Monterrey Airport

General Mariano Escobedo International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	MMMY
IATA code	MTY
Coordinates	25 ° 46 '43 "  N , 100 ° 6' 25"  W Coordinates: 25 ° 46 '43 "  N , 100 ° 6' 25"  W
Height above MSL	390 m (1280  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	24 km northeast of Monterrey
Basic data
operator	Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA)
Terminals	2 (A + C, Terminal B under construction)
Passengers	6.56 million (2007)
Runways
11/29	3000 m of concrete
16/34	1801 m asphalt

The General Mariano Escobedo International Airport is an international airport in Mexico and measured by passengers fourth largest in the country. It is located near the city of Monterrey in the state of Nuevo León .

The airport is named after the Mexican general and folk hero General Mariano Escobedo .

Infrastructure and transport links

Terminals

The airport is considered one of the most modern in North America and has three terminals: Terminal A in the brunt of the traffic is handled, with the northern Concourse national and southern international flights are processed. The newest Terminal B is exclusively operated by Aeroméxico and the SkyTeam . Terminal C only handles the flights of the national low-cost airline Viva Aerobus . Terminals A and C were renovated in 2003 and 2007. The airport also has a freight terminal.

Transport links

Due to the short distance, Monterrey Airport is also used by residents of the neighboring states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas . Large cities such as Saltillo can be easily reached by a regular direct bus connection.

Airlines and Destinations

Terminal of the airport

Most of the air traffic at the airport is made up of national air traffic with 80%, among other things because the airport is the hub of the largest Mexican airline Aeroméxico and its subsidiaries Aerolitoral and Viva Aerobus . The latter two have their headquarters at the airport. Accordingly, international traffic only accounts for 20%. The most popular international destinations are mostly in the United States of America, especially Houston and Dallas in Texas. The main non-American destination is Madrid .

In addition to the three airlines mentioned above, the airport is served by TAR Aerolíneas and US airlines such as Delta Airlines , American Airlines and United Airlines .

Incidents

• On June 4, 1969, a Boeing 727-64 from Mexicana (XA-SEL) was flown into a mountain 23 km northwest of Monterrey Airport (CFIT, Controlled Flight into Terrain ). All 79 people on board were killed.

• On the night of April 14, 2010, at around 10:25 p.m. (local time), an Airbus A300B4-203F freighter of the Aerounion ( aircraft registration XA-TUE) crashed on the approach to Monterrey airport in bad weather about two kilometers from the runway. Seven people died, two of them on the ground.

Web links

Commons : Monterrey International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Monterrey Airport at Flugplaetze.org, accessed on December 1, 2012
2. ↑ Interactive route map ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from Delta Airlines, accessed September 6, 2009.  
3. ^ Accident report B-727-100 XA-SEL , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 5, 2019.
4. ↑ Aviation Safety Network: Aircraft Accident April 13, 2010 A300 XA-TUE (partly in English)