✈ ATL → CUN
ATLANTA → CANCUN: 2H 52M. SHORT ENOUGH TO SKIP THE MOVIE.
Flight from Atlanta to Cancun
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → Atlanta
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Cancun?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Cancun (CUN) takes about 2 hours 52 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 884 miles (1,422 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 52m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
884 mi
1,422 km · great-circle
Avg speed
495 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Atlanta
Nearest destinations
- Atlanta → Miami
- Atlanta → Chicago
- Atlanta → Dallas
- Atlanta → Toronto
- Atlanta → New York
- Atlanta → Boston
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Las Vegas
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → San Francisco
Long-haul from Atlanta
- Atlanta → Bali (Denpasar)
- Atlanta → Singapore
- Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur
- Atlanta → Melbourne
- Atlanta → Sydney
- Atlanta → Bangkok
- Atlanta → Manila
- Atlanta → Mumbai
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Hong Kong
More flights to North America
Flights to Cancun
Nearest origins
- Miami → Cancun
- Mexico City → Cancun
- Dallas → Cancun
- Chicago → Cancun
- New York → Cancun
- Toronto → Cancun
- Boston → Cancun
- Las Vegas → Cancun
- Los Angeles → Cancun
- San Francisco → Cancun
Long-haul to Cancun
- Bali (Denpasar) → Cancun
- Singapore → Cancun
- Kuala Lumpur → Cancun
- Bangkok → Cancun
- Mumbai → Cancun
- Manila → Cancun
- Melbourne → Cancun
- Hong Kong → Cancun
- Delhi → Cancun
- Sydney → Cancun