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Cheap Flights to Playa del Carmen

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Playa del Carmen that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals to Playa del Carmen

Sun, Sep 28 - Sun, Oct 5
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:15 amIAH-CUN
2h 15mnonstop
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10:22 am - 12:53 pmCUN-IAH
2h 31mnonstop
$208Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Fri, Oct 3
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:48 pm - 8:11 amIAH-CUN
14h 23m1 stop
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10:20 am - 12:59 pmCUN-IAH
2h 39mnonstop
$209Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Oct 13 - Thu, Oct 16
United Airlines Logo
4:58 pm - 7:20 pmIAH-CUN
2h 22mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
7:51 am - 10:20 amCUN-IAH
2h 29mnonstop
$251United Airlines
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Sun, Nov 9 - Wed, Nov 12
American Airlines Logo
10:30 am - 2:22 pmDFW-CUN
2h 52mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 10:51 amCUN-DFW
3h 06mnonstop
$261American Airlines
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Mon, Oct 27 - Fri, Oct 31
United Airlines Logo
8:43 am - 12:33 pmORD-CUN
3h 50mnonstop
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2:18 pm - 6:09 pmCUN-ORD
3h 51mnonstop
$261United Airlines
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Mon, Oct 13 - Wed, Oct 22
JetBlue Logo
6:55 am - 10:00 amJFK-CUN
4h 05mnonstop
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2:35 pm - 7:24 pmCUN-JFK
3h 49mnonstop
$266JetBlue
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Sun, Oct 19 - Fri, Oct 24
JetBlue Logo
11:25 am - 2:35 pmJFK-CUN
4h 10mnonstop
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2:35 pm - 7:24 pmCUN-JFK
3h 49mnonstop
$273JetBlue
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Sat, Dec 6 - Tue, Dec 9
American Airlines Logo
8:18 pm - 10:35 amBWI-CUN
14h 17m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:10 pm - 12:29 amCUN-BWI
9h 19m1 stop
$276American Airlines
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Tue, Nov 18 - Fri, Nov 21
Delta Logo
7:15 am - 2:00 pmJFK-CUN
6h 45m1 stop
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1:35 pm - 5:33 pmCUN-JFK
3h 58mnonstop
$277Delta
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Tue, Oct 28 - Wed, Nov 12
Delta Logo
9:00 am - 2:20 pmLGA-CUN
6h 20m1 stop
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8:00 am - 3:40 pmCUN-LGA
7h 40m1 stop
$279Delta
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DTW-CUN
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Cheapest round-trip
$208
Typical prices: $321-548
Spirit Airlines
Sun 9/28Sun 10/5
IAH - CUN • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$90
Typical prices: $174-307
Frontier
Sat 12/6
DTW - CUN • Non-stop
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Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$90
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 16% increase in price.
Flight from Detroit to Cancun

Flights to Playa del Carmen: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew to Playa del Carmen 
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-CUNMar 2024
SFO is pretty good to fly to Cancun. Alaska airlines was comfortable but the snacks are not the best at all. You should bring your own snacks/ food.
albertoFlew with JetBlueEWR-CUNDec 2023
When exiting theairport at Cancun, be cautious of people trying to talk you into timeshares.

FAQs - booking Playa del Carmen flights

  • How long is the flight to Playa del Carmen?

    Flights from Chicago3h 54m
    Flights from Dallas2h 49m
    Flights from New York4h 01m
    Flights from Boston4h 41m
    Flights from Los Angeles5h 04m
  • What is the cheapest flight to Cancun?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Cancun was found on the route from Detroit, at $208 return. The most popular connection is from New York to Cancun and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $266 in the last 3 days.

  • Which airlines fly to Cancun?

    Many airlines fly to Cancun, the most common ones being American Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest. See the amount of flights per week for popular airlines flying to Cancun.

  • How to fly to Playa del Carmen?

    You cannot fly directly to Playa del Carmen. KAYAK recommends you fly to Cancun (CUN) (31.13 miles from Playa del Carmen). From there you can rent a car or get a taxi.

  • What airports are near Playa del Carmen?

    The closest airport is Cozumel (CZM) (12.15 mi). Another nearby airport is Cancun (CUN) (31.13 mi). KAYAK recommends you fly to Cancun.

  • How far is Cancun Airport from central Cancun?

