Data study · updated August 08, 2026

The Magellan Cheap Flight Index

Updated August 08, 2026 · live data · Magellan Flights

Every day we track the cheapest real, bookable fares from 44 US airports to hundreds of destinations worldwide. This index turns that live data into a snapshot of what it actually costs to fly out of the USA right now — and where the deals are. Free to cite with a link.

$119

cheapest international fare
Vancouver from LAX

$750

median fare across all tracked routes

61%

of routes are below their normal price

71%

biggest discount today
Urumqi

499

routes tracked from 44 US airports

$117

cheapest fare anywhere
San Juan from TPA

Cheapest international destinations from the USA right now

The lowest current fares to destinations abroad, across all tracked US origins.

Destination	From	Price	vs normal
Vancouver YVR	from LAX	$119	−27%
Mexico City MEX	from IAH	$135	−4%
Guadalajara GDL	from LAX	$141	−28%
Monterrey MTY	from IAH	$149	−30%
Toronto YYZ	from BOS	$172	−19%
Montego Bay MBJ	from JFK	$174	−21%
Toronto YTZ	from IAD	$179	−6%
San Salvador SAL	from IAH	$185	−7%
Santo Domingo SDQ	from EWR	$187	—
Cancun CUN	from TPA	$188	—
Montreal YUL	from BOS	$194	−17%
Santiago STI	from JFK	$200	−7%

Cheapest US airports to fly abroad from

Ranked by each city’s single cheapest international fare available today.

#	US airport	Cheapest abroad	Price
1	Los Angeles LAX	Vancouver	$119
2	Houston IAH	Mexico City	$135
3	Boston BOS	Toronto	$172
4	New York JFK	Montego Bay	$174
5	Washington IAD	Toronto	$179
6	Newark EWR	Santo Domingo	$187
7	Tampa TPA	Cancun	$188
8	Miami MIA	Bogota	$216
9	Fort Lauderdale FLL	Kingston	$228
10	San Antonio SAT	Queretaro	$248
11	Raleigh/Durham RDU	Stockholm	$252
12	Baltimore BWI	Punta Cana	$258

Cheapest destinations by region

Europe

Stockholm — $252 from RDU
Reykjavik — $331 from LGA
Madrid — $356 from MIA

Asia

Manila — $401 from SFO
Taipei — $402 from SFO
Ho Chi Minh — $414 from LAX

Oceania

Auckland — $455 from LAX
Sydney — $585 from LAX
Brisbane — $723 from LAX

Middle East

Istanbul — $438 from JFK
Jeddah — $459 from ORD
Baku — $473 from ORD

Africa

Cairo — $392 from ORD
Nairobi — $503 from JFK
Alexandria — $504 from JFK

Americas

San Juan — $117 from TPA
Vancouver — $119 from LAX
Mexico City — $135 from IAH

How big are today’s deals?

Of 499 tracked routes, 61% are currently priced below their normal range. Among those, fares sit about 18% below typical on average, and 171 routes are 15% or more below normal — the genuine deals worth grabbing.

Methodology

Figures come from Magellan Flights’s live fare tracker, which checks the cheapest real, bookable round-trip and one-way fares from major US airports several times a day. “Normal price” is each route’s tracked baseline; a fare is “below normal” when it’s under that baseline. Prices are in USD and change constantly — this page reflects the most recent refresh on August 08, 2026.

Cite this study

Source: Magellan Flights Cheap Flight Index, August 08, 2026. https://www.magellanflights.com/cheap-flight-index.html. Free to reference with a link back.