186,528 1,590,178 1,784,010 Increase12.19%
16 Querétaro Intercontinental Airport QRO MMQT 506,140 817,791 1,151,602 1,767,376 Increase53.47%
17 Oaxaca International Airport OAX MMOX 590,778 913,937 1,304,034 1,693,042 Increase29.83%
18 Veracruz International Airport VER MMVR 721,159 1,103,460 1,333,578 1,665,694 Increase24.90%
19 Mazatlán International Airport MZT MMMZ 740,306 1,106,071 1,450,944 1,621,740 Increase11.77%
20 Mexicali International Airport MXL MMML 688,023 1,086,926 1,289,102 1,593,760 Increase23.63%
21 Toluca International Airport TLC MMTO 215,701 134,305 585,036 1,520,255 Increase159.86%
22 Villahermosa International Airport VSA MMVA 638,477 976,456 1,214,190 1,396,653 Increase15.03%
23 Morelia International Airport MLM MMMM 623,016 947,100 1,167,879 1,378,199 Increase18.01%
24 La Paz International Airport LAP MMLP 563,691 902,708 1,062,529 1,095,343 Increase3.09%
25 Puebla International Airport PBC MMPB 383,496 565,612 790,931 935,500 Increase18.28%
26 Puerto Escondido International Airport PXM MMPS 267,817 526,231 729,002 917,400 Increase25.84%
27 Aguascalientes International Airport AGU MMAS 469,039 785,335 918,095 914,879 Decrease0.35%
28 Bahías de Huatulco International Airport HUX MMBT 402,728 692,150 971,035 914,714 Decrease5.80%
29 Acapulco International Airport ACA MMAA 395,948 670,239 838,991 894,012 Increase6.56%
30 Torreón International Airport TRC MMTC 320,820 537,161 670,245 776,462 Increase15.85%
31 San Luis Potosí International Airport SLP MMSP 309,311 528,625 633,364 718,639 Increase13.46%
32 Cozumel International Airport CZM MMCZ 268,290 531,675 663,270 677,503 Increase2.15%
33 Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport ZIH MMZH 317,395 434,176 593,354 654,392 Increase10.29%
34 Tampico International Airport TAM MMTM 270,835 397,191 495,602 563,204 Increase13.64%
35 Tapachula International Airport TAP MMTP 280,475 424,249 503,254 553,744 Increase10.03%
36 Reynosa International Airport REX MMRX 229,058 425,918 518,051 540,122 Increase4.26%
37 Durango International Airport DGO MMDO 271,231 446,030 485,524 513,246 Increase5.71%
38 Los Mochis International Airport LMM MMLM 204,291 362,389 419,652 464,226 Increase10.62%
39 Zacatecas International Airport ZCL MMZC 232,352 375,930 433,952 443,582 Increase2.22%
40 Ciudad Obregón International Airport CEN MMCN 215,147 354,868 432,080 426,648 Decrease1.26%
41 Ciudad del Carmen International Airport CME MMCE 259,729 322,399 339,294 342,737 Increase1.01%
42 Chetumal International Airport CTM MMCM 152,670 279,424 374,152 335,088 Decrease10.44%
43 Tepic International Airport TPQ MMEP 132,580 171,989 205,595 244,531 Increase18.94%
44 Colima Airport CLQ MMIA 105,667 143,774 169,516 201,243 Increase18.72%
45 Nuevo Laredo International Airport NLD MMNL 28,891 53,906 107,368 197,673 Increase84.11%
46 Uruapan International Airport UPN MMPN 129,019 167,112 151,151 173,005 Increase14.46%
47 Playa de Oro International Airport ZLO MMZO 79,798 126,175 158,133 172,212 Increase8.90%
48 Loreto International Airport LTO MMLT 66,043 101,688 131,714 169,228 Increase28.48%
49 Minatitlán International Airport MTT MMMT 70,295 98,544 112,018 142,118 Increase26.87%
50 Campeche International Airport CPE MMCP 75,053 133,136 143,351 107,892 Decrease24.74%

