Airport type Public 10/28 3,200 Code MID Phone +52 999 940 6090 | Elevation AMSL 12 m / 39 ft 3,200 10,499 Elevation 12 m | |
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Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste Serves Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico Address Carretera Mérida a Uman Km 4,5, 97291 Mérida, YUC, Mexico | ||
Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport, formerly known as Mérida-Rejón Airport (IATA: MID, ICAO: MMMD) 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 (Centro Mérida/Mérida 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.
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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 737 and A320.
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The airport was completely remodeled between 1999 and 2001. It is the second largest airport in the ASUR's (Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste) 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 2015, 1,663,616 passengers passed through Mérida International Airport, and in 2016 it handled 1,944,782 passengers.