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Cancun (CUN) – Los Angeles (LAX)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
3,410 km
2,119 mi · 1,841 nm
Flight time
5 h 6 min / 4 h 39 min
Average gate to gate: CUN → LAX / back
Time difference
3 h / 2 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
428 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (253 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
525,245
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.7%
Flights / week
67
Both directions, average
Seats filled
85%
619,078 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
4
UA, DL, AS

Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from CUN to LAXCUNLAX
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from CUN
302°
Heading from LAX
107°
Halfway point
28.41, -101.69
Great-circle km
3,407 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air CUN → LAX
4 h 36 min
In the air LAX → CUN
4 h 11 min
Clocks
3 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 63,293 passengers
050K100KAugSepOctNovDec63.3KJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202544,841
Sep 202529,246
Oct 202532,226
Nov 202552,206
Dec 202563,293
Jan 202650,879
Feb 202636,763
Mar 202641,239
Apr 202640,171
May 202638,990
Jun 202645,890
Jul 202649,501
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 432 flights
0200400600AugSepOctNovDec432JanFebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025269
Sep 2025180
Oct 2025214
Nov 2025372
Dec 2025432
Jan 2026343
Feb 2026272
Mar 2026297
Apr 2026258
May 2026254
Jun 2026278
Jul 2026292

Airlines flying CUN–LAX nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
UAUnited Air Lines29
44%
DLDelta Air Lines15
22%
ASAlaska Airlines14
21%
AAAmerican Airlines8.8
13%

Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources

Aircraft on this route

  • Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1,253 flights
  • Boeing 737-900ER · 1,156 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 401 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 395 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 159 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 95 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 2 flights

Also carried: 58 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,407 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

More routes from CUN

Route Distance Passengers / year
CUN → DFW1,654 km 978,093
CUN → ORD2,324 km 798,030
CUN → ATL1,416 km 732,284
CUN → IAH1,305 km 669,542
CUN → JFK2,501 km 647,999
CUN → DEN2,686 km 490,393
CUN → MIA854 km 466,106
CUN → EWR2,488 km 456,223
CUN → CLT1,674 km 444,706
CUN → MSP2,708 km 389,931

More routes from LAX

Route Distance Passengers / year
LAX → JFK3,983 km 3,020,062
LAX → SFO543 km 2,842,388
LAX → ORD2,808 km 2,332,419
LAX → HNL4,114 km 2,261,240
LAX → LAS380 km 2,208,696
LAX → DEN1,387 km 2,043,500
LAX → DFW1,987 km 1,914,491
LAX → SEA1,535 km 1,810,795
LAX → EWR3,950 km 1,791,699
LAX → ATL3,133 km 1,783,358

Questions

Cancun (CUN) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 3,410 km (2,119 miles, 1,841 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.