Southwest offers international flights to many popular travel destinations in Mexico, Costa Rica and the Caribbean so it is a great option for shorter international flights to warm tropical destinations. Southwest is now accepting reservations through June 3, 2024 so you can book international flights for the holiday season and spring break.
Where Does Southwest Fly Internationally?
Following is the list of all Southwest international flight destinations by airport. (The list of Southwest international destinations by country plus which U.S. cities offer non stop service can be found below.)
- Aruba (AUA)
- Belize City, Belize (BZE)
- Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos, Mexico (SJD)
- Cancun, Mexico (CUN)
- Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico (CZM)
- Grand Cayman (GCM)
- Havana, Cuba (HAV)
- Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR)
- Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ)
- Nassau, Bahamas (NAS)
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos (PLS)
- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (PVR)
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ)
- San José, Costa Rica (SJO)
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)*
(*Even though Puerto Rico is a US territory and is considered a domestic flight from the US, it has been included in the list because some Americans think it is an international flight.)
List of All Southwest International Flight Destinations
Below is the list of all Southwest international flight destinations by country (along with a list of U.S. cities that offer non stop service).
Aruba
- Aruba (AUA) – Non-stop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) and Orlando, FL (MCO)
Bahamas
- Nassau, Bahamas (NAS) – Nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) and Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)
Belize
- Belize City, Belize (BZE) – Nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) (service starts March 9, 2024), Denver, CO (DEN) and Houston Hobby, TX (HOU)
Costa Rica
- Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) – Nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI), Denver, CO (DEN) and Houston Hobby, TX (HOU)
- San José, Costa Rica (SJO) – Nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI), Denver, CO (DEN) and Houston Hobby, TX (HOU)
Cuba
- Havana, Cuba (HAV) – Nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) and Tampa, FL (TPA)
Dominican Republic
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ) – Nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI), Chicago (Midway), IL (MDW), Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL), Houston Hobby, TX (HOU) and St. Louis, MO (STL)
Grand Cayman
- Grand Cayman (GCM) – Nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) and Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)
Jamaica
- Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ) – Nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI), Chicago (Midway), IL (MDW), Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL), Houston Hobby, TX (HOU), Kansas City, MO (MCI) (service starts October 7, 2023), Orlando, FL (MCO) and St. Louis, MO (STL)
Mexico
- Cancun, Mexico (CUN) – Nonstop service from Atlanta, GA (ATL) (begins November 11, 2023), Austin, TX (AUS), Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI), Chicago (Midway), IL (MDW), Chicago (O’Hare), IL (ORD), Columbus, OH (CMH), Denver, CO (DEN), Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL), Houston Hobby, TX (HOU), Indianapolis, IN (IND), Kansas City, MO (MCI), Milwaukee, WI (MKE), Nashville, TN (BNA), New Orleans (MSY), Phoenix, AR (PHX), Pittsburgh (PIT), San Antonio, TX (SAT) and St. Louis, MO (STL)
- Los Cabos, Mexico (SJD) – Nonstop service from Austin, TX (AUS), Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI), Chicago (Midway), IL (MDW), Denver, CO (DEN), Houston Hobby, TX (HOU), Kansas City, MO (MCI) (service starts October 7, 2023), Oakland, CA (OAK), Orange County/Santa Ana (SNA), Phoenix, AR (PHX), Sacramento, CA (SMF), San Diego, CA (SAN) and St. Louis, MO (STL) (service starts March 9, 2024)
- Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico (CZM) – Nonstop service from Austin, TX (AUS), Denver, CO (DEN) and Houston Hobby, TX (HOU)
- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (PVR) – Non stop service from Austin, TX (AUS), Denver, CO (DEN), Houston Hobby, TX (HOU), Orange County/Santa Ana (SNA) and Phoenix, AR (PHX)
Puerto Rico
- San Juan, PR (SJU) – Nonstop service from Austin, TX (AUS) (service starts March 9, 2024), Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI), Chicago (Midway), IL (MDW), Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL), Houston Hobby, TX (HOU), Nashville, TN (BNA), Orlando, FL (MCO), St. Louis, MO (STL) and Tampa, FL (TPA)
Turks and Caicos
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos (PLS) – Nonstop service from Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) and Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)
You can also view all the Southwest international destinations on www.southwest.com by using the Interactive Southwest Route Map here.
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Southwest needs to find a way to get west coast travelers to the Caribbean. Most flights cannot be made on the outbound flight with the time difference you cannot make the connecting flight on the east coast. Need a red eye from west coast t9 east coast so you can catch departures on the east coast to Caribbean.
I agree with @Rich but Midwest and East Coast passengers also have these same issues going to Hawaii on Southwest. The connections, typically, aren’t great.
I doubt SW will do anything to accommodate west coast travelers to travel to Caribbean. Most of the east coast folks travel to Caribbean while west coast folks will travel to Hawaii. The market to take care of west coast people to Caribbean isn’t there so not worth while to expend the resources for such an accommodation.
I get the impression that Southwest doesn’t want the connecting traffic from the east coast to Hawaii/west coast to Caribbean. If they did, they’d schedule for it. The margins must not be the best.