General Mariano Escobedo International Airport
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General Mariano Escobedo
International Airport 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 5 million passengers per year. Eighty seven percent of passenger traffic is domestic, primarily from the cities of Mexico City, Guadalajara
, Chihuahua
, and Tijuana
, and thirteen 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 Aeroméxico Connect, Magnicharters
, VivaAerobus with a secondary hub for Aeroméxico
. Airport terminals were renovated and expanded in 2003 and again in 2007. In 2010, the airport handled 5,380,412 passengers.
Courier companies operating nationally and abroad, notably FedEx, DHL, UPS, Estafeta.
Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, the airport company operating this airport, has its headquarters in the air cargo zone.
EAG Terminal:
Mariano Escobedo
Mariano Escobedo was a Mexican Army general and former Governor of Nuevo León.He was born on January 16, 1826 in Galeana, Nuevo León. He fought during the Mexican American War in the army with the rank of lieutenant...
International Airport is an international airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located in Apodaca
Apodaca
Apodaca is a city and its surrounding municipality that is part of Monterrey Metropolitan area. It lies in the northeastern part of the metropolitan area. As of the 2005 census, the city had a population of 393,195 and the municipality had a population of 418,784. The municipality has an area of...
, Nuevo León
Nuevo León
Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
, Mexico. Together with Del Norte International Airport
Del Norte International Airport
Del Norte International Airport is an airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, working as a secondary airport for Mexico's third largest city, Monterrey....
, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport handles domestic and international operations for the city of Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
and its metropolitan area.
The airport is considered one of the most modern airports in North America serving up to 5 million passengers per year. Eighty seven percent of passenger traffic is domestic, primarily from the cities of Mexico City, Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
, Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...
, and Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
, and thirteen percent of passenger traffic is international, primarily from the American cities of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
and Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
. 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
Mexico City International Airport
Benito Juárez International Airport , in Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico...
, Cancún International Airport
Cancún International Airport
Cancún International Airport is located in Cancún, Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. It is Mexico's second busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, but the biggest in Mexico and Latin America for International passengers...
, and Guadalajara International Airport.
The airport serves as a hub for Aeroméxico Connect, Magnicharters
Magnicharters
Grupo Aereo Monterrey S.A. de C.V., doing business as Magnicharters, is a airline with its headquarters in Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, operating domestic holiday flights out of Mexico City International Airport.-History:...
, VivaAerobus with a secondary hub for Aeroméxico
Aeroméxico
Airways of Mexico, SA de CV , operating as Aeroméxico, is the flag carrier airline of Mexico based in Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City. It operates scheduled domestic and international services to North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia...
. Airport terminals were renovated and expanded in 2003 and again in 2007. In 2010, the airport handled 5,380,412 passengers.
Terminal configurations
- Terminal A, 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). 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 767Boeing 767The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a supercritical wing, and a conventional tail...
. Nevertheless, Terminal C and Terminal B 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, considered as the second most modern air facility in the country (only behind the Mexico City's Terminal 2), it was opened on September 2010. The terminal comprise 8 gates, 6 of which are equipped with jetways and 2 apron-doors which might be used by AeroméxicoAeroméxicoAirways of Mexico, SA de CV , operating as Aeroméxico, is the flag carrier airline of Mexico based in Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City. It operates scheduled domestic and international services to North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia...
's feeder airline Aeroméxico Connect. The terminal house all operations of the Sky Team member airlines, similar to Terminal 2 in Mexico City International AirportMexico City International AirportBenito Juárez International Airport , in Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico...
. The airport terminal is able to handle up to 2 million passengers per year, and allows the airport to free some slots for new airlines to operate into Terminal A.
- Terminal C, recently inaugurated on November 30, 2006 by former Governor of Nuevo LeónGovernor of Nuevo LeónThe Mexican state of Nuevo León has been governed by more than a hundred individuals in its history, who have had various titles and degrees of responsibility depending on the prevailing political regime of the time....
, José Natividad González ParásNatividad González ParásJosé Natividad González Parás is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He is a former federal deputy and former governor of Nuevo León He is also married to Cristina Maiz...
, houses the operations from low cost carrier serving the airport, VivaAerobus. 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 (14.8 acre) for operations.
Courier companies operating nationally and abroad, notably FedEx, DHL, UPS, Estafeta.
Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte, the airport company operating this airport, has its headquarters in the air cargo zone.
