Cancún International Airport passenger traffic slumps in February

Air postulation astatine Cancún International Airport (CUN) decreased 9.1% successful February compared to the aforesaid period successful 2024, according to airdrome relation Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR).

Still, Cancún’s airdrome continues to beryllium Mexico’s 2nd busiest airport, aft Mexico City International Airport (AICM), according to the latest study by Mexico’s Federal Aviation Agency (AFAC). 

While its numbers person been down from past twelvemonth implicit the past respective months, Cancún International Airport remains Mexico’s 2nd busiest airdrome aft the Mexico City International Airport (AICM). (Elizabeth Ruiz/Cuartoscuro)

In February Cancún’s airdrome saw a full of 2.74 cardinal passengers, a alteration of implicit 245,000 passengers compared to February 2024. The biggest driblet corresponded to February’s planetary travelers, which decreased from 2.03 cardinal successful February 2024 to 1.81 cardinal successful February 2025, down 11%. 

Domestic postulation done Cancún successful February was besides down, but acold little dramatically, with 680,189  travelers, a 3.6% diminution from February 2024.  

ASUR, which operates 16 airports successful Latin America, continues to look challenges successful the Mexican marketplace owed to the declining capableness of section airlines and expanding competition, particularly with the surge successful flights to Tulum International Airport, which is tally by Mexico’s subject nether the sanction Grupo Olmeca-Maya-Mexica. 

Inaugurated successful December 2023, Tulum saw implicit 1 cardinal passengers a twelvemonth aft it began operations, surpassing expectations for rider traffic. 

The rider postulation diminution astatine Cancún’s airdrome is portion of a wider inclination observed astatine ASUR’s Mexican airports. ASUR reported an wide 7.5% dip successful rider postulation compared to February 2024.

Except for Mérida, Minatitlán, Oaxaca and Veracruz, each airports operated by ASUR saw decreased full airdrome postulation successful February compared to past year. Airports with declining numbers included Cozumel (-18.9%), Huatulco (-6.1%), Tapachula (-13.5%) and Villahermosa (-104%).

In contrast, ASUR’s airports successful Colombia and Puerto Rico, reported an summation of 3.3% and 8.6% respectively. 

Cancún International Airport appears to beryllium struggling with the opening of the Tulum International Airport successful Dec. 2023. Despite immoderate upticks during its precocious play successful December and January, has struggled to support an upward trajectory successful rider traffic.

Regarding planetary flights, Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport successful San Juan (SJU) showed important growth, with a 19.2% increase, portion ASUR’s airports successful Colombia saw an wide 11.3% rise. Meanwhile, ASUR’s full rider postulation crossed Mexican airports declined successful some planetary and home flights, by 10.6% and 2.9% respectively.

But not each airports successful Mexico are seeing rider postulation decreases.  

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP), which operates 12 airports successful Mexico and 2 successful Jamaica, reported a 2.6% emergence successful its Mexico market. Passenger postulation astatine GAP’s airports successful Guadalajara and Tijuana accrued by 5.8% and 2.7% respectively. 

However, postulation astatine GAP’s Los Cabos International Airport and Puerto Vallarta International Airport decreased by 3.8% and 1.8% respectively. 

With reports from Reportur and Aviación 21