Chicago to Puerto Vallarta flight

Flights from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta start at €245.58 and take 7h 21m at their fastest.

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View of the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico as our snorkel excursion boat heads to our snorkel site off the coast of the Marietas Islands. A rigid inflatable boat (sometimes referred to as a "Zodiac") can be seen carrying another group of tourists exploring the area's sights.

The Flights from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta starts at €245.58 and takes 7h 21m door to door, run by 3 operators over 2,966 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 21mDoor to door
  • 4h 11mMoving
  • €245.58 to €550.02From
  • 06:03 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 7Per day
  • 729.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€245.58 to €550.02 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €438.51Tue15
  2. about €492.20Wed16
  3. about €550.02Thu17
  4. about €462.70Fri18
  5. about €455.03Sat19
  6. about €455.62Sun20
  7. about €282.75Mon21
  8. about €301.04Tue22
  9. about €319.33Wed23
  10. about €413.14Thu24
  11. about €397.21Fri25
  12. about €369.48Sat26
  13. about €332.31Sun27
  14. about €245.58Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€233.19
  1. United Airlines UA715206:104h 25m10:35Chicago MDWPuerto Vallarta PVR

Door to door 7h 35mCO2 729.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€237.32
  1. American Airlines AA293906:034h 11m10:14Chicago MDWPuerto Vallarta PVR

Door to door 7h 21mCO2 729.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
American Airlines€237.327h 19m
Frontier Airlines€266.237h 22m
United Airlines€233.197h 18m

The flight gets you into Puerto Vallarta. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Puerto Vallarta for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Chicago to Puerto Vallarta

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €282.1690 days
  2. €223.7560 days
  3. €266.2345 days
  4. €226.7030 days
  5. €233.1921 days
  6. €245.5814 days
  7. €282.757 days
  8. €550.023 days
  9. €438.511 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €223.75.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 146 percent. The dearest point is €550.02, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €332.31Sun
  2. €245.58Mon
  3. €301.04Tue
  4. €319.33Wed
  5. €413.14Thu
  6. €397.21Fri
  7. €369.48Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chicago

Air
  • ORD
  • MDW

Puerto Vallarta

Air
  • PVR
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,966 km against 2,880 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Houston, Dallas, Monterrey, St. Louis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Chicago at 06:03 and the last at 07:30, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Chicago to Puerto Vallarta

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta take?

The Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta takes 7h 21m door to door, of which 4h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 2,966 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta cost?

The Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta starts at €245.58 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €265.64. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta?

3 operators run the Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta: American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Between them they file around 7 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta use?

The Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta leaves from Chicago MDW and arrives at Puerto Vallarta PVR. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta?

Fares for the Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €223.75. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 146 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta produce?

The Flight from Chicago to Puerto Vallarta produces about 729.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2966 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Puerto Vallarta on 14 September 2026: 2966 km of route against 2880 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €245.58, and 7h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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A car waiting when you land in Puerto Vallarta

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