There are 7 ways to get from New York JFK Airport (JFK) to Cuenca by plane, taxi, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Cuenca
best- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Cuenca (CUE)plane JFK - CUE
8h 41m$400–850Fly to Eloy Alfaro International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC)plane JFK - MEC
- Take the bus from Manta to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Cuencabus
16h 48m$198–757Fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane JFK - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
9h 33m$459–875Fly to Santa Rosa Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)plane JFK - ETR
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa to Cuencabus
14h 20m$243–893Fly to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, car, bus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane JFK - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Puyobus
- Take the bus from Puyo to Cuencabus
13h 44m$364–1,123Fly to Loja, bus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Loja (LOH)plane JFK - LOH
- Take the bus from Catamayo to Cuencabus
15h 57m$282–1,054Fly to Coca, bus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Coca (OCC)plane JFK - OCC
- Take the bus from El Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana to Loreto, Orellana, Ecuadorbus
- Take the bus from Loreto to Cuencabus
15h 9m$287–1,039
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from New York JFK Airport (JFK) to Cuenca is to fly and bus which costs $190 - $800 and takes 16h 48m.
The fastest way to get from New York JFK Airport (JFK) to Cuenca is to fly which takes 8h 41m and costs $400 - $850.
The distance between New York JFK Airport (JFK) and Cuenca is 4870 km.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Cuenca (CUE), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport Airport to Cuenca Airport. The quickest flight takes 9h 15m and has one stopover.
Cuenca is 1h behind New York JFK Airport (JFK). It is currently 1:37 AM in New York JFK Airport (JFK) and 12:37 AM in Cuenca.
JetBlue Airways, Delta, Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. and LATAM Chile offer flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport Airport to Cuenca Airport.
There are 462+ hotels available in Cuenca.
What companies run services between New York JFK Airport (JFK), USA and Cuenca, Ecuador?
Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., LATAM Chile, and two other airlines fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Cuenca (CUE) 4 times a day.
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Miami, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Loja via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Loja via Panama City, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Loja via Miami, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Loja via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Loja via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Coca via Miami, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cuenca via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cuenca via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cuenca via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cuenca via Miami, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Coca via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Coca via Miami, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 26m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Coca via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cooperativa Reina del Camino
Bus from Manta to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Website
- Cooperativa Reina del Camino
- Phone
- +593 99 144 1474
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- ecuabuses.com
- Phone
- +593 09 9900 8843
- [email protected]
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 98 453 6454
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Book at
- redbus.pe
- Phone
- +593-07 2823163
- [email protected]
- Website
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Santa Rosa to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Schedules at
- transportesazuay.com
- Phone
- +593 99 704 9828
- [email protected]
- Website
- Touris San Francisco
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Puyo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- Touris San Francisco
- Phone
- +593 3-274-0070
- [email protected]
Bus from Puyo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
Bus from El Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana to Loreto, Orellana, Ecuador
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
Bus from Loreto to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
- Phone
- +593 99 7670616
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flota Pelileo
Bus from Puyo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–25
- Schedules at
- Flota Pelileo
Bus from El Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana to Loreto, Orellana, Ecuador
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Schedules at
- Flota Pelileo
- Phone
- +593 099 181 9370
- [email protected]
- Website
- Catamayo Express
Bus from Catamayo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- Catamayo Express
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- [email protected]
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Catamayo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from El Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana to Loreto, Orellana, Ecuador
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +593 06 288 6679
- Website
- Transportes Jumandy
Bus from El Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana to Loreto, Orellana, Ecuador
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Transportes Jumandy
Bus from El Coca - Puerto Francisco de Orellana to Loreto, Orellana, Ecuador
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- BAÑOS Cooperativa De Transportes y Turismo
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- [email protected]
- Website
- Fantasy Travel Ecuador
Car from Quito Airport to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- Fantasy Travel Ecuador
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
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