Cancun Airport Saw Fewer Travelers in May, With Traffic Down for the Year

Passenger traffic at Cancun International Airport declined in May, according to newly released data from ASUR, the airport group that operates the hub.

Cancun welcomed a total of 2,146,854 passengers in May, an 8.1 percent decline compared to the 2,335,724 passengers the airport handled in the same month last year.

It was the continuation of a softer stretch for the gateway to the Mexican Caribbean, which remains the single busiest airport serving the wider Caribbean region.

For the year to date, Cancun has handled 12,644,429 passengers, down 3.4 percent from the 13,095,238 travelers the airport saw through the first five months of last year.

The dip at Cancun outpaced the broader trend across ASUR’s Mexico portfolio, which also includes airports in destinations like Cozumel and Merida.

Across all of its Mexico airports, ASUR reported a total of 3,105,645 passengers in May, a 4.2 percent decline compared to the same month last year.

For the year to date, ASUR’s Mexico traffic stands at 17,462,761 passengers, a more modest 1.3 percent dip from the 17,698,454 passengers the group handled through May of last year.

Even with the slowdown, Cancun continues to operate at a scale unmatched in the region, with the airport on pace to remain far and away the leading air gateway in the Caribbean Basin, anchored by deep airlift from the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America.