Ciudad de México Airport (MEX): terminals, flights

Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) is a primary hub for Ciudad de México, Mexico. Our catalogue shows 44 departing routes, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

MEX carries 44 routes and 22 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 652 weekly departures. Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez (ICAO MMMX) serves Ciudad de México, Mexico, in the America/Mexico_City zone (UTC−6 in July). Its coordinates (19.4363, -99.0721) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: MEX
• ICAO: MMMX
• City: Ciudad de México
• Country: Mexico
• Time zone: America/Mexico_City
• Coordinates: 19.4363, -99.0721
• Airlines at the airport: 22

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 (MEX) is what the bag tag and the ticket use; the ICAO code (MMMX) 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 MEX is not printed on your bag tag, the bag was not checked through to here — worth catching at the counter.

Airlines at MEX

22 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from MEX: 18 full-service and 4 low-cost, with checked allowance from 0 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam, Star Alliance, oneworld. They cover 44 catalogued routes and 652 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 MEX: AC, KE.

Routes from Ciudad de México (MEX)

Fare seasonality

8 routes at MEX carry a monthly minimum-fare breakdown. Between the cheapest and priciest months observed the gap reaches 90% 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.

What a ‘cheapest month’ means here. It is the minimum the automated query found for that month — not an average and not a guaranteed fare — and it usually corresponds to the least convenient date combination in the month. A month with no row is not an expensive month: it is a month with no data. With that caveat, the month-to-month comparison still holds because every cell was measured the same way.

Connection tips

MEX concentrates 652 catalogued weekly departures across 22 airlines, in the America/Mexico_City 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 Benito Juárez runs on the America/Mexico_City time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at MEX is MEX-LAX (~55 flights a week). The lowest fare detected at this airport is $2,457 MXN on the MEX-JFK route. Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Ciudad de México; 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 MEX, with 67 routes between them. The best-connected is Guadalajara (GDL) with 18 routes, and the nearest sits ~175 km great-circle from MEX. 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 MEX: 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 Ciudad de México airport? The IATA code is MEX and the ICAO code is MMMX. Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez serves Ciudad de México, Mexico.

Which airlines operate at MEX? Airlines on our catalogued routes at MEX: Aeromexico, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Volaris, VivaAerobus, United Airlines, Cubana de Aviación, Iberia, Air Europa, Avianca, JetBlue, LATAM Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Copa Airlines, TAR Aerolíneas, Air France, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Alaska Airlines, Lufthansa, KLM, British Airways, TAP Air Portugal.

How many routes are there from Ciudad de México (MEX)? Our catalogue lists 44 departing routes at MEX — see the tables above.

What time zone is MEX in? MEX operates in the America/Mexico_City time zone.

How many weekly departures does MEX have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching MEX we count 652 weekly departures over 22 airlines and 44 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the longest catalogued route at MEX? Catalogued routes at MEX span 1,056 to 12,096 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 MEX? $2,457 MXN on MEX-JFK, per the collector’s last pass across 15 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 MEX? Aeromexico, Volaris, VivaAerobus run MEX 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

• MEX-LAX flights
• Mexico airports

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