- IATA
- CUN
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- MMUN
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1975
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 32.8M
- in 2023
History & name
Named after Cancun, Cancún International Airport opened in 1975 and is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste. It is 15 km from Cancún, has two runways up to 3,500 m long, and handled 32.8 million passengers in 2023.
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Cancún International Airport
- Serves
- Cancún, Mexico
- City centre
- 15 km from Cancún
- Opened
- 1975
- Operator
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
- Passengers
- 32.8 million in 2023
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,500 m
- Elevation
- 22 ft (7 m)
- Website
- cancunairport.com ↗
Where it sits
21.0°N, 86.9°W puts CUN in the northern hemisphere, 2,340 km from the equator and 7,668 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 383rd most northerly, which makes it the 279th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 21.0°S, 93.1°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Soekarno-Hatta (CGK) in Indonesia, still 2,208 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Cozumel (CZM), 59 km away in a straight line. It is the only one within 100 km.
Distances from CUN
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is New York, at 2,506 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico City | MEX | 1,285 km | 2h 06m |
| New York | JFK | 2,506 km | 3h 37m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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