Cozumel's airport terminal will be getting bigger, with a $12 million investment (250 million pesos), ASUR, the operator of Cozumel airport, confirmed, this week.

Adolfo Castro, spokesperson for ASUR, told This is Cozumel that the new plans include a larger check-in area with more airline desks, and a waiting area with twice the capacity of the existing one.

The expansion plans follow an in-depth analysis of future demand and the airport operator hopes to have the larger terminal ready by 2027 or 2028.

According to the most recent data from ASUR, the number of passengers that used the airport increased 5.2% to 712,958 in 2024, compared with 677,503 in 2023.

Major international commercial airlines serving the island include American Airlines, United, Delta and Air Canada. Many Cozumel visitors fly via Cancun airport too, connecting to the island by land transfer and ferry from Playa del Carmen or by flights from Cancun to Cozumel.

Find out more about Cozumel flights and airlines, or if you have your flight already you can book Cozumel airport transfers for peace of mind who you land.