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Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport serves the city of Mérida in Yucatán, Mexico, and is one of only four airports in the country hosting an Air Route Traffic Control Centre, Centro Mérida, which controls traffic over the southeastern part of the nation. With a long ILS-equipped runway and round-the-clock operations, it is a straightforward IFR or VFR destination for simulator pilots exploring the Yucatán Peninsula.
Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport, generally known simply as Mérida International Airport, is the principal air gateway to the city of Mérida and the state of Yucatán in southeastern Mexico. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) and is named after the jurist Manuel Crescencio García Rejón, credited as the creator of the Mexican legal remedy known as the juicio de amparo. The field combines a busy civil international terminal with a resident Mexican Air Force unit, and its long, ILS-served main runway makes it a capable base for both airliner and general aviation operations in a flight simulator.
The airport lies in the southern part of the city of Mérida, in the state of Yucatán, at coordinates 20.937 N, 89.6577 W and an elevation of 33 feet. It is one of only four airports in Mexico that houses an Air Route Traffic Control Centre, Centro Mérida, which controls air traffic over the southeastern portion of the country, alongside the centres at Mexico City, Monterrey and Mazatlán. The aerodrome operates around the clock and is capable of handling aircraft as large as the Boeing 747 and 777, although Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 types are the most common visitors.
The airfield has two hard-surfaced, lit physical runways. Runway 10/28 is the main strip, published at 9,424 feet for runway 10 and 10,478 feet for runway 28, with an ILS serving runway 10. Runway 18/36 is 7,556 feet long and also hard-surfaced and lit.
Mérida Approach is available on 121.2 MHz. The tower, callsign Mérida Tower, operates on 118.3 MHz, with Mérida Info providing an information service on 126.9 MHz. ATIS is broadcast on 127.9 MHz. Runway 10 is served by an ILS.
The airfield dates back to 1928, when it was built alongside the Mérida-Umán highway to receive Fairchild aircraft of Compañía Mexicana de Aviación. It was formally inaugurated at 14:50 on 15 February 1929 with the landing of a Ford trimotor belonging to that airline. Over the following decades the airport underwent repeated modification and modernisation, eventually taking its official name in honour of the jurist and Yucatecan patrician Manuel Crescencio García Rejón, creator of the juicio de amparo. A significant remodelling took place in 1968 under the governorship of Luis Torres Mesías. The airport has received notable visitors over the years, including Pope John Paul II, United States Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Estonian President Lennart Meri. It was completely renovated between 1999 and 2001, renovated again by ASUR between 2011 and 2012, and has been undergoing a further terminal remodelling and expansion since 2021. The site also hosts the Mérida Military Air Base, home to the 17th Air Zone of the Mexican Air Force and its Escuadrón Aéreo 114, which operates Cessna 182 aircraft; the base was previously known as Base Aérea Militar No. 8 and includes two aviation aprons and three hangars.
The airport functions today as the main international gateway for Yucatán, handling scheduled national and international airline traffic around the clock under the management of Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste. Alongside civil operations, the Mexican Air Force maintains an active presence through the 17th Air Zone and its Escuadrón Aéreo 114, flying Cessna 182 aircraft from dedicated aprons and hangars on the airfield. The passenger terminal has been in a phase of remodelling and expansion since 2021.