Yet another flight to Mexico. While United’s 364-seat 777-222s are largely restricted to transcontinental routes and Hawaii these days, occasionally they’ll venture south of the border to Cancún during certain periods of the year like when oh, I don’t know, everyone wants to get away to sunshine and warm weather. Thus, I gave United’s morning Bigfoot service to Canún from Chicago a go.
Server: Solo
Airline: United Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777-222
Origin: Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois (ORD)
Destination: Cancún International Airport, Cancún, Mexico (CUN)
Flight Number: UA1656
Route: KORD-MMUN
Seat: 39A (Economy Plus)
Time En Route: 3 Hours 45 Minutes
Boarding Bigfoot at Gate B16
Ready to taxi out for the flight to the busiest airport in Mexico by international passenger traffic
Waiting to take off
When it’s lightly loaded, the Triple 7 can flat-out climb
Continuing to climb past Midway Airport and Lake Michigan
Leveled off at our cruising altitude
Going across the Gulf of Mexico
Final descent into the Yucatán Peninsula
Landing in Cancún
Ready to go have some fun in the sun after getting off at Terminal 3, Gate 39