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Mexico City Benito Juarez MEX Airport Overview

Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport MEX, or simply 'AICM' (Aeropuerto Internacional Ciudad de Mexico), is considered one of the busiest, and by far the largest, airport in Latin America. It is also the first Latin American airport to support the new A380 double-decker jumbo jet.

The Airport is located - at an elevation of 7,316 feet -  in Carranza's Gustavo A. Madero district, situated between Mexico City and the city of Nezahualcoyotl. It is surrounded by a road system, with direct access from Av. 602, Av. Texcoco, Anillo Periferico, Via Tapo and Av. Pantitlan, and can also be accessed from the South by Federal District Hwy, and from the north by Hwy 608, connecting to Mexico City's circle road near the Airport.
While the Airport's passenger count is increasing continuously, due to being located within a densely populated area, it is restricted to expand. Use of their two runways have reached nearly the 100 percent capacity.  A decade-long planning on a new airport has ended when farmers refused to give up their land 'at any cost'.

With two very long runways, and an estimated 29.5 million passengers in 2012, Mexico City Benito Juarez International is the main hub for Mexico's major airline Aeromexico, and secondary hub for Aeromexico Connect. It also is a hub for the SkyTeam. AICM is served by a host of domestic and international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe.
NOTE:  Aeromexico's AM Plus Class will now offer new benefits and enhanced seating in its Boeing 737 aircraft.

On-Airport hotels at AICM: Terminal 1 houses the Hilton (tel. 0155 5133 0505), Camino Real & Fiesta Inn, and the newly opened Courtyard by Marriott (connected on level 2 of Hall G by a foot bridge).  Terminal 2 houses the NH Hotel (tel. 1-800-2388-0767) .

The passenger terminal complex at Benito Juarez International includes Domestic Terminal 1 and International Terminal 2. Both terminals are connected by a short above-ground Airtrain and by shuttle bus. (For more information, please refer to 'Terminal Map' page.)

Parking options at Mexico City International: (For more information, please refer to 'Airport Parking' page.)

A host of rental car agencies offer services in AICM's Terminal 1, at ground level, and at T2 in the banking area of international arrivals.

To get from Benito Juarez International Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi, a bus or a shuttle van: 
1. Use only an authorized cab service (Confort - (55) 5615-4658; Porto Taxi - (55) 5786-8993; or Yellow Cab (55) 5785-7949).
2. So-called 'taxistas', shuttle buses, are in the Ground Terminal, at site 300 A to C, but pick up at each door of the terminals.
3.  Metro-Subway to City:   A few steps from the Airport - On the corner of Blvd. Puerto Aereo & Av. Capitan C.L. Gonzalez, is the 'Terminal Aerea Metro' subway station, where you can catch the Metro train into the city (Line 5 runs from Politecnico station to Pantitlan stations). The subway system has eleven lines covering most of the city.
4. Metrobus line 4 has so far completed its 28 km extension between Buenavista & Metro San Lazaro, a further extension between San Lazaro & the Airport is being built later. The  MB4 Metrobus currently connects to San Lazaro.
4. Hotel shuttles are available at T1, gate 4; at T2 go to the service hotel’s desk on the ground level.
5. Long-Distance Buses: At the Ground Bus Terminal located at the side of T1 and in T2 in the international section, you can catch a bus to destinations like Cuernavaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Toluca, Pachuca, Veracruz & Cordoba.  The Ground Bus Terminal also offers a VIP lounge, internet, resting areas, conference room, reading sections, fast food & shops, as well as currency exchange. A ticket office for 'Foreign Buses’ is on the Ground Floor.


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Mexico City Benito Juarez MEX Airport Update History

  • Updated MEX Food & Stores page - May 13, 2013
  • Updated MEX Airports page - May 13, 2013
  • Updated MEX Official Website Links page - Apr 22, 2013
  • Updated MEX Main Terminals page - Apr 22, 2013
  • Updated MEX Lost Found page - Apr 22, 2013
  • Updated MEX Airport Intro page - Apr 22, 2013
  • Updated MEX Currency Exchange page - Apr 22, 2013
  • Updated MEX Banking ATM page - Apr 22, 2013
  • Updated MEX Direct Flights page - Mar 26, 2013
  • Updated MEX Parking On site page - Jan 12, 2013