MMMX Operations

[Enrique_Fernandez]

Mexico City Int’l Airport Operations

ICAO: MMMX IATA: MEX

Charts

Benito Juárez International Airport is my favorite airport and the busiest airport in Mexico. It is surrounded by mountains, making the approach challenging and interesting. I noticed that many people don’t know how MMMX works so I will show you how to use this airport.

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Terminals and gates

Blue: Terminal 1 Domestic

Airlines

• Volaris
• Mexicana (Ceased Ops)
• Mexicana Click (Ceased Ops)
• Mexicana Link (Ceased Ops)
• Interjet
• Magnicharters
• Viva Aerobus

Green: Terminal 1 International

Airlines

• Volaris
• Mexicana (Ceased Ops)
• Air Canada
• Air Canada Rouge
• Air France
• Alitalia
• All Nippon Airways
• American Airlines
• Avianca
• British Airways
• China Southern
• Cubana de Aviación
• Emirates (December, 2019)
• Hainan Airlines
• Iberia
• Interjet
• JetBlue
• KLM
• LATAM
• Lufthansa
• Magnicharters
• Turkish Airlines (August 22, 2019)
• United Airlines
• Viva Aerobus

Red: Terminal 2 Domestic & International

Airlines

• Aeromexico
• Aeromexico Connect
• Aeromar
• Copa Airlines
• Delta
• Wingo

Yellow: Cargo

Airlines

• ABX Air
• Air France Cargo
• Amerijet International
• Atlas Air
• Avianca Cargo
• Cargolux
• Centurion Air Cargo
• Emirates SkyCargo
• LATAM Cargo México
• Lufthansa Cargo
• Qatar Cargo
• Turkish Cargo
• UPS Airlines

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Departures

The takeoff runways in MMMX are the 05L and 05R, the 05L is used for non-heavy aircrafts, the 05R is used for heavy and super aircrafts, rarely is used for International flights of non-heavy aircrafts that are parked in the Terminal 2. Be careful with departures, there are big mountains in the west, south and east so please use the charts. NOTE: Simultaneous operations in MMMX are not allowed (no parallel takeoffs and landings).

RWYs 05L & 05R

Chart

East & Northeast

Waypoints

APAN 7A[Blue]: MMMX SEBED APN19 APN

MUXEP 1[Green]: MMMX SEBED MUXEP or MMMX SEBED APN19 APN MUXEP

OMPUT 1[Red]: MMMX SEBED SEBED APN19 APN OMPUT

South

Waypoints

PUEBLA 4C[Green]: MMMX SEBED APN19 PBC

CUAUTLA 5A[Blue]: MMMX SEBED D102J CUA

West & Northwest

Waypoints

PASTEJE 5A[Blue]: MMMX SEBED D102J TLC23 PTJ

TOLUCA 6A[Green]: MMMX SEBED D102J TLC23 TLC

Don’t do this

RWYs 23L & 23R

Charts

East, Southeast & Northeast

Waypoints

APAN 5B[Blue]: MMMX D239Z D239Q APN

PUEBLA 3D[Green]: MMMX D239Z D239Q PBC

South

Waypoints

OTMOS 1[Red]: MMMX OTMOS CUA

West and Northwest

Waypoints

PASTEJE 5B[Blue]: MMMX SMO PTJ

TOLUCA 6B[Green]: MMMX SMO TLC

TOLUCA 4C[Green]: MMMX TLC

Don’t do this

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Arrivals

I recommend using the chart for the arrivals due to the mountains that surround Mexico City, please note that MMMX only use the runway 05R/23L for arrivals (less than the 1% of pilots land in the Runway 05L/23R). When runways 05L & 05R are in operation you can not intercept the end of the cone due to terrain in the vicinity. NOTE: Simultaneous operations in MMMX are not allowed (no parallel takeoffs and landings).

RWYs 05R & 05L

Charts

North

Waypoints

AVSAR 4A[Blue]: AVSAR SL359 SLM SMO

DATUL 4A[Green]: DATUL SL017 SLM SMO

SASUT 1A[Yellow]: SASUT SL342 SLM SMO

TIKEB 1A[Red]: QET TIKEB SL303 SLM SMO

South

Waypoints

MEXICO 5A[Blue]: MEX D321W D064W D295L SMO

South (Props)

Waypoints

MEXICO 5A[Blue]: TEQ D187Q DUXOP MEX SMO

Final Approach

Waypoints

ILS DME 1[Blue]: SMO D248H PLAZA MEBIP MMMX

ILS DME 2[Red]: SMO MEX05 CI05R PLAZA MEBIP MMMX

Don't do this

RWYs 23L & 23R

Charts

North

Waypoints

AVSAR 4A[Blue]: AVSAR SL359 SLM

DATUL 4A[Green]: DATUL SL017 SLM

SASUT 1A[Yellow]: SASUT SL342 SLM

TIKEB 1A[Red]: QET TIKEB SL303 SLM

South

Waypoints

MEXICO 3B[Blue]: MEX D321W PTJ31 PTJ34 D303J SLM D140H

Final Approach

Waypoints

ILS DME 1[Blue]: SLM D140H D140L MEX23 SEBED MEX MMMX

Don't do this

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[Vulcan]

Thanks bro for the useful info!

[Vulcan]

(Also, you forgot to add AeroUnion to the cargo list)

[Enrique_Fernandez]

AeroUnion has their platform near the east remote platform, not in the yellow zone. We don’t have the livery in IF so I didn’t add this zone.

[Armani_B]

Good information I’ve been there before

[Armani_B]

Hope you do this to other airports good job this is really useful 👍🏽😉🇲🇽

[Will_A]

Really neat! I like to fly around Mexico, mainly from MMPR, so I’ll be sure to use this info when I fly form Cancun or Puerto Vallarta to Mexico City.
Bookmarked!!

[Sashaz55]

Nice this should help some people!

[Sebastian_Arias91]

Perfect timing!