Facilities
- Terminal A: 9 contact positions, 12 remote positions
- Terminal B: 6 contact positions, 7 remote positions
- Terminal C: 8 remote positions
- VivaAerobus has its corporate headquarters in the Cargo Zone of Terminal C
- Number of jetways: 9 (Terminal A), 6 (Terminal B)
- Number of baggage claiming carousels: 4
- Lounges at Terminal A:
- Mexicana Elite Lounge (Closed) (North Concourse)
- American Express Centurion (Floor Level)
- Lounges at Terminal B:
- Aeroméxico Salón Premier (North Concourse)
- 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
EAG Terminal:
- General Aviation Apron
- VIP Lounge
- Pilot's Room
- Passenger's Room
Terminals, airlines and destinations
Cargo airlines
Traffic statistics
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Houston, USAGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport, is a Class B international airport in Houston, Texas, serving the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Located north of Downtown Houston between Interstate 45 and U.S. Highway 59... |
136,513 | AeroMéxico Connect, Continental Airlines Continental Airlines Continental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc... , Continental Express Continental Express Continental Express is the operating brand name used by a number of independently owned regional airlines providing regional jet feeder service under agreement with Continental Airlines... , Viva Aerobus Viva Aerobus "RyanMex" redirects here. For the airline in Europe, see Ryanair.Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V., trading as VivaAerobus.com, is a Mexican regional and ultra-low cost airline part-owned by the founders of Europe's biggest low-cost carrier, Ryanair and the biggest bus company group in Mexico,... |
| 2 | Dallas, USA Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and is the busiest airport in the U.S. state of Texas... |
108,373 | American Airlines American Airlines American Airlines, Inc. is the world's fourth-largest airline in passenger miles transported and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport... |
| 3 |  Las Vegas, USAMcCarran International Airport McCarran International Airport is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada, United States. The airport is located five miles south of the central business district of Las Vegas, in the unincorporated area of Paradise in Clark County. It covers an area of and... |
31,478 | AeroMéxico Aeroméxico Airways of Mexico, SA de CV , operating as Aeroméxico, is the flag carrier airline of Mexico based in Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City. It operates scheduled domestic and international services to North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia... , Viva Aerobus Viva Aerobus "RyanMex" redirects here. For the airline in Europe, see Ryanair.Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V., trading as VivaAerobus.com, is a Mexican regional and ultra-low cost airline part-owned by the founders of Europe's biggest low-cost carrier, Ryanair and the biggest bus company group in Mexico,... |
| 4 |  Chicago, USAO'Hare International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport , also known as O'Hare Airport, O'Hare Field, Chicago Airport, Chicago International Airport, or simply O'Hare, is a major airport located in the northwestern-most corner of Chicago, Illinois, United States, northwest of the Chicago Loop... |
11,393 | Aeromexico Aeroméxico Airways of Mexico, SA de CV , operating as Aeroméxico, is the flag carrier airline of Mexico based in Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City. It operates scheduled domestic and international services to North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia... Viva Aerobus Viva Aerobus "RyanMex" redirects here. For the airline in Europe, see Ryanair.Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V., trading as VivaAerobus.com, is a Mexican regional and ultra-low cost airline part-owned by the founders of Europe's biggest low-cost carrier, Ryanair and the biggest bus company group in Mexico,... (Midway) |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City, D.F Mexico City International Airport Benito Juárez International Airport , in Venustiano Carranza, one of the sixteen boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided, is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico... |
914,955 | AeroMéxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus Viva Aerobus "RyanMex" redirects here. For the airline in Europe, see Ryanair.Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V., trading as VivaAerobus.com, is a Mexican regional and ultra-low cost airline part-owned by the founders of Europe's biggest low-cost carrier, Ryanair and the biggest bus company group in Mexico,... , Interjet Interjet ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., operating as Interjet, is a low-cost airline with its headquarters in Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico. The airline operates scheduled flights to 24 domestic and 3 international destinations out of Toluca Airport and Mexico City International... |
| 2 |  Guadalajara, Jalisco |
228,937 | Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Viva Aerobus Viva Aerobus "RyanMex" redirects here. For the airline in Europe, see Ryanair.Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V., trading as VivaAerobus.com, is a Mexican regional and ultra-low cost airline part-owned by the founders of Europe's biggest low-cost carrier, Ryanair and the biggest bus company group in Mexico,... |
| 3 |  Cancún, Quintana RooCancún International Airport Cancún International Airport is located in Cancún, Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. It is Mexico's second busiest airport, after Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, but the biggest in Mexico and Latin America for International passengers... |
