Phoenix (PHX) to Mexico City (MEX): 1,253 miles (2,017 km) great-circle, about 3h 00m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $259 round-trip on Volaris, with 1 stop, departing May 17, 2026.
$259 round-trip, Volaris Y47885, departing 2026-05-17 at 11:53, returning 2026-05-29. The recorded itinerary left on a Sunday, returning on a Friday 12 nights later; the fare was observed 22 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $259, it ranked 19th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from PHX (median $231). That is 20.7 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the PHX median of 17.4 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from PHX of similar length: Minneapolis (1,275 mi) at $266 and New Orleans (1,297 mi) at $233.
Volaris had the cheapest fare on 2 of 30 PHX routes. It is the 19th longest of the 30 routes we track from PHX.
Of 24 departure airports with a fare to Mexico City, Phoenix (PHX) ranked 9th at $259. Lowest: $73 from Guadalajara (GDL); highest: $1375 from Addis Ababa (ADD); 13 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Volaris (6), Viva Aerobus (5), Aeromexico (4), Arajet (2), Copa (1) and Ethiopian (1), plus 5 more.
That depends on your passport and trip, so check the official source for Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Migracion (Mexico). Connecting elsewhere? Check that country's transit rules too.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Phoenix, America/Mexico_City; flight time is our estimate.