Terminals in Mexico City Airport
Mexico City International Airport serves over 40 million passengers per year and is one of the busiest airports in the world. The airport consists of four main terminals: Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 2A and Terminal 2B.
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 is the oldest terminal at Mexico City International Airport. It is mainly used for domestic flights and serves Aeromar, Interjet, VivaAerobus and Volaris.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 is the main terminal at Mexico City International Airport and is used for both international and domestic flights. It serves airlines such as Aeroméxico, Air France, American Airlines, British Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, United Airlines and Vuela.
Terminal 2A
Terminal 2A is mainly used for domestic flights and serves airlines such as Aeroméxico Connect, Interjet, VivaAerobus and Volaris.
Terminal 2B
Terminal 2B is mainly used for international flights and serves airlines such as Aeroméxico, Air France, American Airlines, British Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, United Airlines and Vuela.
Benito Juarez International Airport, also known as Mexico City International Airport, is the largest and most important airport in Mexico and all of Latin America, offering flights to more than 100 different locations around the world.
There are two airport terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.
Terminal 1
Built in 1958, offering expansion services in 1970, 1989, 1998, 2000 and most recently in 2004.
Terminal area: 54.8 hectares
Contact positions: 33
Remote positions: 20 (although it had 34 before the creation of T2).
Number of aircraft entry gangways: 32
Number of air lounges: 10 distributed in (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J)
Number of ground lounges (documentation department): 9 distributed in (A1, A2, B, C, D, D, D1, F1, F2, F3)
Number of mobile rooms: 11 distributed in (A7-A, A7-B, A7-C, A9-A, A9-B, A9-C, A9-D, A9-E, F19-A, F19-C, F19-D)
Hotel services with about 600 rooms distributed in the Camino Real Hotel, 110 Hilton, and Courtyard Mexico City Airport.
Parking services with a capacity of 3100 cars (Domestic), 2400 cars (International).
Space per passenger in Terminal 1 is 17 square meters.
Number of baggage claim belts: 22
Premium lounges in T1: the terminal has about 11 Premium lounges.
After the lack of capacity and the restriction of some spaces, Terminal 2 was created.
Since its inception, the airport has presented 90 of lack of capacity, all due to space limitations, because it is located in a space that is heavily populated and does not have more area for expansion. Some experts reported that the airport has progressed at the same rate as demand, currently serving 40 million passengers each year. However, only government, commercial and military aircraft are authorized to land at the airport. Private aircraft must use alternate airports.
TERMINAL 2
Terminal 2 of the CDMX Airport began operations in 2007 and is currently the newest and most updated terminal at Mexico’s International Airport.
It has a Waiting Room
L3 lounge counters
Information screens.
Total surface area: 24.2 hectares
Contact positions: 30
Remote positions: 10
Number of aircraft entrance gangways: 30
Number of air lounges: 2 (domestic and international)
Number of ground lounges (documentation area only: 3 distributed in L1, L2, L3)
Hotel services with a capacity of 287 rooms (NH)
Parking services with a capacity for 3,000 cars
Space per passenger in Terminal 2 is 22 square meters (22 square meters).
Number of baggage reclaim belts: 15
Premium lounges in T2: in this terminal you can find about 8 Premium lounges where you can only enter with membership.
Apron area: 42.6 hectares
Airtrain capacity between terminals is 7,800 passengers per day.
T2 has a double road system to feed the beginning of the runway in use, as well as a means of transportation that favors the intercommunication between both terminals, using two means of transportation: the aerocars and the Automated People Mover (APM).
Covered parking for 3,000 cars and an additional outdoor parking lot for workers and crews, as well as a bus station and cab stand.
Its commercial area where you can find stores, banks, restaurants, bureau de change, and much more.
Both terminals are at a distance of 3 km from each other, so they are connected by Airtrain and internal buses. Additionally, both terminals are connected by the runways.
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