Flights to Coachella 2027: What Each Weekend Costs

What it costs to fly to Coachella 2027 for each weekend, which airport saves you the most, the cheapest days to fly, and how to budget for the whole trip.

Dua Lipa, Tame Impala, SZA. If that lineup has you checking flights already, here's some good news.

Flights for both festival weekends are running about the same as any other week in spring. From big U.S. cities, a round trip into LAX for weekend 1 is around $410.

Where you land and which days you fly can still move that price a lot. Here's what we found for both weekends.

Flight Prices Haven't Jumped for Coachella

We compared long-weekend round trips for both festival weekends with the same trips in a normal week at the end of April. There weren’t any big spikes.

From 17 big U.S. cities, the cheapest round trip to Palm Springs (PSP) was about $585 for weekend 1 and $595 for weekend 2. A normal week came in at about $615.

Into Los Angeles (LAX), it was around $410 and $415, against about $420 for a normal week. Either way, the festival weekends cost very little extra. Ontario, California (ONT) is the one airport where airfare cost noticeably more on those two weekends, about $105 more than a normal week for weekend 1 and $60 more for weekend 2.

Last year, flights didn't see a major price jump for Coachella, and we don't expect one this year. In April 2026, fares for both festival weekends were only a little higher than any other spring weekend.

Coachella weekends cost about the same as a normal week. Usual cheapest round trip from 17 big U.S. cities, by airport: Palm Springs (PSP), $585 for weekend 1, $595 for weekend 2, and $615 for a normal week; Los Angeles (LAX), $410, $415, and $420; Ontario, California (ONT), $630, $585, and $525. Prices rounded to $5.

LAX Beats Palm Springs on Price

Palm Springs is the only airport with airline flights in the Coachella Valley, but you’ll pay for that convenience.

From 16 of the 17 cities we checked, a round trip to Palm Springs cost more than the same trip to LAX on each festival weekend. The gap was around $165 for weekend 1 and $150 for weekend 2.

LAX was the cheapest of the three airports used for Coachella for 15 of the 17 cities. Ontario usually lands in the middle, cheaper than Palm Springs but above LAX.

The savings come with quite a drive.

The festival's hospitality team puts Indio, the city where the festival is held, about 3 hours from LAX without traffic, and warns that traffic around Los Angeles can be heavy. Ontario is closer, about an hour and 15 minutes from the Palm Springs area.

Palm Springs costs more than LAX from almost every city. How much more a weekend 1 round trip to Palm Springs (PSP) cost than one to Los Angeles (LAX), by home city: Washington, D.C., $350, San Francisco $310, Dallas $255, Houston $210, Denver $195, Boston $185, Orlando $180, Miami $175, Tampa $165, Seattle $155, Detroit $155, Atlanta $150, Philadelphia $145, New York $135, Chicago $130, and Minneapolis $110. Phoenix was the only city where Palm Springs was cheaper, by $50. The usual gap was about $165. Prices rounded to $5.

If you'd rather skip the long drive, check for a nonstop from your city. Palm Springs airport lists year-round nonstops from Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle.

Your Home City Changes the Math

Where you fly from matters more than which weekend you pick. For weekend 1, the cheapest round trip to Palm Springs ran from about $375 from Phoenix to about $835 from Miami. Into LAX, the range was about $250 to $660.

The gap over a normal week isn't the same everywhere. From San Francisco and Seattle, Palm Springs costs about $175 and $155 more on weekend 1 than in a normal week. From Orlando and Miami, it actually costs less, about $85 and $30 under.

Seattle also has the best Ontario fares, at around $295 for both weekends.

Cheapest Days to Fly Each Weekend

There's no single best pair of days, so pick yours by weekend and airport:

Weekend 1: fly in Thursday and home Monday, about $585 into Palm Springs and $420 into LAX
Weekend 2 into Palm Springs: fly in Friday and home Monday, about $595
Weekend 2 into LAX: fly in Thursday and home Sunday or Monday, about $415 either way

These prices are for those exact days, so they can sit a little above the overall prices earlier in this article.

Whichever weekend you pick, skip flying into Palm Springs on Thursday and home on Sunday. That was the priciest pair, about $740 for weekend 1 and $910 for weekend 2.

