General Mariano Escobedo International Airport

General Mariano Escobedo International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Mariano Escobedo
IATA: MTY – ICAO: MMMY MTY Location of airport in Mexico
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA)
Serves		Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Location		Apodaca, Nuevo Leon
Hub for		Aeromexico Connect Magnicharters VivaAerobus
Elevation AMSL		1,280 ft / 390 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
11/29	9,843	3,000	Concrete
16/34	5,909	1,801	Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Total Passengers			5,380,412
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

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 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.^[1]

Contents 1 Terminal configurations 2 Facilities 3 Terminals, airlines and destinations 3.1 Cargo airlines 4 Traffic statistics 5 Accidents and incidents 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

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 767. 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 Aeroméxico's feeder airline Aeroméxico Connect. The terminal house all operations of the Sky Team member airlines, similar to Terminal 2 in Mexico City International Airport. 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.^[2]

• Terminal C, recently inaugurated on November 30, 2006 by former Governor of Nuevo León, José Natividad González Parás, 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 (15 acres) 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.^[3]

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^[4]
• 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

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aeroméxico	Cancún, Las Vegas, Mexicali, Mexico City	B
Aeroméxico Connect	Chicago-O'Hare, Chihuahua, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Houston-Intercontinental, La Paz, Las Vegas, León/El Bajío, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Miami, Puebla [begins January 10], Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, San Antonio, Tampico, Tijuana, Veracruz, Villahermosa Seasonal: Brownsville	B
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth	A South
Copa Airlines	Panama City	A South
Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines	Atlanta, Detroit	B
Interjet	Cancún, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Mexico City, San José del Cabo, Toluca	A North
United Airlines	Houston-Intercontinental	A South
United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines	Houston-Intercontinental	A South
VivaAerobus	Acapulco, Cancún, Chicago-Midway, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Houston-Intercontinental, Las Vegas, León/El Bajío, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexico City, Miami, Oaxaca, Orlando, Puerto Vallarta, San Antonio, San José del Cabo, Tampico, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa	C
Volaris	Mexico City, Tijuana, Toluca	A North

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Amerijet International	Mexico City
DHL Express operated by Astar Air Cargo	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Miami
Estafeta	Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí
FedEx	Memphis
Jett Paquetería
MasAir	Mexico City
Mex Jet
Regional Cargo	Mexico City, Querétaro
UPS	Austin

Traffic statistics

Busiest International Routes out of Monterrey International Airport (2010)^[5]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Houston, USA	136,513	AeroMéxico Connect, Continental Airlines, Continental Express, Viva Aerobus
2	Dallas, USA	108,373	American Airlines
3	Las Vegas, USA	31,478	AeroMéxico, Viva Aerobus
4	Chicago, USA	11,393	Aeromexico Viva Aerobus (Midway)

Busiest Domestic Routes out of Monterrey International Airport (2010)^[5]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Mexico City, D.F	914,955	AeroMéxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus, Interjet
2	Guadalajara, Jalisco	228,937	Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Viva Aerobus
3	Cancún, Quintana Roo	215,340	AeroMéxico, Interjet, Magni, Viva Aerobus, Volaris
4	Toluca, State of Mexico	176,092	Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Volaris
5	Veracruz, Veracruz	70,652	Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus
6	Tijuana, Baja California	68,613	Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus, Volaris
7	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	68,225	Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus
8	Hermosillo, Sonora	67,425	Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus
9	Culiacán, Sinaloa	63,863	Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus
10	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	63,707	Aeroméxico Connect, Viva Aerobus

Accidents and incidents

• On February 11, 2010, Click Mexicana Flight 7222, operated by Fokker 100 XA-SHJ suffered an undercarriage malfunction on approach to Quetzalcóatl International Airport, Nuevo Laredo. 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°.^[6]

• 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.^[7]
• On November 24, 2010 a Mexican Air Force AN-32 cargo flight crashed when taking off from General Mariano Escobedo International Airport for a flight to Mexico City. All 5 crew members died.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

References

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.