Monterrey International Airport

"MTY" redirects here. For the company, see MTY Food Group. For the city, see Monterrey.

General Mariano Escobedo International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Mariano Escobedo
IATA: MTY – ICAO: MMMY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
Serves	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Location	Apodaca, Nuevo Leon
Hub for	VivaAerobus Volaris Aeromexico Connect
Focus city for	Interjet AeroMexico Magnicharters
Elevation AMSL	1,280 ft / 390 m
Coordinates	25°46′42″N 100°06′23″W
Map
MTY Location of airport in Mexico
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 9,843 3,000 Asphalt 16/34 5,909 1,801 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Total Passengers 8,461,917 18.7% Ranking in Mexico 4th
Source: Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

Monterrey International Airport, (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Monterrey); ceremonial name 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, the airport handles domestic and international operations for the city of Monterrey and its metropolitan area.

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, Cancún and Guadalajara.

The airport serves as a hub for Aeroméxico/Aeroméxico Connect, Magnicharters, VivaAerobus, and Volaris and a focus city for Interjet. Airport terminals were renovated and expanded in 2003 and 2007.

It's also one of the fastest growing airports in Mexico: in 2015, the airport handled 8,461,917 passengers, an 18.7% increase from 2014 that received 7,128,531 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 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.
• Terminal C, inaugurated on November 30, 2006, 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.

Facilities

Diagram of the Monterrey Airport terminals

The airport resides at an elevation of 1280 feet (390 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft). A second runway which is rarely used is designated 16/34 and also has an asphalt surface with a stretch of 1,801 by 30 metres (5,909 ft × 98 ft). The main runway, 11/29, has an ILS approach system and has its own VHF omnidirectional radio range (VOR) and DME station. It is also capable of handling aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400, but due to the lack of remote positions, this airport is mainly used by smaller aircraft. In September 2014, Monterrey commenced its first intercontinental flight in years when Aeromexico begins flying its Boeing 787 Dreamliner four days a week to Tokyo-Narita as a fuel stop to flights between Mexico City International Airport and Tokyo-Narita. Aeromexico stated that the flight will last while Tijuana International Airport, the usual gateway to Mexico from Asia, makes improvements to its runway. Monterrey was selected due to its importance to the country's economy and for being a popular business destination.

• 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

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

North Gate of Terminal A.

South Gate of Terminal A.

Airport's Terminal B.

Airport's Terminal B.

Airport's Terminal B.

Main corridor at the Monterrey International Airport's Terminal B.

Airport's Terminal C.

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aeroméxico	Las Vegas, Mexico City Seasonal: Cancún, Chicago-O'Hare	B
Aeroméxico Connect	Aguascalientes, Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán (ends January 9, 2017), Detroit (begins May 1, 2017), Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Houston-Intercontinental, León/El Bajío, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mexico City, New York-JFK, Puebla, Querétaro, San Antonio (ends January 9, 2017), San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Tijuana, Toluca, Torreón/Gómez Palacio, Veracruz, Villahermosa Seasonal: Ciudad del Carmen, Denver (ends January 15, 2017)	B
American Eagle	Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami	A
Copa Airlines	Panama City	A
Delta Air Lines	Detroit	B
Delta Connection	Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles	B
Interjet	Cancún, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Havana, Houston-Intercontinental, Las Vegas, León/El Bajío, Mexico City, Toluca, San Antonio	A
Magnicharters	Acapulco, Cancún, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Las Vegas, Mazatlán, Orlando, San José del Cabo, Puerto Vallarta	A
TAR	Chihuahua, Cuernavaca, Durango, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, Tampico	A
United Express	Chicago-O'Hare, Houston-Intercontinental	A
VivaAerobus	Acapulco, Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Houston-Intercontinental, La Paz, León/El Bajío, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo, Tampico, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa Seasonal: Las Vegas (ends January 7, 2017), Tijuana (ends January 8, 2017)	A, C
Volaris	Acapulco, Cancún, Chicago-O'Hare, Chihuahua (ends April 1, 2017), Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán (ends April 1, 2017), León/El Bajío (ends March 30, 2017), Denver, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Querétaro, San José del Cabo, Tampico, Tijuana, Toluca, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz	A

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Amerijet International	Mexico City
AeroUnion	Los Angeles, Mexico City
DHL Aviation operated by ABX Air	Cincinnati
Estafeta	Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí
FedEx	Memphis
MasAir	Mexico City
Regional Cargo	Mexico City, Querétaro
UPS	Austin

Busiest routes

Terminal A main airport corridor.

Terminal A Airport Corridor.

Tunnel to the Gates at Terminal A.

Busiest domestic routes from Monterrey International Airport (2015)

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airlines
1	Distrito Federal (México), Mexico City	1,529,196		Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
2	Quintana Roo, Cancún	429,920		Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus, Volaris
3	Jalisco, Guadalajara	278,182		Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus, Volaris
4	Guanajuato, León	110,693	4	Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, Viva Aerobus
5	Sonora, Hermosillo	100,946	1	Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
6	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	93,351	1	Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
7	Querétaro, Querétaro	89,777	4	Aeroméxico Connect, TAR, Volaris
8	Veracruz, Veracruz	89,145	1	Aeroméxico Connect, Aeroméxico Express, Interjet, Viva Aerobus, Volaris
9	México (state), Toluca	86,081	3	Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet
10	Tabasco, Villahermosa	80,686	3	Aeroméxico Express, Interjet, VivaAerobus
11	Tamaulipas, Tampico	77,703	4	Aeroméxico Connect, Aeroméxico Express, TAR, VivaAerobus
12	Sinaloa, Culiacán	72,912	2	Aeroméxico Connect, VivaAerobus, Volaris
13	Baja California, Tijuana	71,759	2	Aeroméxico Connect, Volaris
14	Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta	69,428		Aeroméxico Connect, Magni, TAR, VivaAerobus, Volaris
15	Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez	66,792	3	Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus

Busiest international routes from Monterrey International Airport (2015)

Rank	City	Passengers	Ranking	Airlines
1	United States, Houston	177,020		Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, United Express, VivaAerobus
2	United States, Dallas	118,974		American Airlines, VivaAerobus
3	United States, Atlanta	64,918		Delta Connection
4	United States, Las Vegas	58,994		Aeroméxico, Interjet, Magni, VivaAerobus
5	Japan, Tokyo	43,096	3	Aeroméxico
6	United States, Chicago	36,844	1	Aeroméxico, United Express
7	United States, San Antonio	34,276	1	Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus
8	United States, New York	26,968	3	Aeroméxico
9	United States, Miami	23,858		Aeroméxico Connect, American Airlines
10	Panama, Panama City	15,912	3	Copa Airlines
11	United States, Detroit	4,216	2	Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection
12	Cuba, Havana	2,290	1	Interjet
13	United States, Orlando	2,236	3	Magni
14	United States, Baltimore	91
15	Aruba, Oranjestad	71

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°.
• On April 13, 2010 an Aerounion – Aerotransporte de Carga Union Airbus A-300B4-200, registration XA-TUE performing a freight flight, AeroUnion Flight 302 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 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.
• On December 9, 2012, a Learjet 25 carrying Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera and 4 other passengers, and 2 crew, crashed 7 minutes after take-off, while on its way to Toluca. All seven occupants died.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Mexico

External links

• Monterrey International Airport location
• Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte
• Airport information for MMMY at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.