There are 4 ways to get from Tucson to Cuenca by plane, taxi, bus, 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 Cuenca
best- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Cuenca (CUE)plane TUS - CUE
16h 10m$240–1,000Fly Tucson to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane TUS - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
16h 40m$390–1,340Bus to Phoenix, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take the bus from University of Phoenix to Sky Harbor International Airportbus
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane PHX - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
17h 16m$395–1,177Fly Tucson to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, car, bus
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane TUS - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
- Take the bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambatobus
- Take the bus from Ambato to Cuencabus
20h 11m$278–1,045
Tucson (TUS) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tucson to Cuenca is to fly which costs $240 - $1,000 and takes 16h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Tucson to Cuenca is to fly which takes 16h 10m and costs $240 - $1,000.
The distance between Tucson and Cuenca is 5164 km.
It takes approximately 16h 10m to get from Tucson to Cuenca, including transfers.
Cuenca is 2h ahead of Tucson. It is currently 10:03 AM in Tucson and 12:03 PM in Cuenca.
There are 425+ hotels available in Cuenca.
What companies run services between Tucson, AZ, USA and Cuenca, Ecuador?
Delta, LATAM Chile, and two other airlines fly from Tucson (TUS) to Cuenca (CUE) twice a week.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Tucson to Cuenca via Atlanta, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Tucson to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Atlanta, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Tucson to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Houston, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Tucson to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Tucson to Cuenca via Houston, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Tucson to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Phoenix to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tucson to Cuenca via Atlanta, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Tucson to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Phoenix to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Tucson to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via San Diego, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Phoenix to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Phoenix to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tucson to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- 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
- $50–90
- Book at
- https://groometransportation.com/phoenix-airport/?&sd_client_id=d8dca231-4b1d-4fa2-b53c-9a6a93b47ffd
- Phone
- +593 99 354 7653
- tacaandica@gmail.com
- Website
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- info@cooperativasanta.com
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Ambato to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito Airport to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
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