215,340 | AeroMéxico, Interjet, Magni Magnicharters Grupo Aereo Monterrey S.A. de C.V., doing business as Magnicharters, is a airline with its headquarters in Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, operating domestic holiday flights out of Mexico City International Airport.-History:... , Viva Aerobus, Volaris |
| 4 | Toluca, State of Mexico Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport is an international airport located at Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico. It is part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Airport Group, and it's being improved and promoted to handle some traffic for the city of Toluca, but it mainly serves as a... |
176,092 | Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris Volaris Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A. de C.V., operating as Volaris, is a low-cost airline from Mexico, and the country's second largest airline after Aeroméxico, thus being a leading competitor in the Mexican domestic market, with a market share of around 13-14% of domestic... |
| 5 |  Veracruz, VeracruzGeneral Heriberto Jara International Airport General Heriberto Jara International Airport or Veracruz International Airport is an international airport located at Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Veracruz.-Expansion and Renovation Works:... |
70,652 | Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus |
| 6 |  Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaGeneral Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport Tijuana International Airport , sometimes referred to as General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, is Mexico's second northernmost airport after Mexicali International Airport... |
68,613 | Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus, Volaris |
| 7 |  Chihuahua, ChihuahuaGeneral Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport is an international airport located in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic of the city of Chihuahua. In 2010, Chihuahua Airport handled 828,123 passengers.... |
68,225 | Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus |
| 8 |  Hermosillo, SonoraGeneral Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia International Airport General Ignacio Pesqueira García International Airport , also known as General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport , is an international airport located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The airport is named after Ignacio Pesqueira, a general who helped the Mexican army resist the French during... |
67,425 | Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus |
| 9 |  Culiacán, SinaloaFederal de Bachigualato International Airport Federal Bachigualato International Airport Is an international airport located at Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic of the city of Culiacán.... |
63,863 | Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus |
| 10 | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Abraham González International Airport Abraham González International Airport is an international airport located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border opposite with El Paso, Texas. It accommodates national and international air traffic of the city of Ciudad Juárez... |
63,707 | Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus |
Accidents and incidents
- On February 11, 2010, Click MexicanaClick MexicanaMexicanaClick, formerly Click Mexicana, was Mexicana's regional operator, serving most of Mexicana's domestic routes between more than 25 Mexican cities. It was founded as a low-cost carrier, but changed its market to regional operations after its acquisition by Mexicana...
Flight 7222, operated by Fokker 100 XA-SHJ suffered an undercarriage malfunction on approach to Quetzalcóatl International AirportQuetzalcóatl International AirportQuetzalcóatl International Airport is an international airport located in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is situated near the U.S.-Mexico border border, opposite Laredo, Texas and handles national and international air traffic for the city of Nuevo Laredo...
, Nuevo LaredoNuevo LaredoNuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Río Grande, across from the United States city of Laredo, Texas. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Laredo is part of the Laredo-Nuevo...
. A low fly-past confirmed that both main gears had not deployed. The aircraft diverted to Monterrey. It was substantially damaged in the landing, having departed the runway and spun through 180°.
- On April 13, 2010 an Aerounion – Aerotransporte de Carga Union Airbus A-300B4-200, registration XA-TUE performing a freight flight from Mexico (Mexico) to Monterrey (Mexico) with 5 crew, crashed on approach to land on General Mariano Escobedo International Airport's runway 11. The aircraft came to rest on a highway at around 23:30L (04:30Z Apr 14). All on board perished, 1 person in a truck on the highway was also reported killed, the airplane was destroyed after a large fire broke out.
- On November 24, 2010 a Mexican Air ForceMexican Air ForceThe Mexican Air Force is the aviation branch of the Mexican Army and depends on the National Defense Secretariat . Since 2008, its commander is Gen...
AN-32Antonov An-32The Antonov An-32 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft.-Design and development:The An-32 is basically a re-engined An-26. The launch customer was the Indian Air Force, which ordered this aircraft partly due to good relations between then USSR leader Leonid Brezhnev and then...
cargo flight crashed when taking off from General Mariano Escobedo International Airport for a flight to Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. All 5 crew members died.