Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, July 8, 2026 – Puerto Vallarta’s airport delivered one of GAP’s weakest June readings, losing nearly 96,000 passengers from a year earlier and deepening a first-half traffic slide driven mainly by fewer international travelers.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico reported 415,400 passengers through Puerto Vallarta International Airport in June, down from 511,100 in June 2025. International traffic fell to 157,900 passengers, a 33.4% drop, while domestic traffic slipped 6% to 257,400, the company said in its June traffic report.
The drop was far sharper than the 3.5% decline reported across GAP’s 12 Mexican airports. Guadalajara saw total passenger traffic rise 6%, while Los Cabos fell 9.7% and Tijuana fell 4.6%. Across all GAP terminals, including Jamaica, total traffic fell 5.1% from June 2025.
The market reaction followed the wider airport-sector reports. GAP shares closed Tuesday down 6.04% at 415.22 pesos on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, while ASUR dropped 6.10% and OMA fell 4.66%, Bloomberg Línea reported. Vanguardia also tied the selloff to weaker June passenger figures and pointed to Puerto Vallarta’s international decline as one of GAP’s weakest data points.
The share move does not change airport operations in Puerto Vallarta, but it does show how closely investors are watching passenger weakness at a terminal still in the midst of expansion. Vallarta Daily has been tracking both the airport’s first-half passenger losses and GAP’s longer-term airport expansion plan.
From January through June, Puerto Vallarta handled 3.32 million passengers, down from 3.81 million during the same stretch of 2025. That is a 12.7% decline, or about 484,000 fewer passengers. International traffic accounted for almost all of that loss, with a decline of roughly 424,000 passengers during the first half of the year.
Domestic traffic has held up better, but it has not offset the international slide. Puerto Vallarta’s domestic passenger count fell by 4% during the first six months, compared with an 18.2% drop in international passenger numbers. GAP’s June release listed new Volaris routes linking Puerto Vallarta with Puebla, Aguascalientes and San Luis Potosí, yet the added domestic links were not enough to reverse the overall decline. Vallarta Daily previously reported the launch of those new Puerto Vallarta routes.
The comparison with World Cup host cities is also notable. Bloomberg Línea quoted Monex analyst Brian Rodríguez saying World Cup effects appeared concentrated in Monterrey and Guadalajara, while broader airport figures came in below expectations. Guadalajara, a host city served by GAP, rose in June. Puerto Vallarta, outside the World Cup host-city traffic pattern, posted the steepest percentage decline among GAP’s major Mexican tourism airports.
