General Mariano Escobedo International Airport
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| General Mariano Escobedo International Airport | |||
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| IATA: MTY – ICAO: MMMY | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA) | ||
| Location | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1280 ft / 390 m | ||
| Coordinates | 25°46′42″N 100°06′23″W / 25.77833°N 100.10639°WCoordinates: 25°46′42″N 100°06′23″W / 25.77833°N 100.10639°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 9,843 | 3,000 | Concrete |
| 16/34 | 5,909 | 1,801 | Asphalt |
General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (IATA: MTY, ICAO: MMMY) is an international airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico. Together with Del Norte International Airport, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport handles domestic and international operations for the city of Monterrey and its metropolitan area.
The airport is considered one of the most modern airports in North America serving up to 8 million passengers per year. Eighty percent of passenger traffic is domestic, primarily from the cities of Mexico City, Guadalajara, Chihuahua, and Tijuana, and twenty percent of passenger traffic is international, primarily from the American cities of Dallas and Houston. There are almost 300 daily flights to more than 35 destinations in Mexico and the United States. It is considered as the country's fourth most important airport in terms of passengers handled and operations per year, after Mexico City International Airport, Cancún International Airport, and Guadalajara International Airport.
The airport serves as a hub for Aviacsa, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect and Viva Aerobus. Airport terminals were renovated and expanded in 2003 and again in 2007. The airport handled 5.25 million passengers in 2006, representing a 12.7% increase over 2005 [1].
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[edit] Terminal Configurations
- Terminal A, considered as the most modern air facility in the country (before the construction of Mexico City's Terminal 2), consists of a building comprising check-in facilities, baggage claiming, shopping areas, restaurants, customs, airport and airline offices, as many other services, while the satellite building connected via underground tunnels comprises all the VIP and waiting lounges, migration among other services as well as obviously the boarding gates. The Satellite building, is divided into two concourses, North Concourse for domestic flights (Gates A1-A15), while South Concourse comprises all the international flights that operate into the airport (Gates B3-B8). As any major airport in the country, Terminal A is already saturated. Several flights are delayed day by day due to the lack of free contact and even remote positions, as the ones capable of handling large aircraft such as the Boeing 767. Nevertheless, Terminal C and soon Terminal B will work as a relief system for this terminal. There are future plans to remodel and expand the Satellite building, adding at least 4 new jetways and 3 remote positions.
- Terminal B, is currently under construction and is scheduled to open September of 2009. The new terminal will comprise 8 gates, 6 of which will be equipped with jetways and 2 apron-doors which might be used by Aeroméxico's feeder airline Aeroméxico Connect. Most probably, the terminal will house all operations of the Sky Team member airlines, similar to Terminal 2 in Mexico City International Airport. The airport terminal will be able to handle up to 4 million passengers per year, and will allow the airport to free some slots for new airlines to operate into Terminal A. Together with the construction of Terminal B, the airport authorities have decided to build a third runway parallel to the actual largest one.
- Terminal C, recently inaugurated on November 30, 2006 by the Governor of Nuevo León, José Natividad González Parás, houses some operations from low cost carriers serving the airport, Viva Aerobus was the first airline to operate. This terminal works completely independent to Terminal A, opposite to Terminal B functionality.
- Air Cargo Terminal, recently launched the "Air Cargo Terminal", which has 6 hectares for operations.
Courier companies operating nationally and abroad, notably FedEx, DHL, UPS, Estafeta
[edit] Facilities
- Terminal A: 9 contact positions, 12 remote positions
- Terminal B: 6 contact positions, 7 remote positions
- Terminal C: 8 remote positions
- Number of jetways: 9 (Terminal A), 6 (Terminal B)
- Number of baggage claiming carousels: 4
- Lounges at Terminal A:
- Aeroméxico Salón Premier (North Concourse)
- Mexicana Elite Lounge (North Concourse)
- American Express Centurion (Floor Level)
- Food court (Floor & Upper Level)
- Customs (Arrivals area)
- Taxi & car rentals (Arrivals & Departures area of each terminal)
- Buses (Arrivals & Departures area each terminal)
- Duty Free (Floor & Upper Level)
- Parking area
[edit] Traffic Statistics
| Rank | City | Passengers |
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| 1 |  Houston, Texas |
119,967 |
| 2 | Dallas, Texas |
113,357 |
| 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada |
32,871 |
| 4 | Chicago, Illinois |
22,556 |
| 5 | Los Angeles, California |
18,191 |
| 6 | Detroit, Michigan |
17,752 |
| 7 | San Antonio, Texas |
12,867 |
| 8 | New York, New York (JFK) |
12,779 |
| 9 | Austin, Texas |
10,650 |
| 10 |  Madrid, Spain |
6,501 |
[edit] Terminals, Airlines and Destinations
[edit] Terminal A
[edit] North Concourse: Domestic Flights (Gates A1-A15)
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeromar | Mexico City |
| Aeroméxico | Cancún, Mexico City |
| Aeroméxico Connect | Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, León, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Morelia, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, Tampico, Tijuana, Toluca, Veracruz, Villahermosa |
| ARD Charters | Cuernavaca [Begins July 3rd, 2009] |
| Aviacsa | Cancún, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Tampico |
| Interjet | Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Toluca |
| Magnicharters | Acapulco, Cancún, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Los Cabos, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta |
| Mexicana | Mexico City |
| MexicanaLink | Cancún, Guadalajara, Puebla, Querétaro [begins August 1], Veracruz |
| Volaris | Tijuana, Toluca |
[edit] South Concourse: International Flights (Gates B3-B8)
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroméxico | Las Vegas |
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Aviacsa | Las Vegas |
| Continental Airlines | Houston-Intercontinental |
| Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Houston-Intercontinental |
| Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America | Atlanta |
| Mexicana | Chicago-O'Hare |
| Northwest Airlink operated by Compass Airlines | Detroit |
[edit] Terminal B
Under construction (will house all Aeromexico & Skyteam operations when opened)
[edit] Terminal C
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Viva Aerobus | Acapulco, Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Las Vegas, León, Los Cabos, Mazatlán, Oaxaca, Mérida, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Veracruz, Villahermosa |
Coordinates: 25°46′36″N 100°06′23″W / 25.77667°N 100.10639°W
[edit] Cargo Airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerounión | Guadalajara |
| Astar Air Cargo | Miami |
| Amerijet International | Mexico City |
| BAX Global | |
| DHL | |
| Estafeta | Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí |
| FedEx | |
| Jett Paquetería | |
| MasAir | Mexico City |
| Mex Jet | |
| Starship | |
| UPS |
[edit] References
- ^ Passenger statistics for 2006 http://www.oma.bz/EN/BoletinesDePrensa.asp?idAeropuerto=mty
- ^ http://dgac.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=467
[edit] External links
- Monterrey International Airport location
- Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA)
- Airport information for MMMY at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
