Guadalajara International Airport, officially Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport in the state of Jalisco, is the third busiest in Mexico after Mexico City and Cancun. Annually, around 6 million passengers pass through Guadalajara Airport – more than a third arrives on international flights.
Numerous non-stop flights are available to US destinations with Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and Los Angeles particularly well served. The only non-US international destination with non-stop flights to Guadalajara is Panama City. Guadalajara has good connecting flights to Mexican destinations with the increasing presence of low-cost airlines placing price pressure on more traditional full-service airlines.
Cheap Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on Budget Airline Aviacsa
Well-established Mexican low-cost airline Aviacsa flies a few times per week nonstop from Guadalajara to Las Vegas. Connecting flights are also available to Houston and Los Angeles.
Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on Budget Airline Frontier
Low-cost airline Frontier Airlines flies four times per week non-stop to Guadalajara from Denver (DEN).
Cheap Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on Budget Airline ATA
US low-cost airline ATA Airlines flies six times per week non-stop from Guadalajara to Chicago-Midway (MDW). Seasonal flights fly from New York.
Cheap Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on Alaska Airlines
US low-cost airline Alaska Airlines flies daily non-stop from Los Angeles (LAX) to Guadalajara.
Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on Mexicana
Mexican full-service airline Mexicana has by far the largest number of international flights from Guadalajara Airport. Mexicana flies at least daily, unless otherwise noted, from Guadalajara to Bakersfield (BFL) (3x per week), Chicago-O'Hare (ORD), Fresno (FAT) (5x per week), Las Vegas (LAS), Los Angeles (LAX) (5x daily), Oakland (OAK), Portland (PDX), Sacramento (SMF), San Francisco (SFO), and San Jose, California (SJC). Mexicana also has numerous connections via Mexico City on its domestic and worldwide network.
- Mexican code shares with American Airlines – price differences are common for the same flight so use online ticket reservation services to compare prices before booking.
Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on Aeromexico
Mexican full-service airline Aeroméxico flies non-stop from Guadalajara daily to Chicago-O'Hare (ORD) and Ontario (ONT), twice daily to Los Angeles(LAX), and three times per week to Phoenix (PHX). Aeromexico allows for guaranteed connections to its vast domestic and international network via Mexico City (MEX).
Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on American Airlines
American Airlines flies under its own name or as American Eagle up to three times daily from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) to Guadalajara.
Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on Continental Airlines
No American airline has more flights to Mexico than Continental Airlines. Continental Airlines has up to seven daily flights from Houston-Intercontinental (IAH) to Guadalajara as Continental, or Continental Express flights operated by ExpressJet Airlines
Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on Delta Airlines
Delta Air Lines flies twice daily to Guadalajara from Atlanta (ATL), daily from Los Angeles (LAX), and weekly from Salt Lake City (SLC).
Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from the US on US Airways
US Airways flies daily to Guadalajara from Phoenix (PHX). These flights are operated by Mesa Airlines doing business as US Airways Express
- Non-Stop Flights to Guadalajara (GDL) from Panama on Copa Airlines
Currently the only scheduled international flights to Guadalajara not originating from the USA are the five flights per week on Copa Airlines from Panama City (PTY).
Guadalajara Airport is an important air transportation hub with many cheap flights on low cost carriers to numerous Mexican domestic destinations.
Henk Bekker - Henk Bekker is a freelance travel writer currently living on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
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