    You’ll need to travel 9 miles to reach the Cancun city center from Cancun Airport.

  • What is the name of Cancun’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Cancun, called Cancun Airport (CUN). It can also be referred to as Cancun, Cancun Airport, Cancún Intl, or Riviera Maya.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Playa del Carmen?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Playa del Carmen.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Playa del Carmen?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Playa del Carmen is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Playa del Carmen?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Playa del Carmen with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Playa del Carmen?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Playa del Carmen up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Playa del Carmen

  • There is no major airport in Playa del Carmen. It is instead served by Cancun Airport.
  • Looking for cheap airfare to Playa del Carmen? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Playa del Carmen for the following prices or less: From Miami $332, from Boston $432, from Los Angeles $628
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Playa del Carmen flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Playa del Carmen

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Playa del Carmen? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 7961 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
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The staff and the boarding procedure were all amazing . The one flight was not equipped with WIFI which now adays seems odd. All in all the experience was good

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Sep 2025GFK - MSP
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The staff and the boarding procedure were all amazing . The one flight was not equipped with WIFI which now adays seems odd. All in all the experience was good

Passengers need to check in big baggage instead of bringing on the plane. That cause inconvenience for everyone. Otherwise flight was good.

Perfect flight both ways. On time, courteous staff, plane comfortable and cool. Best domestic flights I’ve had in awhile.

The food was terrible especially for a 15 hour international flight. The crew was unpleasant as well.

Really low quality food especially for an international flight. The crew also was surprisingly unpleasant except couple of ladies. I know we were not in first class but that’s no reason to treat customers as less.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

Quick check in. Everything went smooth. I don't know what can be done about airline food.

Crew was good. The reservation got mixed up and they didn't have my TSA number. I am also a Silver Medallion and wasn't able to use Sky Priority.

Delta made it easy, comfortable and timely. The crew was fantastic.

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

Terrible. They wouldn't allow me on my flight on the 14th..

We had to deboard 2 times due to maintenance issues. They changed the plane, and then we got deviated to LAX due to maibtenance issues on the other plane, had to sleep at LAX and los a full day.

Everything was good, except the seats in economy were so close together, you could barely get out when the seat in front of your was reclined. If the airlines keep jamming in more and more seats, it will become intolerable. I will look for another airline that considers customer comfort and does not keep adding more rows of seats for more profit.

The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

Great service on board. Boarding a bit slow due to process. Food was pretty average.

Tastless food and too obvious lack of enthusiasm for service in the economy vesus business class

All of the United employees I interacted with were professional and courteous. The aircraft was clean, the food on the flight was good. No complaints here.

I had no checked baggage but was required to hand over carry on baggage at the door of the plane. There was a lot of overboard space in the plane and I was one of the last ones. I ran to get my carry on but it was gone. I was given back at the plane door in Toronto, so the wait was not as long as it would have been at the carousel.

American almost always Delays flights from Austin to Dallas and back. I cannot believe they have such poor service on this route. I was about to switch to American from Delta, but they gave me enough reasons not to.

Lost luggage stuck no clothes and no word after 2 days leaving on cruise no stuff or clothes

Lost bag and 2 days no word leaving for cruise no clothes or stuff

Given it’s a red-eye into Charolotte, we didn’t get any food. The survey does not include “N/A” so the rating will be skewed.

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

American airlines suck they delay the flights all the time made me sleep in an airport because my flight was delayed and I miss my connecting flight

There's nothing I liked about it. For first off I scheduled this trip two weeks in advance then they delayed my flight which messed up my whole trip. So I scheduled it for the following weekend thinking there won't be a delay and guess what as soon as I got to the airport we said in the airplane on the tarmac for an hour and a half. Not only was it delayed I missed my connecting flight meaning I had to stay the night at Dallas-Fort Worth airport sleeping on the floor. I will tell you this I will never fly American airlines ever again I have had nothing but horrible experience with them and I just throw money at them

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

Don’t know they cancelled the flight day before I was to leave. They sent a email at 9:00 pm at night saying they cancelled. That is the smooth way to say we don’t want your business! I think they didn’t have enough people booking so they cancelled the flight! It’s all about the money anymore there is no honesty in business.