Mexico's 50 busiest airports by passenger traffic (2010-2019)

# Airport IATA ICAO 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 %
(18/19)
1 Mexico City International Airport MEX MMMX 24,130,535 26,368,861 29,491,553 31,532,331 34,252,381 38,430,494 41,710,254 44,732,418 47,700,547 50,304,011 Increase 5.45%
2 Cancún International Airport CUN MMUN 12,439,266 13,022,481 14,463,435 15,962,162 17,455,353 19,596,485 21,415,795 23,601,509 25,202,016 25,481,989 Increase 1.11%
3 Guadalajara International Airport GDL MMGL 6,953,900 7,201,700 7,436,400 8,148,762 8,695,183 9,758,516 11,362,552 12,779,874 14,340,152 14,823,592 Increase 3.37%
4 Monterrey International Airport MTY MMMY 5,380,412 5,582,794 6,105,910 6,417,755 7,128,531 8,461,917 9,178,533 9,683,140 10,733,186 11,176,555 Increase 4.13%
5 Tijuana International Airport TIJ MMTJ 3,649,500 3,500,800 3,759,700 4,269,235 4,372,865 4,853,797 6,318,826 7,089,219 7,823,744 8,917,160 Increase13.97%
6 Los Cabos International Airport SJD MMSD 2,745,500 2,807,000 3,018,500 3,234,287 3,130,986 3,523,010 4,089,000 4,701,580 5,065,152 5,339,316 Increase 5.41%
7 Puerto Vallarta International Airport PVR MMPR 2,735,300 2,535,900 2,597,700 2,671,035 3,039,126 3,517,801 3,990,483 4,433,173 4,627,800 4,931,026 Increase 6.55%
8 Mérida International Airport MID MMMD 1,135,657 1,225,593 1,233,738 1,316,242 1,436,959 1,663,616 1,944,782 2,148,484 2,451,616 2,790,649 Increase13.82%
9 Bajío International Airport BJX MMLO 853,800 854,200 950,300 975,873 1,203,680 1,472,811 1,692,864 1,940,411 2,323,772 2,746,824 Increase18.20%
10 Culiacán International Airport CUL MMCL 1,059,904 1,070,706 1,168,380 1,252,235 1,307,717 1,432,315 1,726,654 1,857,340 2,270,834 2,458,863 Increase 8.28%
11 Hermosillo International Airport HMO MMHO 1,138,300 1,200,900 1,288,700 1,276,201 1,277,897 1,309,763 1,525,884 1,593,214 1,708,963 1,840,477 Increase 7.69%
12 Chihuahua International Airport CUU MMCU 828,123 782,133 855,129 885,659 961,538 1,110,513 1,305,961 1,385,471 1,556,770 1,699,816 Increase 9.18%
13 Ciudad Juárez International Airport CJS MMCS 633,919 673,364 699,394 702,904 769,029 863,760 1,102,855 1,216,709 1,364,028 1,597,471 Increase17.11%
14 Tuxtla Gutiérrez International Airport TGZ MMTG 650,053 803,611 786,829 855,073 928,243 1,121,332 1,272,689 1,342,345 1,388,706 1,496,152 Increase 7.73%
15 Veracruz International Airport VER MMVR 834,199 867,438 894,552 1,010,814 1,157,522 1,249,914 1,315,867 1,367,972 1,488,569 1,475,581 Decrease 0.87%
16 Villahermosa International Airport VSA MMVA 728,781 851,264 960,094 1,014,445 1,121,365 1,273,140 1,240,795 1,260,277 1,227,648 1,245,026 Increase 1.41%
17 Oaxaca International Airport OAX MMOX 446,676 401,320 473,133 510,345 542,271 663,187 746,910 862,286 951,037 1,196,245 Increase25.78%
18 Mexicali International Airport MXL MMML 461,400 493,000 521,900 496,000 498,928 586,396 708,551 794,152 1,130,541 1,191,920 Increase 5.42%
19 Querétaro Intercontinental Airport QRO MMQT 115,622 152,568 226,908 292,152 415,391 503,276 637,752 807,228 1,024,023 1,175,000 Increase14.74%
20 Mazatlán International Airport MZT MMMZ 756,122 722,492 669,407 731,297 789,234 853,409 973,440 983,327 1,038,555 1,161,155 Increase11.80%
21 La Paz International Airport LAP MMLP 558,800 546,500 553,100 531,140 583,529 623,475 837,072 837,162 916,599 998,024 Increase 8.88%
22 Bahías de Huatulco International Airport HUX MMBT 385,593 459,640 473,262 484,604 519,619 618,767 662,780 776,632 819,305 892,287 Increase 8.90%
23 Morelia International Airport MLM MMMM 429,700 376,200 409,300 425,200 456,368 467,297 524,944 609,138 721,802 890,358 Increase23.35%
