Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana flight

Flights from Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana start at €180.68 and take 5h 54m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana starts at €180.68 and takes 5h 54m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,816 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

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

  • 5h 54mDoor to door
  • 2h 44mMoving
  • €180.68 to €400.75From
  • 06:47 to 17:03First and last departure
  • 10Per day
  • 446.7 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.

€180.68 to €400.75 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 €319.33Tue15
  2. about €286.88Wed16
  3. about €400.75Thu17
  4. about €311.07Fri18
  5. about €298.68Sat19
  6. about €276.26Sun20
  7. about €251.48Mon21
  8. about €185.99Tue22
  9. about €189.53Wed23
  10. about €240.27Thu24
  11. about €243.22Fri25
  12. about €231.42Sat26
  13. about €216.08Sun27
  14. about €180.68Mon28

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€139.97
  1. VivaAerobús VA984106:472h 57m09:44Puerto Vallarta PVRTijuana TIJ

Door to door 6h 7mCO2 446.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€151.18
  1. VivaAerobús VA635811:542h 44m14:38Puerto Vallarta PVRTijuana TIJ

Door to door 5h 54mCO2 446.7 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
VivaAerobús€139.975h 51m
Volaris€158.855h 52m
  • VivaAerobús
  • Volaris

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A room in Tijuana for the night the flight gets in

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When to book Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana

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  1. €168.2990 days
  2. €154.7260 days
  3. €159.4445 days
  4. €130.5330 days
  5. €139.9721 days
  6. €180.6814 days
  7. €251.487 days
  8. €400.753 days
  9. €319.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €130.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 207 percent. The dearest point is €400.75, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €216.08Sun
  2. €180.68Mon
  3. €185.99Tue
  4. €189.53Wed
  5. €240.27Thu
  6. €243.22Fri
  7. €231.42Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Puerto Vallarta

Air
  • PVR

Tijuana

Air
  • TIJ
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,816 km against 1,763 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 Guadalajara, Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez, Santiago de Querétaro. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Puerto Vallarta at 06:47 and the last at 17:03, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana

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 Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana take?

The Flight from Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana takes 5h 54m door to door, of which 2h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 1,816 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 Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana cost?

The Flight from Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana starts at €180.68 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €193.96. 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 Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana?

2 operators run the Flight from Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana: VivaAerobús, Volaris. Between them they file around 10 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 Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana use?

The Flight from Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana leaves from Puerto Vallarta PVR and arrives at Tijuana TIJ. 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 Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana?

Fares for the Flight from Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €130.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 207 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana produces about 446.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1816 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 Puerto Vallarta to Tijuana on 14 September 2026: 1816 km of route against 1763 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €180.68, and 5h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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Tijuana is large, and the road in from TIJ can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

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