Puerto Vallarta Airport: The Big Picture

Puerto Vallarta Airport

The airport is Puerto Vallarta’s front door. This page keeps the big picture, the latest changes, and our best reporting in one place.

The big picture

Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport connects the bay to the rest of Mexico and major gateways abroad. When schedules shift or service changes, the effects show up quickly in hotels, small businesses, and commute patterns.

Seat capacity, fares, and the balance of domestic and international flights shape who arrives and how much they spend. Busy terminals don’t always mean strong spending; the mix of travelers matters as much as the headcount.

High season usually runs from late fall through spring. Summer brings heat, storms, and a different travel pattern, with strong weekends and softer mid-weeks. Operational tweaks—security, baggage, taxi rules—can improve or strain the experience in minutes.

Our coverage follows what this means for workers, residents, and visitors. We track routes, on-the-ground operations, and the policies that set the tone for every trip.

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About this hub

This page brings together our reporting on the Puerto Vallarta airport. It blends current conditions, background, and links so readers can follow the story without getting lost.

Airport facts

Official name: Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport

IATA: PVR ICAO: MMPR

Also known as: Puerto Vallarta International Airport

Operator: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

Deep context

Seasonality. Demand peaks November through April, with spikes around holidays. Summer relies more on domestic leisure and families, which fills weekends even when weekdays ease.

Routes and capacity. Seat supply into PVR dictates price and timing for most visitors. Adds or cuts on big feeders change who comes and how long they stay.

Ground transport. Taxi stands, ride-share pickup, and bus links shape first and last impressions. Pricing and queue rules affect both residents and visitors.

Operations. Security lines, baggage times, and check-in policies determine whether travelers start their trip relaxed or frustrated. Small fixes here ripple across the local economy.

Data and sources

We use airline schedules, airport releases, flight-tracking datasets, and on-the-ground reporting. We cite sources in each linked story.

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Puerto Vallarta Airport Departures / Arrivals

Flight status check for Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)

