General Mariano Matamoros Airport

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General Mariano Matamoros Airport Cuernavaca International Airport
IATA: CVJ - ICAO: MMCB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA)
Serves		Cuernavaca
Elevation AMSL		4,277 ft (1,304 m)
Coordinates		18°50′06″N, 99°15′43″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
02/20	9,599	2,926	Asphalt

General Mariano Matamoros Airport (IATA: CVJ, ICAO: MMCB), also known as Cuernavaca Airport or Cuernavaca International Airport, is an international airport located in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, near Mexico City. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Cuernavaca. It is part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Airport Group, as the airports of Puebla, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Mexico City, and Toluca, controlled by the private airport group Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA).

It was recently renovated with the purpose of offering a fresh image, and modern facilities, and its composed of a sole building (excluiding general aviation terminal, hangars, and control tower), with check in facilities, security check-points, a cafe, ATM, customs, waiting room and a sole boarding gate. The airport infrastructure is being improved in order to be more attractive to airlines, with the construction of a turnaround at the end of the runway, to avoid mid-sized airplanes such as MD-80s to push back along the runway after landing to get to the terminal instead of just turning around.

It was Aerolíneas Internacionales main hub before the airline ceased operations in 2000, and airlines as Mexicana, and Aeroméxico are trying to develop traffic from that airport.