Data study · updated September 24, 2026

The Magellan Cheap Flight Index

Updated September 24, 2026 · live data · Magellan Flights

Every day we track the cheapest real, bookable fares from 43 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.

$140

cheapest international fare
Guadalajara from ORD

$728

median fare across all tracked routes

55%

of routes are below their normal price

63%

biggest discount today
Waterloo

477

routes tracked from 43 US airports

$122

cheapest fare anywhere
San Juan from PHL

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
Guadalajara GDL	from ORD	$140	−21%
Vancouver YVR	from LAX	$160	—
Cancun CUN	from MIA	$180	—
Silao BJX	from DFW	$186	−27%
DJT DJT	from LGA	$189	−4%
Monterrey MTY	from LAS	$197	−10%
Mexico City MEX	from ORD	$197	—
Santiago STI	from EWR	$200	−3%
Toronto YTZ	from BOS	$203	—
Georgetown GEO	from JFK	$205	−23%
Toronto YYZ	from IAD	$205	—
Punta Cana PUJ	from EWR	$206	−1%

Cheapest US airports to fly abroad from

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

#	US airport	Cheapest abroad	Price
1	Chicago ORD	Guadalajara	$140
2	Los Angeles LAX	Vancouver	$160
3	Miami MIA	Cancun	$180
4	Dallas-Fort Worth DFW	Silao	$186
5	New York LGA	DJT	$189
6	Las Vegas LAS	Monterrey	$197
7	Newark EWR	Santiago	$200
8	Boston BOS	Toronto	$203
9	New York JFK	Georgetown	$205
10	Washington IAD	Toronto	$205
11	San Antonio SAT	Havana	$223
12	Orlando MCO	Medellin	$234

Cheapest destinations by region

Europe

Barcelona — $273 from BOS
Reykjavik — $312 from IAD
Dublin — $314 from LAX

Asia

Bangkok — $349 from LAX
Ho Chi Minh — $399 from SFO
Hanoi — $428 from SFO

Oceania

Sydney — $817 from LAX
Papeete — $828 from LAX
Auckland — $828 from HNL

Middle East

Medina — $398 from IAD
Jeddah — $421 from ORD
Istanbul — $481 from JFK

Africa

Cairo — $390 from ORD
Casablanca — $466 from JFK
Nairobi — $500 from BOS

Americas

San Juan — $122 from PHL
Guadalajara — $140 from ORD
Vancouver — $160 from LAX

How big are today’s deals?

Of 477 tracked routes, 55% are currently priced below their normal range. Among those, fares sit about 17% below typical on average, and 127 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 September 24, 2026.

Cite this study

Source: Magellan Flights Cheap Flight Index, September 24, 2026. https://www.magellanflights.com/cheap-flight-index.html. Free to reference with a link back.