Cancun getting another runway

On October 10, as many as 2,000 runners will inaugurate a second runway at Cancun International. Runners for a runway, get it? The private corporation operating the airport reports that 67 million dollars were invested in constructing this second runway, which should give Cancun the best airport in all of Latin America. This will be the only airport in Mexico at which two planes will be able to land – or take off – simultaneously.
With the opening of this second runway, the building of a Maya Riviera airport near Tulum, about 100 miles to the south, becomes even more doubtful. While such an airport would benefit some resorts, most are spread out along the entire Riviera, meaning that vacationers would be faced with a long ride to their hotel no matter where they landed. But the bigger question is whether a second airport would be able to generate sufficient traffic.

By Jimm Budd