Cancún International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)

IATA: CUN ICAO: MMUN

Longest Active Runway

11,483 ft

3,500 meters

Field Elevation

22 ft

7 m MSL

Runway Inventory

2 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

21.0408°, -86.8735°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #273 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#481 of 7558

Top 6.4% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Mexico)

tied #7 of 16 in MX

same length as QRO, BJX · #9 of 87 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+14.8%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 CUN in numbers: 11,483 ft longest runway · tied #273 of 650 published · #481 of 7,558 worldwide (top 6.4%) · tied #7 in Mexico.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

CUN lies at 7 m (22 ft), #581 of 650 published airports by elevation and 10.7 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 5,464 ft below the Mexico median (5,486 ft, 16 airports); TLC is highest at 8,466 ft, 8,444 ft higher than CUN.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

1 Qualifying Aerodrome in Vicinity

Closest of 1 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbour within 100 NM: Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum (TQO), 68.4 NM, 12,139 ft. TQO has the radius's longest runway, 656 ft more than CUN.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 11,483 ft (3,500 m)

CUN runways: 12R/30L 11,483 × 197 ft asphalt (asp); 12L/30R 9,186 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: tied #7 of 16 in Mexico with QRO/BJX at 11,483 ft; NLU leads by 3,281 ft (14,764 ft). +14.8% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
12R/30L	11,483 ft (3500 m / 3.500 km)	197 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
12L/30R	9,186 ft (2800 m / 2.800 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum (Tulum)	`TQO`	68.4 NM (126.7 km)	12,139 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →