Private Jet Airports in Cancun and the Riviera Maya
Choosing an airfield here
What drives the choice in this area: where the traffic goes, where you can clear, and what you can land.
Overview
8 airfields serve Cancun and the Riviera Maya. Cancún International Airport (MMUN) handles the most business aviation traffic, with 59% of the area's cross-border business jet movements , followed by Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport and Cozumel International Airport . The area spans Quintana Roo, Yucatán, and Campeche on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, stretching from the coastal cluster around Cancún and Cozumel to Mérida and Campeche well inland. Field spacing is uneven: two airports sit within 40 NM of the center while three others run past 100 NM, making this a mixed coastal and inland bassin rather than a tight metro cluster. As a cross-border dataset, the traffic figures reflect activity the FAA tracks for flights linking these fields to the United States, not total local operations. Winter months bring the heaviest business jet demand, tapering through the low season around September.
Comparison
All eight airfields serving Cancun and the Riviera Maya, ranked by business jet traffic. Distance is measured from the area center, and runway length is the longest paved surface on the field.
All eight airfields in the area are shown above.
Source: FAA Form 5010 and CBP list of ports of entry.
Seasonality
Business jet traffic across Cancun and the Riviera Maya peaks in January and is lowest in September. Four months run above the yearly average. September sees about two times fewer movements than January.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity in the area.
Source: FAA TFMSC, 20,165 business jet movements across the area, 2025.
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Frequently asked questions
How far apart are Cancún International Airport (MMUN) and Cozumel International Airport (MMCZ)?
Cancún International Airport (MMUN) and Cozumel International Airport (MMCZ) sit 32 NM apart. Both handle business jet traffic, with Cancún International Airport logging 11,920 annual movements against 2,690 at Cozumel International Airport. For an operator working the Cancún and the Riviera Maya area, that gap is short enough to treat the two as alternates for the same itinerary, though ramp space, fuel access, and any customs procedure still need separate confirmation for each field before a routing decision is final.
How does traffic at Cancún and the Riviera Maya change between January and September?
Business jet movements across the Cancún and the Riviera Maya area drop sharply from January to September. January is the peak month at 2,485 movements, while September is the low month at 1,082, roughly less than half. Only four months of the year run above the average of 1,680 monthly movements. An operator planning ramp or handling needs in January should expect meaningfully busier fields across the area than the same request filed in September, when overall demand across the area's airports thins out considerably.
Why does Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MMMD) fall outside the immediate Cancún cluster?
Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MMMD) in Mérida sits 137 NM from the center of the Cancún and the Riviera Maya area, well beyond the closer cluster formed by Cancún International Airport (MMUN) and Cozumel International Airport (MMCZ), both under 24 NM out. Mérida still ranks second in the area for business jet activity, with 3,290 annual movements against Cancún's 11,920. Operators using Mérida as a routing option within this area are working a materially longer leg than those staying among the Quintana Roo fields near the coast.
What share of business jet activity runs through Cancún International Airport (MMUN) versus the rest of the area?
Cancún International Airport (MMUN) accounts for 59% of the 20,165 annual business jet movements recorded across the Cancún and the Riviera Maya area in 2025. The remaining seven fields, including Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MMMD) with 3,290 movements and Cozumel International Airport (MMCZ) with 2,690, split the balance. Fields such as Chichén Itzá International Airport (MMCT), with 38 annual movements, and Aeródromo de Cupul see minimal business jet activity, meaning most operational planning in the area still centers on Cancún itself.
How far is Campeche's international airport from the center of the Cancún and the Riviera Maya area?
Ingeniero Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport (MMCP) in Campeche sits 195 NM from the center of the Cancún and the Riviera Maya area, the farthest of the eight fields tracked here. It also carries the lightest business jet load among the airports with recorded traffic, at 483 annual movements. For dispatchers scanning this area for a Campeche routing, the distance means treating it as a distinct destination rather than an alternate near the coastal cluster around Cancún and Cozumel.