In 1929 Pan American Airways acquired a controlling stake in Mexicana Airways. This included the route between Brownsville, Texas and Mexico City. This route was extended to the Yucatan Peninsula. Ciudad del Carmen was one of the enroute stops. Pan Am improved the airfield there and built a terminal with a control tower in the mid 1930s. When this photo was taken the terminal was still in use. Today the control tower still exists, but a much newer terminal has been constructed and the runway and other facilities vastly improved.

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