To get to Playa del Carmen, you fly into Cancún on the Yucatan pennisula.  Cancún Airport is the main international gateway to the Mayan Riviera and the Yucatan peninsula. Playa del Carmen is located 45 minutes south of Cancun.

From the US

• AeroMexico
• AirTran Airways (Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington)
• Alaska Airlines (Los Angeles, Seattle/Tacoma)
• American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK)
• Continental Airlines (Cleveland [seasonal], Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Hartford/Springfield, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh/Durham [seasonal], Salt Lake City, Washington-Dulles)
• Frontier Airlines (Denver, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Chicago)
• JetBlue Airways (Boston, New York-JFK, Orlando, Tampa, Washington-Dulles)
• Mexicana
• Northwest Airlines (Detroit [seasonal], Indianapolis [seasonal], Memphis, Milwaukee [seasonal], Minneapolis/St. Paul)
• Spirit Airlines (Detroit, Fort Lauderdale)
• Sun Country Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
• United Airlines (Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC)
• US Airways (Boston, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix)
• USA3000 Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Cleveland, Columbus (OH), Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis)

From Canada:

• AeroMexico
• AirCanada
• Air Transat
• CanJet (Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Québec City)
• Mexicana
• Skyservice (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, Kitchener, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg)
• Sunwing Airlines
• WestJet (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Vancouver [seasonal]

From Europe

In addition to connecting through Mexico City or the US, several European airlines offer direct flights to Cancun:

• AeroMexico
• Airberlin LTU (Düsseldorf, Munich, Zurich)
• Air Comet (Madrid)
• Air Europa (Madrid)
• Air Europe (Milan-Malpensa)
• Air Pullmantur (Madrid)
• Arkefly (Amsterdam)
• Blue Panorama Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
• British Airways (London Heathrow)
• Condor (Frankfurt, Düsseldorf)
• Corsairfly (Paris-Orly) [seasonal]
• Edelweiss Air (Zurich)
• EuroAtlantic Airways (Lisbon)
• First Choice Airways (Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
• Iberworld (Barcelona [seasonal], Madrid)
• Jetairfly (Brussels)
• Livingston Energy Flight (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, San Salvador)
• Martinair (Amsterdam, Brussels)
• Meridiana/Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)
• Mexicana
• Monarch Airlines (London-Gatwick, Newcastle)
• Mytravel Airways (Manchester)
• Novair (Oslo, Stockholm-Arlanda)
• Neos (Milan-Malpensa)
• Orbest (Lisbon)
• Thomas Cook Airlines (Belfast-International, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
• Thomsonfly (Birmingham (UK), London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Newcastle)
• White (Lisbon)
• XL Airways France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)

From Latin America:

• Aeromexico
• Avianca (Bogotá) [seasonal]
• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• LAN Airlines (Havana, Santiago)
• Mexicana
• TACA (Flores, Guatemala City)
• Tam Airlines (São Paulo-Guarulhos, Salvador)