Los Angeles to Cancún flight

Flights from Los Angeles to Cancún start at €249.71 and take 7h 58m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Los Angeles to Cancún starts at €249.71 and takes 7h 58m door to door, run by 5 operators over 3,492 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 58mDoor to door
  • 4h 48mMoving
  • €323.46 to €587.78From
  • 06:06 to 17:34First and last departure
  • 18Per day
  • 1023.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€323.46 to €587.78 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. 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 €587.78Mon21
  2. about €512.85Tue22
  3. about €531.14Wed23
  4. about €556.51Thu24
  5. about €501.05Fri25
  6. about €514.62Sat26
  7. about €482.17Sun27
  8. about €335.85Mon28
  9. about €323.46Tue29
  10. about €359.45Wed30
  11. about €401.34Thu1
  12. about €380.10Fri2
  13. about €397.21Sat3
  14. about €357.09Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€249.71
  1. MasAir MA798112:085h 18m19:26Los Angeles International Airport LAXCancún International Airport CUN

Door to door 8h 28mCO2 1023.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€283.34
  1. AeroMéxico AM907417:024h 48m23:50Los Angeles International Airport LAXCancún International Airport CUN

Door to door 7h 58mCO2 1023.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€269.18
  1. Allegiant Air AA556907:303h 33m13:03Los Angeles International Airport LAXMcAllen Miller International Airport MFE
  2. Volaris V894914:152h 13m16:28McAllen Miller International Airport MFECancún International Airport CUN

Changes at McAllen, with 72 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 8mCO2 730.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, 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€255.027h 58m
AeroMéxico€273.317h 57m
Delta Air Lines€262.697h 58m
United Airlines€267.417h 57m
MasAir€249.717h 57m

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A hotel room

A room in Cancún for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Los Angeles to Cancún

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

  1. €343.5290 days
  2. €271.5460 days
  3. €223.1645 days
  4. €222.5730 days
  5. €307.5321 days
  6. €357.0914 days
  7. €482.177 days
  8. €531.143 days
  9. €587.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €222.57.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 164 percent. The most expensive point is €587.78, 1 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. €357.09Sun
  2. €335.85Mon
  3. €323.46Tue
  4. €359.45Wed
  5. €401.34Thu
  6. €380.10Fri
  7. €397.21Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Los Angeles

Air
  • LAX

Cancún

Air
  • CUN
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,492 km against 3,390 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 McAllen, Phoenix, Monterrey. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Los Angeles at 06:06 and the last at 17:34, across 18 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Los Angeles to Cancún

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Los Angeles to Cancún take?

The Flight from Los Angeles to Cancún takes 7h 58m door to door, of which 4h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 3,492 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 Los Angeles to Cancún cost?

The Flight from Los Angeles to Cancún starts at €249.71 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €324.64. 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 Los Angeles to Cancún?

5 operators run the Flight from Los Angeles to Cancún: American Airlines, AeroMéxico, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, MasAir. Between them they file around 18 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 Los Angeles to Cancún use?

The Flight from Los Angeles to Cancún leaves from Los Angeles International Airport LAX and arrives at Cancún International Airport CUN. 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 Los Angeles to Cancún?

Fares for the Flight from Los Angeles to Cancún bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €222.57. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 164 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Los Angeles to Cancún produce?

The Flight from Los Angeles to Cancún produces about 1023.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3492 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Los Angeles to Cancún on September 20, 2026: 3492 km of route against 3390 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €249.71, and 7h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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