MMMXMEX

Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

FACTS

Type: Large hub airport
Elevation: 7316 ft
Runways: 2
Longest Runway: 12966 ft

RELEVANCE

Large hub airport — supports scheduled commercial passenger and cargo service.

AVIATION EDUCATION & INDUSTRY CONNECTION

Mexico City is home to UNAM's aerospace engineering programs and the Instituto Politécnico Nacional's aeronautical engineering school (ESIME Ticomán), and is the birthplace of several pioneers featured in this app.

PIONEERS FROM MEXICO CITY

Luis Guzmán Reveles

Aircraft mechanic with Escuadrón 201's Mixed Aeronautics Battalion; last surviving maintenance specialist of the unit

Ali Guarneros Luna

Mission Manager for NASA's TechEdSat small-satellite program at NASA Ames Research Center

Joaquín de la Cantolla y Rico

Mexico's first aeronaut, known for his 1863 hot-air balloon ascent "Moctezuma I" and his 1867 flight of "Vulcano" over Mexico City

PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN MEXICO CITY

Luis G. Lizcano

Presidente Ejecutivo (Executive President / CEO) · FEMIA — Federación Mexicana de la Industria Aeroespacial (Mexican Federation of the Aerospace Industry)

Source: OurAirports.com (public domain aggregation of official aviation authority data; https://ourairports.com/data/)

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