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Passenger traffic at Puerto Vallarta’s airport fell sharply in June, extending a first-half slump that has cost the destination nearly half a million travelers compared with last year, according to figures released by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico.
The month of June saw a 33 percent decrease in international traffic from last June. Puerto Vallarta handled 415,400 passengers in June, down 18.7% from 511,100 in June 2025, GAP said in its July 6 traffic report. The decline was led by international traffic, which fell 33.4% for the month, from 237,300 passengers last June to 157,900 this year. Domestic traffic was down 6%.
For January through June, Puerto Vallarta traffic fell 12.7%, to 3.32 million passengers from 3.81 million a year earlier, a loss of about 483,700 travelers. International passenger traffic fell 18.2% in the first half, while domestic traffic was down 4%. GAP reported the figures as preliminary terminal passenger totals. Because Puerto Vallarta’s economy relies heavily on hotels, restaurants, transportation and visitor services, the drop in air traffic is likely to be felt beyond the airport.
The June report confirms a pattern that appeared earlier in the year. In March, Puerto Vallarta traffic fell 24.4% year over year, including a 32.1% drop in international passengers, as we recently reported (see here), which cited GAP’s March release. By the end of the first quarter, Puerto Vallarta was already down 10% overall and 13.1% in international traffic.
The weakness is not limited to Puerto Vallarta. Los Cabos reported a 9.7% drop in total passenger traffic in June and a 14.2% decline in international traffic, GAP said. For the first half, Los Cabos international traffic was down 5.8%.
Cancún, operated by ASUR, also saw international traffic soften. The airport handled 1.35 million international passengers in June, down 13.1% from June 2025. For the first six months of the year, Cancún international traffic was down 3.9%, according to ASUR’s June passenger report.
The Sustainable Tourism Advanced Research Center at Universidad Anáhuac Cancún summarized the three beach destinations in a July 7 infographic, showing first-half international passenger declines of 3.9% in Cancún, 5.8% in Los Cabos and 18.2% in Puerto Vallarta. STARC says its work is intended to provide “relevant, timely and reliable” tourism information for the industry.
GAP said available airline seats across its network fell 4.9% in June from a year earlier, while load factor slipped slightly to 82% from 82.2%. The company also listed new routes, including Puerto Vallarta service to Puebla, Aguascalientes and San Luis Potosí, suggesting airlines are still adding some connectivity even as overall demand weakens.
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