Cheap flights from New York to Cuenca from $272

The cheapest month to fly to Cuenca from New York is in May. Flight prices, which tend to average around $230, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. If you don’t want to visit Cuenca in May, then you should wait until January to fly from New York, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $274.

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Cuenca from New York when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Cuenca for around $745 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Cuenca from New York for as low as $669 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 25% on your flight if you consider stops on a New York to Cuenca flight.

As of May 2026, prices for New York to Cuenca flights are approximately 19% more expensive when compared to flights at the same time last year.

LATAM Airlines is the most popular carrier operating from New York to Cuenca

Avianca, JetBlue and LATAM Airlines are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Cuenca from New York according to our data. Avianca is the first choice among our users, with 44% of people opting to fly with this airline when traveling to Cuenca. Keep in mind that there are 8 different airlines that fly to Cuenca on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Quito (UIO) was the most common stop: 92% of momondo users choosing 1-stop flights on this route connected there.

Flights via Guayaquil (GYE) offer the lowest average round-trip price of $884.

Flights connecting via Quito (UIO) have the shortest average one-way travel time: 11h 07m.

Quito (UIO) has the shortest average layover time for this route: 4h 45m.