24 Acapulco International Airport ACA MMAA 736,878 596,326 546,951 617,079 631,570 730,382 718,493 673,809 739,120 875,315 Increase18.42%
25 Aguascalientes International Airport AGU MMAS 294,100 328,500 400,100 456,600 527,033 621,008 681,436 740,558 855,669 847,975 Decrease 0.89%
26 Puebla International Airport PBC MMPB 318,037 218,401 264,211 292,152 285,041 327,811 383,361 511,233 685,583 761,575 Increase11.08%
27 Tampico International Airport TAM MMTM 451,005 548,083 594,797 608,813 688,893 763,744 717,599 711,016 736,627 739,143 Increase 0.34%
28 Torreón International Airport TRC MMTC 338,003 375,669 415,244 467,398 523,783 556,449 646,898 610,493 681,551 708,563 Increase 3.96%
29 Toluca International Airport TLC MMTO 2,270,767 1,579,115 972,414 1,161,064 867,096 865,037 771,152 789,081 691,712 689,001 Decrease 0.39%
30 San Luis Potosí International Airport SLP MMSP 222,854 248,645 271,107 261,699 373,986 444,469 504,313 546,488 626,512 643,224 Increase 2.66%
31 Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport ZIH MMZH 496,523 480,613 457,906 459,799 508,065 562,099 557,389 591,415 566,497 625,186 Increase10.35%
32 Cozumel International Airport CZM MMCZ 438,832 441,692 457,269 449,871 514,528 553,776 538,092 541,598 579,719 546,423 Decrease 5.74%
33 Durango International Airport DGO MMDO 217,230 227,131 241,946 235,952 255,937 315,835 424,415 393,599 418,914 527,004 Increase25.80%
34 Reynosa International Airport REX MMRX 198,138 216,599 302,934 392,206 472,027 507,186 563,952 482,661 466,934 480,524 Increase 2.91%
35 Zacatecas International Airport ZCL MMZC 268,577 248,029 265,264 259,677 284,625 320,065 343,136 348,714 366,871 475,241 Increase29.53%
36 Puerto Escondido International Airport PXM MMPS 66,205 47,249 78,092 121,703 161,299 185,330 225,917 255,831 302,478 407,651 Increase34.77%
37 Ciudad del Carmen International Airport CME MMCE 505,256 516,205 566,333 602,305 661,901 623,154 459,497 362,795 362,663 401,316 Increase10.65%
38 Tapachula International Airport TAP MMTP 185,159 161,892 157,926 156,288 175,194 265,670 308,788 292,592 330,619 385,483 Increase16.59%
39 Ciudad Obregón International Airport CEN MMCN 217,761 211,472 181,806 191,242 214,992 245,492 256,573 303,405 338,316 373,337 Increase10.35%
40 Chetumal International Airport CTM MMCM 95,687 129,615 156,838 151,087 155,799 179,377 209,972 275,610 321,785 368,332 Increase14.46%
41 Los Mochis International Airport LMM MMLM 243,300 205,800 183,500 161,057 189,273 235,323 285,011 280,166 273,068 319,236 Increase16.90%
42 Tepic International Airport TPQ MMEP 37,503 41,899 50,742 88,417 111,253 113,043 148,367 142,051 163,183 210,545 Increase29.02%
43 Colima Airport CLQ MMIA 43,006 61,929 103,739 108,275 114,457 113,583 138,962 138,441 155,966 194,471 Increase24.68%
44 Playa de Oro International Airport ZLO MMZO 159,700 157,200 168,000 193,300 196,084 169,485 174,394 176,263 166,053 169,064 Increase 1.81%
45 Uruapan International Airport UPN MMPN 107,379 109,455 112,275 113,101 106,949 110,067 128,578 150,192 160,045 167,796 Increase 4.84%
46 Campeche International Airport CPE MMCP 103,514 113,169 148,447 166,271 190,535 181,751 183,369 178,675 165,185 164,919 Decrease 0.16%
47 Minatitlán International Airport MTT MMMT 120,975 108,521 133,235 174,855 234,749 256,431 233,242 201,219 196,786 148,159 Decrease24.71%
48 Loreto International Airport LTO MMLT 37,330 43,756 40,125 53,474 55,576 57,907 72,412 85,063 89,079 116,827 Increase31.14%
49 Nuevo Laredo International Airport NLD MMNL 97,344 82,584 84,443 70,191 66,846 72,978 84,064 78,338 63,576 65,471 Increase 2.98%
50 Matamoros International Airport MAM MMMA 55,803 81,912 101,716 96,985 89,609 97,654 97,973 88,147 63,817 61,261 Decrease 4.00%

