Puerto Vallarta to San Diego flight

Flights from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego start at €141.15 and take 6h 4m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego starts at €141.15 and takes 6h 4m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,844 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

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

  • 6h 4mDoor to door
  • 2h 54mMoving
  • €200.15 to €404.88From
  • 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 385.4 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.

€200.15 to €404.88 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 €376.56Mon21
  2. about €322.28Tue22
  3. about €316.38Wed23
  4. about €404.88Thu24
  5. about €366.53Fri25
  6. about €387.77Sat26
  7. about €302.81Sun27
  8. about €219.03Mon28
  9. about €221.39Tue29
  10. about €262.69Wed30
  11. about €270.36Thu1
  12. about €272.13Fri2
  13. about €219.62Sat3
  14. about €200.15Sun4

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€141.15
  1. Alaska Airlines AA799806:302h 54m08:24Puerto Vallarta International Airport PVRSan Diego International Airport SAN

Door to door 6h 4mCO2 385.4 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Alaska Airlines€141.155h 54m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Alaska Airlines

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A hotel room

A room in San Diego for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Puerto Vallarta to San Diego

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

  1. €250.8990 days
  2. €214.3160 days
  3. €132.3045 days
  4. €140.5630 days
  5. €186.5821 days
  6. €200.1514 days
  7. €302.817 days
  8. €316.383 days
  9. €376.561 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €132.30.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 185 percent. The most expensive point is €376.56, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €200.15Sun
  2. €219.03Mon
  3. €221.39Tue
  4. €262.69Wed
  5. €270.36Thu
  6. €272.13Fri
  7. €219.62Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Puerto Vallarta

Air
  • PVR

San Diego

Air
  • SAN
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,844 km against 1,791 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 Phoenix. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Puerto Vallarta at 06:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Puerto Vallarta to San Diego

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 Puerto Vallarta to San Diego take?

The Flight from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego takes 6h 4m door to door, of which 2h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 1,844 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 San Diego cost?

The Flight from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego starts at €141.15 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €176.55. 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 San Diego?

1 operators run the Flight from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego: Alaska Airlines. Between them they file around 2 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 San Diego use?

The Flight from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego leaves from Puerto Vallarta International Airport PVR and arrives at San Diego International Airport SAN. 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 San Diego?

Fares for the Flight from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €132.30. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 185 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego produces about 385.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1844 km, which works out at roughly 209 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 Puerto Vallarta to San Diego on September 20, 2026: 1844 km of route against 1791 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €141.15, and 6h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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