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Cancun Airport flights, live

The real status of every flight in and out of CUN, with the terminal it actually uses today — which is not always the one printed on a ticket bought months ago.

Verified in August 2026

Arrivals and departures

Two boards, both drawn from the same live feed: the one you want depends on whether you are meeting someone or catching something.

What each status actually means

Boards use a small vocabulary and it is not always obvious. This is what is behind each word, and what it means for the person waiting downstairs.

Flight status, and what to do about it
On the boardWhat it meansWhat it means for you
Scheduled The flight exists and has not taken off yet. Nothing to do. The time shown is still the planned one.
In the air It departed and is en route. The arrival time is now a real estimate, not a timetable. This is the moment the estimate becomes worth trusting.
Delayed The new estimate is later than the scheduled time. If you are meeting someone, delay leaving. Parking is charged by the hour.
Landed Wheels are down. It does not mean anyone has come out. Add 35–50 minutes on a quiet day, 70–100 in peak season, for immigration, bags and customs.
Cancelled The flight is not operating. The airline rebooks, not the airport. Call them before going anywhere.

«Landed» is the status people misread most. Between the aircraft touching down and someone walking through the arrivals doors there is a passport queue, a baggage belt and a customs check. Meeting someone at the landing time means waiting in the hall for the best part of an hour.

Why the terminal on your ticket can change

Airlines are assigned terminals by the airport operator, and the assignment can move — for a season, for a schedule change, or for building work. The four terminals here are separate buildings, so getting it wrong is a shuttle ride, not a walk down a corridor.

  • The terminal printed on a ticket bought months ago is the least reliable source.
  • The board on the day is the reliable one. So is the airline's own app, within a few hours of the flight.
  • If you are being picked up, send the terminal number, not just the airline. T3 and T4 arrivals halls are a ten-minute shuttle apart.

The free inter-terminal shuttle runs between all operating terminals, air-conditioned and step-free. How connecting between terminals works.

If you are being picked up by a transfer

A booked transfer tracks the flight number, so a delay does not cost you the ride — the driver waits and the price does not change. A taxi rank does not know your flight exists. That difference matters most on the flights that arrive late at night.

Your driver watches the flight, not the clock

We track the flight number. If you land two hours late at one in the morning, someone is still there with your name on a sign, at the price you agreed.

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Common questions

How often does the board update?

Continuously, without you reloading the page. The timestamp under the board tells you how old the data is.

Are the times local?

Yes — Cancun local time, GMT−5, all year. Quintana Roo does not change clocks, so the gap to your home time can shift when your country changes its own.

The board and my airline app disagree. Which is right?

Within a few hours of the flight, trust the airline: it knows about crew and aircraft changes first. Further out, the difference rarely matters.

My flight is not on the board at all.

Boards show a rolling window of roughly a day. A flight further ahead than that has not entered it yet. If it is today and still missing, check the flight number: a code-share is listed under the operating carrier, not the one on your ticket.

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