How to get Puerto Vallarta

Getting to Puerto Vallarta has never been easier with numerous daily flights from most large U.S. and Canadian cities to Puerto Vallarta’s international airport. Alaska Airlines flies non-stop from the western U.S., including cities like Los Angeles, Seattle, and San Francisco. American Airlines offers daily non-stop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth, in high season only, and five days a week from Chicago O’Hare. Non-stop flights are also available from Houston on Continental or America West from the Western U.S. Frontier airlines flies non-stop from the Denver hub, USA 3000 flies direct from Midwestern cities, as well as Delta, Northwest, and Sun Country Airlines. Flying time from New York is about 6.5 hours; from Los Angeles it is about 3 hours.

Mexican carriers like Aeromexico fly direct from multiple U.S. and Mexican cities, including Los Angeles, Guadalajara, La Paz, León, Mexico City, Morelia, and Tijuana. Mexicana Airlines offers non-stop flights from Los Angeles, Chicago, Mazatlán, and Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta.

Puerto Vallarta’s airport is very centrally located just 6 miles north of downtown. Taxi fares to Marina Vallarta and the Hotel Zone range from $10-15 US, rides downtown (Centro) are about $20 US, and further south to hotels near Mismaloya are about $30 US.