Mexico City - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
USA, easy travel - Jan 2024
DC area. Some direct flights, fairly easy travel. - Jul 2023
DC. CDMX is an easy 3-6 hour flight depending on connections. - Apr 2021
Washington, DC. There are easy direct flights to DC and practically anywhere else in the US. This is the easiest post, by far, for getting back home. - May 2020
Washington DC. It is about a 5-6 hour direct flight from Mexico City into the major airports in the area. We have had no issues traveling back and forth to our home city or to most places in the US for that matter. - Apr 2019
It is about a three hour flight to Houston. It is so easy to travel back and forth to the U.S. The flight times are reasonable and the flights are short and easy. - Apr 2019
Colorado, there is one direct flight into Denver, however, the majority of the flights connect through Houston or Dallas. The trip is typically around seven hours. - Jun 2018
Texas: an easy direct flight from Mexico City to practically every large town in Texas. - May 2017
Washington, D.C. by default. There are direct flights on United to Dulles. The U.S. Embassy's contract carrier is Delta which involves a change in Atlanta, but arrives at Reagan National, which may be more convenient for travelers. - Sep 2016
Belgrade, Serbia. There is a long connecting flight from Belgrade, via Frankfurt, to Washington DC. Then there is a direct flight from DC to Mexico City. I remember Lufthansa having a much more comfortable flight than United. - Jun 2016
Washington DC, just a few hours direct flight. One of the pleasures of serving in Mexico! - May 2016
Washington, DC and Massachusetts. Direct flights are possible to both places. Takes about 5 -6 hours. - May 2016
Washington DC, a few hours. - May 2016
Pennsylvania. It's usually two 2.5 hour flights through Houston, DFW, or Atlanta. - Oct 2014
Miami is a quick 3 hours non-stop flight. There are many, many daily flights from Mexico City to Miami. - Aug 2014
Home base?! What is that?? Direct flights to many U.S. cities and also connections to anywhere via Houston, Atlanta, or Dallas. - Apr 2014
From Washington, D.C. , with one stop in Dallas/TX, is almost 8 hours. - Mar 2014
Washington DC. 4.30 hours to Mexico City. Direct flight. - Jul 2013
Maryland in the U.S. A direct flight takes about five hours from Mexico City to Dulles. - Jan 2013
Toronto, a 5-hour direct flight. - Jan 2013
US. Five hours with United. Nine hours (2 legs+ lay over) with American Airlines, the mandatory route for Mexico to DC on State Department orders. - May 2012
Easy four-hour direct flight from Washington Dulles - Apr 2011
Home base in US. Regular flights to Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston and Miami with little difficulty. - Apr 2010
DCA, 5 hours without connection. - Feb 2010
Los Angeles, USA - about 4 hours. - Jan 2010
