Cheap flights from Detroit to Cancún from $118

If you don’t want to visit Cancún in June, then you should wait until August to fly from Detroit, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $368.

The cheapest day to depart from Detroit to Cancún is on a Sunday when prices can be found for as low as $491. If your travel schedule is flexible, try to avoid departing on a Thursday because tickets tend to average around $555. These prices are subject to change though, so be sure to set up a Price Alert for flights to Cancún.

Fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County to Cancun for the best Detroit - Cancun flight prices

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Cancún from Detroit when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Cancún for around $478 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Cancún from Detroit for as low as $388 on momondo.

There are 3 cabin classes available to choose from on Detroit to Cancun flights. Cabin price and availability will vary by airline so perform a search above to find the right deals for you.

No. A direct flight is the cheapest option for a flight between Detroit to Cancún.

Delta is the most popular carrier operating from Detroit to Cancun

Spirit Airlines, Delta and Frontier are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Cancún from Detroit according to our data. Spirit Airlines is the first choice among our users, with 43% of people opting to fly with this airline when traveling to Cancún. Keep in mind that there are 10 different airlines that fly to Cancún on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Historically, on average around 14% of flights between Detroit and Cancún have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 136 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights in the early afternoon have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Tuesday is statistically the day of the week which experiences the fewest number of delays on this flight route. Saturday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Spirit Airlines have had the least number of delays on this route over the last 12 months; with about 9% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

Fort Lauderdale (FLL) was the most common stop: 46% of momondo users choosing 1-stop flights on this route connected there.

Flights via Orlando (MCO) offer the lowest average round-trip price of $368.

Flights connecting via Atlanta (ATL) have the shortest average one-way travel time: 5h 42m.

Atlanta (ATL) has the shortest average layover time for this route: 1h 26m.

2 flights are operational daily from Detroit to Cancún as of April 2026. The most popular departure time for this route is 6:00AM, with 100% of flights per day taking off at noon.

The number of flights available between Detroit and Cancún is 14 per week as of April 2026. The most frequent departure day is Mon, with 14% of weekly flights leaving on this day.