Monterrey International Airport

General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY) is the principal aviation gateway to northeastern Mexico and the third-busiest airport in the country after Mexico City and Cancún, handling more than 14 million passengers a year. Serving Monterrey — Mexico's industrial capital and the wealthiest metropolitan area per capita in Latin America, with a population of more than 5 million — MTY is a strategic node for manufacturing, financial and cross-border commuter traffic connected to Texas and the wider U.S. border industrial complex. It is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte (OMA). MTY sits in Apodaca, about 24 km (15 mi) northeast of central Monterrey, at an elevation of 1,278 ft (390 m). Two asphalt runways — 12/30 at 9,843 ft (3,000 m) and a crosswind 16/34 at 5,909 ft (1,801 m) — support widebody operations by Boeing 787 and Airbus A330. Three terminals — Terminal A for both domestic and international Aeroméxico/SkyTeam traffic, Terminal B for Viva Aerobus (Monterrey is its main hub), and Terminal C for Volaris and other low-cost carriers — separate operations, and a planned Terminal D is in final design to lift capacity above 20 million passengers per year. Twenty-one airlines link MTY to 67 nonstop destinations, with Viva Aerobus, Aeroméxico and Volaris anchoring the domestic network to every major Mexican city and Viva's hub flying driving routes to Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Miami, Orlando, San Antonio, Austin, Los Angeles, Chicago, Havana, Panama City and Medellín. American, United, Delta, Copa and Air Canada provide complementary North American service. MTY's role as Mexico's principal industrial airport, its dense cross-border business traffic and its status as Viva's primary base keep it one of the most strategically important airports in North America (2025).