Phoenix to Zihuatanejo

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo. From €171.24, fastest 6h 17m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Phoenix to Zihuatanejo runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €171.24 and €207.82, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 17m over 2,108 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€171.24 to €207.82

  • 197%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Phoenix

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:03First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €509.90Wed16
  2. about €524.06Thu17
  3. about €496.33Fri18
  4. about €452.67Sat19
  5. about €361.22Sun20
  6. about €280.98Mon21
  7. about €268.00Tue22
  8. about €275.08Wed23
  9. about €355.91Thu24
  10. about €298.09Fri25
  11. about €333.49Sat26
  12. about €265.64Sun27
  13. about €233.78Mon28
  14. about €207.82Tue29
  15. about €209.59Wed30
  16. about €271.54Thu1
  17. about €214.90Fri2
  18. about €216.08Sat3
  19. about €211.36Sun4
  20. about €171.24Mon5
  21. about €213.72Tue6

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.

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

A hotel room

A room in Zihuatanejo for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal de Autobuses and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Phoenix to Zihuatanejo

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

  1. €187.1790 days
  2. €171.8360 days
  3. €200.7445 days
  4. €230.2430 days
  5. €213.7221 days
  6. €207.8214 days
  7. €268.007 days
  8. €496.333 days
  9. €509.901 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €171.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 197 percent. The most expensive point is €509.90, 1 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.
€509.90€171.831371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Phoenix to Zihuatanejo and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

2,108 km

2,047 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

1,650,07067,408

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

PhoenixPhoenixIxtapa-ZihuatanejoIxtapa-Zihuatanejo
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,108 km against 2,047 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 Los Angeles, Mexico City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.

The fare from ZIH into Zihuatanejo is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Zihuatanejo

Settled in advance, so the ride into Zihuatanejo costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

Zihuatanejo is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Terminal de Autobuses

Most of the points near Terminal de Autobuses open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Phoenix to Zihuatanejo

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 it take to get from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

The fastest journey from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo takes 6h 17m door to door, of which 3h 15m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 26m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

The cheapest fare from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo is €171.24, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €280.98. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

The cheapest way from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo is by flight, at €207.82 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 6h 25m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

Fares from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €171.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 197 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo, at €213.72. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo, at €175.37 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

1 operators sell services from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo across 1 mode: American Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

33 percent of the services we sell from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo are direct. The rest connect at Los Angeles, Mexico City, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo use?

Services from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo by flight leave from Phoenix PHX and arrive at Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo ZIH. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Phoenix to Zihuatanejo on September 15, 2026: 2108 km of route against 2047 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €171.24, and 6h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Zihuatanejo is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Zihuatanejo and across Mexico

Day trips that leave Zihuatanejo in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Phoenix reaches 107 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 173 to 9,053 km. Zihuatanejo reaches 8 places in 3 countries, from 324 to 4,035 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Phoenix

  • 107Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 29Operators

Arriving in Zihuatanejo

Leaving Zihuatanejo

  • 8Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 7Operators

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