Cancún Airport (CUN): terminals, flights, arrivals and departures

Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún (IATA: CUN, ICAO: MMUN) is a primary hub for Cancún, Mexico. Our catalogue shows 15 departing routes, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

CUN carries 15 routes and 13 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 215 weekly departures. Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún (ICAO MMUN) serves Cancún, Mexico, in the America/Cancun zone (UTC−5 in July). Its coordinates (21.0365, -86.8771) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: CUN
• ICAO: MMUN
• City: Cancún
• Country: Mexico
• Time zone: America/Cancun
• Coordinates: 21.0365, -86.8771
• Airlines at the airport: 13

Base of Aeromexico, Volaris, VivaAerobus. An airline basing here means aircraft and crews overnighting at the airport: more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto, and more early departures. The flip side is that at an airport dominated by one carrier the competitive pressure on fares is weaker than where several compete.

What each code is for. The IATA code (CUN) is what the bag tag and the ticket use; the ICAO code (MMUN) is what flight plans, NOTAMs and flight trackers use. To follow the inbound aircraft that will become your flight, ICAO is the one that returns reliable results. And if CUN is not printed on your bag tag, the bag was not checked through to here — worth catching at the counter.

Airlines at CUN

13 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from CUN: 10 full-service and 3 low-cost, with checked allowance from 0 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam, Star Alliance, oneworld. They cover 15 catalogued routes and 215 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.

Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:

Other airlines also operating at CUN: AC, WS, DE.

What does apply on departure from Mexico. Mexico’s Ley de Aviación Civil (Art. 47 Bis), enforced by AFAC and PROFECO, covers flights taking off from Mexican territory from CUN regardless of the airline’s nationality: a delay over 4 hours attributable to the carrier entitles you to at least 25% of the ticket price, and from the first hour the airline owes assistance that escalates with duration. Keep the boarding pass and the purchase receipt — a claim stands on those two documents.

Routes from Cancún (CUN)

Our catalogue lists 15 routes from CUN, totalling 215 weekly departures and spanning 509 to 8,605 km. The busiest is CUN-MIA at ~35 flights a week; 8 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 4 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic CUN moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Caribbean leisure corridor (6), Mexico-US paisano corridor (5), Mexico-Europe corridor (VFR and Camino) (3), Latin American regional corridor (1). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Fare seasonality

6 routes at CUN carry a monthly minimum-fare breakdown. Between the cheapest and priciest months observed the gap reaches 48% on the widest route, which shows how much the date matters against the choice of airline at this airport.

Lowest detected fare by month on routes with data, in pesos (MXN). The cheapest versus dearest month helps you time the purchase:

The three peaks of the Mexican calendar. December, Holy Week and summer concentrate family and leisure demand at once, and in those windows price stops responding to normal lead time: cheap buckets sell out earlier and flexible fares go at a premium. Outside them, the usual pattern rewards buying 4 to 8 weeks ahead and travelling midweek. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

Seasonality does not transfer between airports. Every pair has its own calendar: a labour corridor flattens in summer while a beach one spikes, and CUN can host both. Before assuming ‘August is expensive’, read the row for your specific route; the airport average blends demands that move in opposite directions.

Connection tips

CUN concentrates 215 catalogued weekly departures across 13 airlines, in the America/Cancun zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.

Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún runs on the America/Cancun time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at CUN is CUN-MIA (~35 flights a week). The lowest fare detected at this airport is $2,804 MXN on the CUN-BOG route. Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Cancún; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.

Other airports in Mexico

12 further Mexico airports appear in our catalogue besides CUN, with 96 routes between them. The best-connected is Ciudad de México (MEX) with 44 routes, and the nearest sits ~1,284 km great-circle from CUN. The 12 distances in this section are measured from each airport’s own coordinates.

Other airports in the same country in our catalogue, with the number of catalogued routes — useful if you need an alternative gateway:

Great-circle distance is not the transfer. The figures in the table are geodesic, computed from each airport’s coordinates; the real journey depends on whether road, rail or a domestic flight exists, and on what they cost. An airport 300 km away can be more accessible than one at 120 km if the first has a direct motorway and the second does not. Use them to rule out, not to plan.

FAQ

The 8 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for CUN: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for Cancún airport? The IATA code is CUN and the ICAO code is MMUN. Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún serves Cancún, Mexico.

Which airlines operate at CUN? Airlines on our catalogued routes at CUN: Aeromexico, Cubana de Aviación, Volaris, VivaAerobus, American Airlines, JetBlue, Delta Air Lines, Air Europa, Iberia, Lufthansa, Air France, Avianca, TAR Aerolíneas.

How many routes are there from Cancún (CUN)? Our catalogue lists 15 departing routes at CUN — see the tables above.

What time zone is CUN in? CUN operates in the America/Cancun time zone.

How many weekly departures does CUN have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching CUN we count 215 weekly departures over 13 airlines and 15 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the longest catalogued route at CUN? Catalogued routes at CUN span 509 to 8,605 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.

What is the lowest fare detected at CUN? $2,804 MXN on CUN-BOG, per the collector’s last pass across 8 routes with data at this airport. It is an observed one-way minimum, not a guaranteed price or a bookable offer.

Which airlines are based at CUN? Aeromexico, Volaris, VivaAerobus run CUN as a base. An airline based here keeps aircraft and crews overnight, so it has more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto the same day.

Related

• CUN-HAV flights
• Mexico airports

Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.