Flights Cancun → Miami
CUN → MIA
Route overview
The flight route connects the popular tourist city of Cancun with Miami, using a mix of Boeing aircraft including the 737-800, 757, and 767-300. The destination airport in Miami sees over fifty million passengers annually, highlighting its significance as a major travel hub.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Cancun (CUN) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 14 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Cancun the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cancun (CUN) to Miami (MIA) heads north-east for about 855 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 29m.
Departures from Cancun on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of CUN-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cancun the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 14 tracked CUN-MIA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
Airlines operating CUN-MIA
Frequently asked questions about CUN-MIA
On the Cancun (CUN) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 14 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cancun-Miami is 0.00% across 14 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
