# Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)

> Ciudad de México, MX · IATA: MEX · ICAO: MMMX · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `MEX` |
| ICAO | `MMMX` |
| City | Ciudad de México |
| Country | MX |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 2230 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 19.43514, -99.07133 |

## Description

Few airports illustrate Mexican cargo politics as sharply as Mexico City's Benito Juárez (AICM). Once the country's leading freight gateway, it lost all dedicated freighter traffic in 2023, when a federal decree pushed all-cargo carriers out to the new Felipe Ángeles airport (NLU). What remains is still substantial: as Latin America's busiest passenger hub at roughly 45 million travellers, MEX carries large volumes of belly freight - electronics, pharmaceuticals and perishables - on Aeroméxico and a long list of international carriers, with throughput rebounding to about 122,000 tonnes in the first half of 2025. Customs sits with Aduana/SAT on-site, backed by bonded warehouses for temperature-controlled goods. At 2,230 metres elevation the airport is chronically slot-constrained and congested, the very pressure that justified the cargo relocation. Road access runs via the city ring and feeder routes, but there is no dedicated rail freight link. Shippers needing main-deck freighter capacity are now routed to AIFA, while MEX handles the capital's time-critical belly cargo.

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