Having to reschedule flights a day later, they loaded by luggage on the wrong plane from Little rock now I have to HOPE they deliver it to where im staying like they said would. International flight crew was very disgruntled and not very friendly.

Everything was great. I liked the text updates so that I never miss a gate change & I have all the latest info.

I don’t usually fly budget airlines or airlines in the United States. It was as good as any other airline. The seats are comfortable and the airline attendants are not rude & surly. Very nice flight (s).

No internet on a flight over three hours in this age is criminal. Staff inattentive and dismissive

They have the most inexperienced / rude flight staff I’ve encountered

very difficult boarding process - aggressive passengers not the friendliest crew

WiFi was not eorkig (again) And the plane was from 1990 with the screens which were.not touch and most didn’t even work and if lucky could tune in tv

I paid extra for a seat closer to the front. The TV didn’t work at all for the entire flight. Would have been nice to know before I purchased an “upgraded “ seat

It was great. I had never flown on JetBlue before, but would be very happy to fly with them in the future.

Worst flight experience ever flights canceled. JetBlue told us just did not even bother standing in line to come back in one and a half hours then without any information we had to go pick up all of our luggage and spend over $2000 in accommodation just to get home. JetBlue said that the next flight available for us to get home would be three days later. Absolutely absurd hasn’t offered to give us any compensation do not fly JetBlue horrible company. They said it was based on the weather and the weather is great in all locations that we would’ve been flying to total hoax. I think it’s a conspiracy theory.

The captain gave good announcements and the flight attendants were friendly. The WiFi was pretty good. The plane itself looked very old inside and the seats were very uncomfortable. The screens in the seat backs were the smallest I’ve ever seen. There were so many loud and obnoxious kids on this flight and the parents didn’t do much to try to quiet them down. Some had videos and games on tablets with higher than necessary volume going the whole time.

I never made my flight because of their poor service, as I said in my other review: I never made this flight. When I got to the airport I had a message to say that the flight was delayed and would be getting into Fort Lauderdale at 10 pm. My connecting flight was due to leave around 10:10 pm so there is no way I would have made the connection. I went back to the Spirit desk and tried to explain this to a desk agent who didn't understand. Eventually her supervisor came over and explained it. The desk agent was unhelpful and only offered options that would have required getting a hotel overnight. She offered no hotel or meal vouchers and when I said that it seemed my only option was to go to another airline she told me I needed to make a decision because they were closing the desk and would not be back till 3 pm. I went to Delta and had to pay extra but they could help get me back to Orlando. I now have to file a claim against Spirit and I am just glad I paid for insurance. Very unhappy and very poor service.

I never made this flight. When I got to the airport I had a message to say that the flight was delayed and would be getting into Fort Lauderdale at 10 pm. My connecting flight was due to leave around 10:10 pm so there is no way I would have made the connection. I went back to the Spirit desk and tried to explain this to a desk agent who didn't understand. Eventually her supervisor came over and explained it. The desk agent was unhelpful and only offered options that would have required getting a hotel overnight. She offered no hotel or meal vouchers and when I said that it seemed my only option was to go to another airline she told me I needed to make a decision because they were closing the desk and would not be back till 3 pm. I went to Delta and had to pay extra but they could help get me back to Orlando. I now have to file a claim against Spirit and I am just glad I paid for insurance. Very unhappy and very poor service.

Spirit rescheduled a 4:30 PM flight to 8:52 AM. That's ridiculous and borderline fraud.

Everything was fine. I'm average height and I pack light. I'm ready for my Spirit flight.

Changing the flight time to 6:15 am on the return flight is extremely inconvenient. The flight was okay. It was on time. The crew was friendly. The seats were uncomfortable. All the upsells are annoying, and I would prefer paying a single higher fee and not have to purchase so much extra.

Spirit Airlines was ok but TRAVELHELPDESK, the 3rd party travel agent IS A JOKE! VERY RUDE CUSTOMER AGENTS ont he phone. NO HELP AT ALL. But the airlines was ok.

No Tumberlence smooth flight. Try to change the menu on Snacks.

Cancelled my flight last minute and did not help me rebook. It was a horrible experience.

No frills - because you get what you pay for. The crew was amazing!! I had plenty of room to spread out because the flight was half full. Which made it easy to sleep.

The terminal crew is so rude cabin crew is extremely rude flight is very good

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