- IATA
- MEX
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- MMMX
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1952
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 44.6M
- in 2025
History & name
Opened in 1952, Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport is run by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares and lies just 6 km from the centre of Mexico City. It recorded 44.6 million passengers in 2025. Two runways, the longest 3,952 m, sit at an elevation of 7,316 ft.
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport
- Serves
- Mexico City, Mexico
- City centre
- 6 km from Mexico City
- Opened
- 1952
- Operator
- Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
- Passengers
- 44.6 million in 2025
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,952 m
- Elevation
- 7,316 ft (2,230 m)
- Website
- aicm.com.mx ↗
Where it sits
19.4°N, 99.1°W puts MEX in the northern hemisphere, 2,161 km from the equator and 7,846 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 400th most northerly, which makes it the 262nd most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 19.4°S, 80.9°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Gan (GAN) in Maldives, still 2,250 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Felipe Ángeles (NLU), 35 km away in a straight line. It is the only one within 100 km.
Distances from MEX
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is Madrid, at 9,065 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalajara | GDL | 459 km | 1h 04m |
| Cancún | CUN | 1,285 km | 2h 06m |
| Los Angeles | LAX | 2,500 km | 3h 36m |
| Lima | LIM | 4,245 km | 5h 47m |
| Madrid | MAD | 9,065 km | 11h 46m |
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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