Mexico's 10 busiest airports by international passenger traffic (2010-2023)

Rank Airport 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021[2] 2022[1] 2023[1]
1 Cancún International Airport 9,067,009 9,338,385 9,848,665 10,890,500 11,971,884 13,569,063 14,571,637 15,793,141 16,424,506 16,501,593 6,804,153 13,237,113 19,637,065 20,908,194
2 Mexico City International Airport 8,532,638 8,904,004 9,803,301 10,632,324 11,499,031 12,755,938 14,053,352 15,750,053 17,201,961 17,643,753 5,790,457 10,144,928 14,506,234 16,294,664
3 Guadalajara International Airport 2,176,939 2,480,530 2,440,846 2,600,886 2,878,691 3,250,069 3,669,204 3,758,248 4,036,592 4,347,331 2,345,667 3,692,744 4,444,914 5,201,275
4 Los Cabos International Airport 1,968,499 1,970,944 1,987,172 2,336,779 2,269,989 2,510,045 2,824,766 3,240,027 3,400,127 3,436,196 1,723,041 3,460,392 4,280,347 4,510,004
5 Puerto Vallarta International Airport 1,995,820 1,799,452 1,714,271 1,766,477 2,142,738 2,431,312 2,722,896 3,043,563 3,061,865 3,127,870 1,572,707 2,244,590 3,507,564 3,902,963
6 Monterrey International Airport 803,071 830,911 942,757 958,837 1,035,516 1,317,061 1,260,905 1,262,775 1,331,794 1,419,989 505,998 1,294,525 1,397,955 1,849,658
7 Bajío International Airport 341,739 377,288 395,597 376,607 478,366 552,322 595,965 645,174 681,703 697,306 334,262 627,774 770,796 871,355
8 Morelia International Airport 186,512 144,273 189,732 190,920 228,272 248,855 267,518 295,724 359,900 418,557 241,077 403,441 499,176 587,798
9 Cozumel International Airport 399,944 378,221 365,530 367,091 429,399 443,679 397,126 404,747 408,391 356,783 198,563 357,327 489,764 473,504
10 Querétaro Intercontinental Airport 45,064 82,741 127,633 155,469 175,568 194,821 196,827 235,384 304,212 349,382 129,512 249,365 345,974 419,428

