Route · LAX → MEX
Flights from Los Angeles to Mexico City
The roughly 2,500-kilometre hop between Los Angeles and Mexico City is one of the busiest transborder corridors in the Americas, with a typical block time of around three and a half hours that makes it comfortably doable as a day trip in either direction. Aeroméxico and United operate the most frequencies and typically deploy narrowbodies such as the Boeing 737 or Embraer 190 family, while American, Delta, Alaska, and budget carrier Volaris add meaningful competition, keeping the route well served throughout the day. A practical note worth flagging: at LAX, most international departures to Mexico City use the Tom Bradley International Terminal, though Volaris and some Alaska codeshares occasionally use Terminal 3, so confirm before heading to the airport. Fare-wise, midweek departures on Tuesdays and Wednesdays often track cheaper than weekend travel, and January through early March tends to offer the lowest economy pricing after the holiday surge subsides.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Los Angeles (LAX) → Mexico City (MEX). Use the… year view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
8 carriersThe 8 carriers we currently track on the Los Angeles–Mexico City route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full… profile, baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Los Angeles to Mexico City
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Los Angeles to Mexico City — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival… times your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at LAX and… MEX, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.