Puerto Vallarta Arrivals
Time	Airline	Flight	Origin	Terminal	Gate	Status
1:06 pm (est 12:43 pm)	United	UA 2257	Denver (DEN)	—	—	Expected
1:43 pm (est 12:44 pm)	Alaska	AS 248	New York (JFK)	—	—	Expected
1:00 pm	Volaris	Y4 1312	Guadalajara (GDL)	—	—	Unknown
1:02 pm (est 1:00 pm)	Alaska	AS 689	San Francisco (SFO)	—	—	Expected
1:00 pm	Volaris	Y4 5612	Monterrey (MTY)	—	—	Unknown
1:09 pm (est 1:05 pm)	American	AA 2587	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Expected
12:19 pm (est 1:08 pm)	WestJet	WS 2452	Winnipeg (YWG)	—	—	Expected
1:35 pm (est 1:15 pm)	WestJet	WS 2380	Regina (YQR)	—	—	Expected
1:20 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 8032	Ciudad Juárez (CJS)	—	—	Unknown
1:21 pm	Volaris	Y4 3120	Tijuana (TIJ)	—	—	Unknown
1:55 pm (est 1:27 pm)	American	AA 3272	Phoenix (PHX)	—	—	Expected
1:32 pm	Alaska	AS 557	San Jose (SJC)	—	—	Canceleduncertain
1:38 pm (est 1:35 pm)	United	UA 1212	San Francisco (SFO)	—	—	Expected
2:03 pm (est 1:44 pm)	WestJet	WS 2040	Victoria (YYJ)	—	—	Expected
2:19 pm (est 1:44 pm)	Delta Air Lines	DL 1948	Salt Lake City (SLC)	—	—	Expected
2:25 pm (est 1:52 pm)	Southwest	WN 108	Houston (HOU)	—	—	Expected
1:35 pm (est 1:52 pm)	Flair	F8 2800	Vancouver (YVR)	—	—	Expected
1:55 pm	Air Canada	AC 999	Montreal (YUL)	—	—	Expected
2:00 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 4340	Monterrey (MTY)	—	—	Unknown
2:01 pm (est 2:02 pm)	WestJet	WS 2152	Vancouver (YVR)	—	—	Expected
2:03 pm	Volaris	Y4 560	Toluca (TLC)	—	—	Unknown
2:51 pm (est 2:05 pm)	American	AA 2051	Chicago (ORD)	—	—	Expected
2:35 pm (est 2:07 pm)	American	AA 2613	Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)	—	—	Expected
2:47 pm (est 2:25 pm)	Delta Air Lines	DL 1793	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Expected
2:41 pm (est 2:32 pm)	United	UA 319	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Expected
3:14 pm (est 2:36 pm)	WestJet	WS 2450	Winnipeg (YWG)	—	—	Expected
2:40 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 7412	Guadalajara (GDL)	—	—	Unknown
2:41 pm	Volaris	Y4 7304	Silao (BJX)	—	—	Unknown
2:41 pm	Alaska	AS 616	Seattle (SEA)	—	—	Canceleduncertain
2:45 pm	Aeromexico	AM 334	Mexico City (MEX)	—	—	Unknown
3:00 pm	WestJet	WS 2248	Calgary	—	—	Unknown
3:40 pm (est 3:08 pm)	Southwest	WN 514	Denver (DEN)	—	—	Expected
3:39 pm (est 3:13 pm)	WestJet	WS 2240	Calgary (YYC)	—	—	Expected
3:19 pm	Volaris	Y4 7506	Querétaro (QRO)	—	—	Unknown
3:03 pm (est 3:23 pm)	Alaska	AS 475	San Diego (SAN)	—	—	Expected
3:30 pm	Air Transat	TS 106	Montreal (YUL)	—	—	Expected
3:40 pm (est 3:41 pm)	Air Canada	AC 970	Vancouver (YVR)	—	—	Expected
3:48 pm	Aeromexico	AM 880	Mexico City (NLU)	—	—	Unknown
3:55 pm	Alaska	AS 1833	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Canceleduncertain
3:56 pm	Volaris	Y4 3122	Tijuana (TIJ)	—	—	Unknown
5:15 pm (est 4:20 pm)	Porter	PD 769	Hamilton (YHM)	—	—	Expected
4:30 pm (est 4:20 pm)	Alaska	AS 1336	Portland (PDX)	—	—	Expected
3:48 pm (est 4:25 pm)	Delta Air Lines	DL 1921	Seattle (SEA)	—	—	Expected
4:30 pm	Volaris	Y4 1310	Guadalajara (GDL)	—	—	Unknown
4:36 pm	Alaska	AS 607	Seattle (SEA)	—	—	Unknown
4:44 pm	United	UA 1585	San Francisco (SFO)	—	—	Expected
4:45 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 1168	Mexico City (MEX)	—	—	Unknown
5:10 pm	Volaris	Y4 5614	Monterrey (MTY)	—	—	Unknown
5:14 pm	Volaris	Y4 7434	Mexicali (MXL)	—	—	Unknown
5:20 pm (est 5:19 pm)	Flair	F8 2508	Calgary (YYC)	—	—	Expected
5:25 pm	WestJet	WS 2114	Edmonton	—	—	Unknown
5:30 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 4344	Monterrey (MTY)	—	—	Unknown
5:31 pm	Alaska	AS 469	San Diego (SAN)	—	—	Canceleduncertain
5:43 pm	Alaska	AS 633	San Francisco	—	—	Unknown
5:55 pm	Air Transat	TS 632	Quebec (YQB)	—	—	Expected
6:16 pm (est 5:56 pm)	Alaska	AS 437	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Expected
6:20 pm	Flair	F8 2704	Edmonton	—	—	Unknown
6:25 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 7122	Guadalajara (GDL)	—	—	Unknown
6:49 pm	Alaska	AS 1503	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Unknown
11:29 pm	Aeromexico	AM 340	Mexico City (MEX)	—	—	Expected

Times shown in America/Mexico_City. Data cached ~120s. Source: AeroDataBox.