Mexico's 10 busiest airports by aircraft operations (2010-2023)

Rank Airport 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021[2] 2022[1] 2023[1]
1 Mexico City International Airport 339,898 350,032 377,743 389,226 406,340 426,761 448,142 448,020 459,235 459,987 239,306 327,812 385,313 363,271
2 Cancún International Airport 119,010 120,338 127,335 135,800 146,238 161,929 171,979 181,105 190,187 183,838 106,678 176,549 214,340 223,284
3 Guadalajara International Airport 133,323 129,977 126,991 132,333 140,021 145,102 158,950 167,231 180,317 179,652 123,633 149,436 175,669 173,229
4 Monterrey International Airport 90,216 86,071 88,604 90,234 102,462 114,428 115,593 110,938 114,564 112,188 58,265 77,860 90,950 107,525
5 Tijuana International Airport 46,283 42,393 42,959 48,335 48,234 52,912 61,762 63,292 66,661 69,624 60,242 78,397 93,035 95,743
6 Toluca International Airport 74,114 79,332 87,630 91,945 95,423 95,063 101,695 101,186 96,725 84,723 60,917 70,387 74,710 78,816
7 Puerto Vallarta International Airport 42,705 39,306 37,198 37,513 41,911 44,786 47,606 51,035 53,204 53,046 37,509 54,064 64,373 62,303
8 Mérida International Airport 30,837 28,545 27,623 27,842 31,731 33,484 37,050 43,362 50,091 52,341 33,662 39,273 51,589 57,212
9 Los Cabos International Airport 36,177 33,399 30,564 31,034 29,412 33,322 36,554 42,184 42,815 42,371 29,290 49,147 52,706 56,217
10 Querétaro Intercontinental Airport 16,655 18,934 25,490 25,066 29,571 29,053 33,178 40,140 47,967 54,698 38,350 48,092 49,410 51,427

Mexico's 10 busiest airports by cargo traffic (2010-2023)

Rank Airport 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021[2] 2022[1] 2023[1]
1 Mexico City International Airport 393,076 411,456 397,018 376,350 396,732 446,915 483,434 535,622 581,675 556,142 469,725 567,779 570,808 447,887
2 Felipe Ángeles International Airport - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.18 185,733
3 Guadalajara International Airport 130,685 125,201 127,733 130,297 142,580 136,418 151,268 159,220 164,242 161,108 161,593 197,219 176,779 165,006
4 Querétaro Intercontinental Airport 8,384 14,858 16,527 17,924 19,779 22,355 24,739 35,767 53,289 50,813 45,144 64,888 72,847 79,824
5 Monterrey International Airport 48,637 46,666 46,649 46,068 43,545 48,502 47,898 52,867 56,282 51,983 49,038 67,627 77,764 74,970
6 Cancún International Airport 26,543 25,671 27,332 27,072 22,638 25,000 25,152 29,714 32,858 31,476 17,715 30,867 45,868 38,822
7 Toluca International Airport 25,714 30,393 26,758 26,516 26,696 25,437 21,827 31,159 36,491 35,779 44,833 54,943 43,205 37,694
8 Tijuana International Airport 14,382 15,256 15,820 16,920 16,880 18,278 21,316 22,679 27,171 30,707 28,332 35,449 37,427 35,265
9 San Luis Potosí International Airport 26,754 27,339 28,111 24,672 28,531 27,114 25,801 26,550 24,760 24,169 22,004 26,717 28,790 28,737
10 Mérida International Airport 18,467 17,732 17,713 17,867 17,954 18,991 19,127 20,264 20,648 22,444 20,074 22,458 22,646 26,027

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Estadística Operacional de Aeropuertos / Statistics by Airport". Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Estadística Operacional de Aeropuertos / Statistics by Airport". SCT. Retrieved January 28, 2022.

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