There are 12 ways to get from Tucson to Acapulco by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Tucson to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport (ZIH)plane TUS - ZIH
- Take the bus from Los Achotes to Acapulco Ejidobus
14h 28m$3,360–14,510Fly Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)plane TUS - MEX
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Central de Autobuses Papagayobus
15h 31m$2,705–12,405Bus via Lázaro Cárdenas
- Take the bus from Tucson to Nogalesbus
- Take the bus from Nogales to Magdalenabus
- Take the bus from Santa Ana to Lázaro Cárdenasbus
- Take the bus from Lázaro Cárdenas to Acapulco Ejidobus
29h 28m$3,133–5,790Train, bus
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to San Antonio Stationtrain
- Take the bus from San Antonio Station to Nuevo Laredobus
- Take the bus from Nuevo Laredo to Cuernavacabus
- Take the bus from Cuernavaca to Central de Autobuses Papagayobus
38h 21m$7,580–14,453Drive 2,470.9 km
- Drive from Tucson to Acapulcocar 2,470.9 km
28h 37m$4,936–7,130Fly Tucson to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)plane TUS - ACA
9h 22m$4,300–17,650Bus to Hermosillo International Airport, fly to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport
- Take the bus from Tucson to Hermosillobus
- Fly from Hermosillo International Airport (HMO) to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)plane HMO - ACA
14h 40m$3,820–8,560Bus to Phoenix, fly to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport
- Take the bus from University of Phoenix to Sky Harbor International Airportbus
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)plane PHX - ACA
10h 31m$3,762–13,175Bus to Phoenix, fly to Benito Juárez International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from University of Phoenix to Sky Harbor International Airportbus
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)plane PHX - MEX
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Central de Autobuses Papagayobus
14h 34m$4,767–10,930Bus
- Take the bus from Tucson to Hermosillobus San José / ...
- Take the bus from Hermosillo to Acapulco Ejidobus
43h 51m$3,250–4,900Bus via Guadalajara
- Take the bus from Tucson to Zapopanbus
- Take the bus from Zapopan to Tolucabus
- Take the bus from Toluca to Central de Autobuses Papagayobus
44h 47m$4,100–6,000Bus via Morelia
- Take the bus from Tucson to Moreliabus
- Take the bus from Morelia to Central de Autobuses Papagayobus
46h 45m$4,300–6,200
Tucson to Acapulco by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tucson to Acapulco is to bus via Lázaro Cárdenas which costs $3100 - $6000 and takes 29h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Tucson to Acapulco is to fly which takes 9h 22m and costs $4300 - $18000.
No, there is no direct bus from Tucson to Acapulco. However, there are services departing from 6th Av/Pennington and arriving at Acapulco Ejido via Tucson, Nogales, Magdalena, Santa Ana and Lázaro Cárdenas. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 28m.
The distance between Tucson and Acapulco is 2119 km. The road distance is 2470.9 km.
The best way to get from Tucson to Acapulco without a car is to bus via Lázaro Cárdenas which takes 29h 28m and costs $3100 - $6000.
It takes approximately 14h 28m to get from Tucson to Acapulco, including transfers.
Tucson to Acapulco bus services, operated by Tufesa Mexico, depart from Tucson station.
The best way to get from Tucson to Acapulco is to bus via Lázaro Cárdenas which takes 29h 28m and costs $3100 - $6000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $4300 - $18000 and takes 9h 22m.
Tucson to Acapulco bus services, operated by Tufesa Mexico, arrive at Nogales station.
Acapulco is 1h ahead of Tucson. It is currently 1:36 PM in Tucson and 2:36 PM in Acapulco.
What companies run services between Tucson, AZ, USA and Acapulco, Mexico?
You can take a bus from 6th Av/Pennington to Acapulco Ejido via Tucson, Nogales, Magdalena, Santa Ana, and Lázaro Cárdenas in around 29h 28m. Alternatively, American Airlines flies from Tucson (TUS) to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA) twice a week.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tucson to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,800–17,000
Flights from Tucson to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,000–14,000
Flights from Tucson to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–18,000
Flights from Tucson to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,800–17,000
Flights from Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–12,000
Flights from Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,100–11,000
Flights from Phoenix to Benito Juárez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,500
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Hermosillo International Airport to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Benito Juárez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–9,500
Flights from Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–13,000
Flights from Phoenix to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Benito Juárez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–11,000
Flights from Phoenix to Benito Juárez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Hermosillo International Airport to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Benito Juárez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–9,500
Flights from Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–13,000
Flights from Phoenix to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Benito Juárez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,300–11,000
Flights from Phoenix to Benito Juárez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,500
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Hermosillo International Airport to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Benito Juárez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–9,500
Flights from Phoenix to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–12,000
Flights from Phoenix to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Culiacan, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–15,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–12,000
Flights from Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–13,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Hermosillo International Airport to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport via Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,900–9,000
Flights from Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,500–15,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Tucson to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–18,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Tucson to Benito Juárez International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,500–15,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Tucson Amtrak Station to San Antonio Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3,600–8,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Website
- ahorrobus.com.mx
Bus from Los Achotes to Acapulco Ejido
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $180–290
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
Bus from Lázaro Cárdenas to Acapulco Ejido
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $290–430
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Tucson to Nogales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–350
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $120–350
- Titanium
- $140–350
Bus from Nogales to Magdalena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $100–330
- Titanium
- $110–330
Bus from Tucson to Hermosillo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $450–700
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $450–700
- Titanium
- $500–700
Bus from Tucson to Zapopan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $2,100–3,100
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $2,100–3,100
- Titanium
- $2,405–2,420
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Bus from Santa Ana to Lázaro Cárdenas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,600–4,000
- Schedules at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Book at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Bus from Hermosillo to Acapulco Ejido
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–4,200
- Schedules at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Book at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Phone
- 800 003 7635
- Website
- costaline.com.mx
Bus from Lázaro Cárdenas to Acapulco Ejido
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $490–850
- Website
- https://costaline.com.mx/english/
Bus from Cuernavaca to Central de Autobuses Papagayo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $480–700
- Website
- https://costaline.com.mx/english/
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Central de Autobuses Papagayo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $600–900
- Website
- https://costaline.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +1 479 750 3263
- Website
- transporteschayo.com
Bus from San Antonio Station to Nuevo Laredo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $950–1,050
- Schedules at
- transporteschayo.com
- Book at
- transporteschayo.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- futura.com.mx
Bus from Nuevo Laredo to Cuernavaca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–4,500
- Schedules at
- futura.com.mx
- Book at
- futura.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Central de Autobuses Papagayo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,400
- Schedules at
- futura.com.mx
- Book at
- futura.com.mx
Bus from Morelia to Central de Autobuses Papagayo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,200
- Schedules at
- futura.com.mx
- Book at
- futura.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 928-350-8466
- Website
- arizonashuttle.com
Bus from University of Phoenix to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $950–1,600
- Book at
- https://groometransportation.com/phoenix-airport/?&sd_client_id=d8dca231-4b1d-4fa2-b53c-9a6a93b47ffd
- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- atn_clientes@etn.com.mx
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from Zapopan to Toluca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,600
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
Bus from Toluca to Central de Autobuses Papagayo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $900–1,300
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Tucson to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3,000–4,000
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
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