Benito Juarez International Airport - Definition and Overview

Benito Juárez International Airport (IATA Airport Code: MEX), named after the 19th century Mexican statesman Benito Juárez, is Mexico's main international and domestic gateway.

Benito Juárez International is in Mexico City, Mexico.

Plans to relocate the airport to either Texcoco (EdoMex) or Tizayuca (Hidalgo) were floated by the government under President Vicente Fox in 2001-02, but these were later shelved due to resistance from local farmers dissatisfied with the price offered for their land.

In 1979, a Western Airlines DC-10 plane coming in from Los Angeles crash landed in the airport, killing all but 15 of the 150 passengers on that flight. More accurate information about aviation disasters can be found in the external links.

Currently, this airport is undergoing major terminal enlargement works.

On November 28, 2004, the Arizona Republic wrote an article about the airport. The newspaper staff found it remarkable that, after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Benito Juarez International Airport kept their plane spotting area open to the public, whereas a large number of airports worldwide decided to close them. The Republic estimated that about 300 viewers and 100 model airplane and food sellers are attracted to the area every day. The airport's director told the newspaper that they had decided to leave the area open because it offered a free way of spending days to poor families.

Benito Juárez International Airport has 2 terminals:

Domestic Terminal

• Lounge A
  • Aeroméxico (Mexico)
• Lounge B
  • Aero California (Mexico)
  • Aeromar (Mexico)
  • Mexicana (Mexico)
• Lounge C
  • Aerolíneas Internacionales (Mexico)
  • Aviacsa (Mexico)
• Lounge D
  • Allegro (Mexico)

International Terminal

• Lounge E
  • All International Arrivals
• Lounge F1
  • Aeroméxico (International)
  • America West
  • Avianca
  • Continental Airlines
  • Delta Airlines
  • Ecuatoriana de Aviación
  • Lan Chile
  • Lloyd Aereo Boliviano
• Lounge F2
  • Air France
  • Aviateca
  • British Airways
  • Copa
  • Cubana
  • Grupo Taca
  • Japan Airlines
  • KLM
  • Northwest Airlines
• Lounge F3
  • Aero California (International)
  • Aeromar (International)
  • Aerolíneas Argentinas
  • American Airlines
  • Aviacsa (Intercational)
  • Iberia
  • Lufthansa
  • United Airlines
  • US Airways

External Links

• Benito Juárez International Airport Homepage (http://www.aicm.com.mx)
• Benito Juárez International Airport English Page (http://www.mexico-city-mex.com/)
• Aviation Safety Network - Aviation accidents and occurrences database (http://aviation-safety.net/)