What airport is CUN?
Why the code is CUN
CUNcún.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- CUN
- ICAO code
- MMUN
- Airport
- Cancún International Airport
- City
- Cancún, Mexico
- Code origin
- Documented
Cancún handles more international passengers than Mexico City, which is unusual for a resort airport in a country with a large capital. The city itself was planned from nothing in 1970 by a Mexican government computer model looking for the best place to put a tourist industry.
The other code, MMUN
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, CUN, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, MMUN, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why MMUN looks nothing like CUN.
Common questions
- What airport is CUN?
- Cancún International Airport, in Cancún, Mexico.
- Why is Cancún's airport called CUN?
- CUNcún.
- What is the difference between CUN and MMUN?
- CUN is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. MMUN is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
Related pages
- Mexico Capital, area, population and currency
- The flag of Mexico Colours, symbols and lookalikes
- Airport codes in Mexico 2 here
- What airport is MEX? Mexico City International Airport, Mexico City
Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)