Mexico Airport Traffic Statistics for Passengers, Flights, and Cargo (2006-2026)

From January 2006 to the present, this dataset provides traffic statistics for Mexico's 67 civil airports, covering passengers, flights, and cargo operations for domestic and international routes. The data is sourced from the Mexican Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) and was published by Montserrat Mora on figshare. It includes a Python script for generating visualizations of the busiest airports by various metrics.

Use Cases

• Identifying key aviation hubs based on passenger, flight, and cargo volume trends mentioned in the description
• Tracking long-term changes in domestic versus international traffic activity for Mexican airports
• Producing visualizations for reporting on airport performance over a 20-year period

Strengths

• Covers 67 civil airports in Mexico, providing a national scope.
• Includes a 20-year time series from 2006 to the present.
• Sourced from the official Mexican Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC).
• Includes supplementary Python scripts for generating visualizations.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Mexican Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official agency statistics.

Time Range

January 2006 to present (as of dataset creation).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 22:30:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mexico