Puerto Vallarta Departures
Time	Airline	Flight	Destination	Terminal	Gate	Status
12:55 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 9145	Toluca (TLC)	—	—	Unknown
12:55 pm	Volaris	Y4 561	Toluca	—	—	Unknown
12:55 pm	WestJet	WS 2151	Vancouver (YVR)	—	—	Expected
12:59 pm	American	AA 2503	Chicago (ORD)	—	—	Unknown
1:00 pm	United	UA 1717	Chicago (ORD)	—	—	Unknown
1:01 pm	United	UA 1070	Newark (EWR)	—	—	Unknown
1:05 pm	Delta Air Lines	DL 1816	Atlanta (ATL)	—	—	Unknown
1:10 pm	American	AA 851	Phoenix (PHX)	—	—	Unknown
1:15 pm	Aeromexico	AM 333	Mexico City (MEX)	—	—	Unknown
1:15 pm	WestJet	WS 2453	Winnipeg (YWG)	—	—	Expected
1:19 pm	Volaris	Y4 281	Mexico City (MEX)	—	—	Unknown
1:20 pm	Alaska	AS 1834	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Unknown
1:30 pm	Volaris	Y4 5613	Monterrey (MTY)	—	—	Unknown
1:34 pm	United	UA 572	Denver (DEN)	—	—	Unknown
1:35 pm	Air Canada	AC 1348	Toronto (YYZ)	—	—	Expected
1:37 pm	United	UA 1243	San Francisco (SFO)	—	—	Expected
1:39 pm	Volaris	Y4 1311	Guadalajara (GDL)	—	—	Unknown
1:50 pm	American	AA 2511	Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)	—	—	Unknown
1:55 pm	WestJet	WS 2251	Calgary (YYC)	—	—	Expected
2:00 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 8033	Ciudad Juárez (CJS)	—	—	Unknown
2:01 pm	Volaris	Y4 3121	Tijuana (TIJ)	—	—	Unknown
2:08 pm	United	UA 296	Denver (DEN)	—	—	Unknown
2:09 pm	American	AA 2278	Chicago (ORD)	—	—	Unknown
2:12 pm	Alaska	AS 471	San Diego (SAN)	—	—	Unknown
2:20 pm	Flair	F8 2801	Vancouver (YVR)	—	—	Expected
2:35 pm	WestJet	WS 2381	Regina (YQR)	—	—	Expected
2:38 pm	Volaris	Y4 561	Toluca (TLC)	—	—	Unknown
2:40 pm	United	UA 1166	Houston (IAH)	—	—	Unknown
2:40 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 4341	Monterrey (MTY)	—	—	Unknown
2:42 pm	Alaska	AS 556	San Jose (SJC)	—	—	Unknown
2:53 pm	Alaska	AS 249	New York (JFK)	—	—	Unknown
2:55 pm	American	AA 3272	Phoenix (PHX)	—	—	Unknown
2:55 pm	Air Canada	AC 998	Montreal (YUL)	—	—	Expected
3:00 pm	WestJet	WS 2153	Vancouver (YVR)	—	—	Expected
3:05 pm	WestJet	WS 2041	Victoria (YYJ)	—	—	Expected
3:16 pm	Volaris	Y4 7305	Silao (BJX)	—	—	Unknown
3:20 pm	Southwest	WN 109	Houston (HOU)	—	—	Unknown
3:29 pm	Delta Air Lines	DL 1838	Salt Lake City (SLC)	—	—	Unknown
3:30 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 7413	Guadalajara (GDL)	—	—	Unknown
3:35 pm	Aeromexico	AM 337	Mexico City (MEX)	—	—	Unknown
3:35 pm	American	AA 2613	Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)	—	—	Unknown
3:43 pm	United	UA 244	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Unknown
3:51 pm	Alaska	AS 615	Seattle (SEA)	—	—	Unknown
3:51 pm	American	AA 1881	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Unknown
3:54 pm	Volaris	Y4 7507	Querétaro (QRO)	—	—	Unknown
3:57 pm	Delta Air Lines	DL 1779	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Unknown
4:10 pm	WestJet	WS 2451	Winnipeg (YWG)	—	—	Expected
4:13 pm	Alaska	AS 1337	Portland (PDX)	—	—	Unknown
4:28 pm	Aeromexico	AM 881	Mexico City (NLU)	—	—	Unknown
4:30 pm	WestJet	WS 2241	Calgary (YYC)	—	—	Expected
4:35 pm	Southwest	WN 1299	Phoenix (PHX)	—	—	Unknown
4:36 pm	Volaris	Y4 3123	Tijuana (TIJ)	—	—	Unknown
4:40 pm	Air Canada	AC 971	Vancouver (YVR)	—	—	Expected
4:50 pm	Air Transat	TS 107	Montreal (YUL)	—	—	Expected
4:58 pm	Delta Air Lines	DL 1922	Seattle (SEA)	—	—	Unknown
5:00 pm	WestJet	WS 2249	Calgary (YYC)	—	—	Unknown
5:04 pm	Alaska	AS 1708	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Unknown
5:10 pm	Volaris	Y4 1313	Guadalajara (GDL)	—	—	Unknown
5:40 pm	Alaska	AS 690	San Francisco (SFO)	—	—	Expected
5:45 pm	Volaris	Y4 5615	Monterrey (MTY)	—	—	Unknown
5:45 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 1169	Mexico City (MEX)	—	—	Unknown
5:46 pm	United	UA 705	San Francisco (SFO)	—	—	Canceled
5:46 pm	Alaska	AS 605	Seattle (SEA)	—	—	Unknown
5:49 pm	Volaris	Y4 7435	Mexicali (MXL)	—	—	Unknown
6:05 pm	Flair	F8 2509	Calgary (YYC)	—	—	Expected
6:15 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 4345	Monterrey (MTY)	—	—	Unknown
6:15 pm	Porter	PD 770	Hamilton (YHM)	—	—	Unknown
6:30 pm	WestJet	WS 2115	Edmonton (YEG)	—	—	Unknown
6:53 pm	Alaska	AS 628	San Francisco (SFO)	—	—	Unknown
7:05 pm	Flair	F8 2705	Edmonton (YEG)	—	—	Expected
7:05 pm	Air Transat	TS 633	Quebec (YQB)	—	—	Expected
7:10 pm	VivaAerobus	VB 7123	Guadalajara (GDL)	—	—	Unknown
7:26 pm	Alaska	AS 1431	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Unknown
7:59 pm	Alaska	AS 1504	Los Angeles (LAX)	—	—	Unknown

Times shown in America/Mexico_City. Data cached ~120s. Source: AeroDataBox.

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