The cheapest days to fly depend on the weekend. Usual cheapest round trip from 17 big U.S. cities. Weekend 1 into Palm Springs (PSP): Thursday, April 8 to Monday, April 12, $585 (cheapest); Friday, April 9 to Monday, April 12, $710; Thursday, April 8 to Sunday, April 11, $740. Weekend 1 into Los Angeles (LAX): Thursday to Monday, $420 (cheapest); Friday to Monday, $450; Thursday to Sunday, $500. Weekend 2 into Palm Springs: Friday, April 16 to Monday, April 19, $595 (cheapest); Thursday, April 15 to Monday, April 19, $645; Thursday, April 15 to Sunday, April 18, $910. Weekend 2 into LAX: Thursday to Monday and Thursday to Sunday, $415 each (cheapest, same price); Friday to Monday, $465. Prices rounded to $5.

Budget for the Whole Weekend

Coachella 2027 runs two weekends, April 9–11 and April 16–18, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Dua Lipa headlines Friday, Tame Impala Saturday, and SZA Sunday, with Daddy Yankee also on the bill. Both weekends get the same lineup.

The flight is only part of the budget, and where you stay can really make a difference in what you pay for your weekend. Here's what one person flying in for weekend 1 should consider when budgeting, using coachella.com prices (fees included) and the usual cheapest round trip from big U.S. cities:

Round trip into LAX: about $410, or about $585 into Palm Springs
General admission with the three-day shuttle: $779, with no place to stay
The festival's 3-night general admission hotel package: $3,501.49 for two, about $1,750 each, with the hotel, passes, and shuttle passes included

Flight and pass alone come to about $1,185 through LAX, before you find a place to stay. With the hotel package, it's about $2,160 through LAX and $2,340 through Palm Springs.

Flying in? Plan on about $2,160 with a hotel package. What Coachella on weekend 1 costs one person with flights. Flight + pass, flying into Los Angeles (LAX) with a general admission pass that includes the three-day shuttle: $410 flight and $779 pass, about $1,185, plus a place to stay. Flight + hotel package, flying into LAX: $410 flight and $1,750 for half of the festival's 3-night general admission hotel package for two (hotel, festival passes, and shuttle passes), about $2,160. Flight + hotel package, flying into Palm Springs (PSP) with the 3-night general admission package: $585 flight and $1,750, about $2,340. The LAX airport shuttle wasn't on sale when we checked and isn't included. Flights rounded to $5.

Camping on site costs less, from $40 a night. If you're flying in to camp, the festival plans an LAX shuttle just for campers, though it wasn't on sale when we checked.

VIP passes run $1,399 for weekend 1 and $1,349 for weekend 2, and a shuttle pass on its own is $150. Passes went on sale November 13, and prices can change as tiers sell out, so check coachella.com before you lock in your budget. There are no single-day passes, so plan for the whole weekend.

Getting From LAX to Coachella

Flying into LAX saves money, but Indio is about 3 hours away without traffic. The festival plans two LAX shuttle passes, one to and from local hotels and one just for campers. Neither was on sale when we checked.

Both pick up at baggage claim in Terminal 1 and bring you back there. The hotel shuttle picks up Thursday or Friday and drops you back on Monday, which lines up with the cheapest days to fly.

Once you're in the desert, the Coachella Shuttle is a bus that takes you from stops near local hotels, about 5 to 25 miles away, to a drop-off lot at the festival. From that lot, it's about a 10-minute walk to the festival gates. Greyhound has a station in Indio, and Amtrak has stations and bus stops in the Indio and Palm Desert area.

Frequently Asked Questions

What airport do you fly into for Coachella?

You have three good options: Palm Springs (PSP), Los Angeles (LAX), and Ontario, California (ONT). Palm Springs is the only one in the Coachella Valley, but flights are usually pricier than for LAX. LAX was usually the better deal if you don't mind the drive.

What airport do you fly into for Palm Desert?

Fly into Palm Springs International. The area's tourism bureau calls it the Coachella Valley's only commercial airport, and Palm Desert is one of the valley's nine cities. Bermuda Dunes Airport is closer to Palm Desert, but it's a private airport without airline flights.

Can you fly directly into Palm Springs?

Yes, from some cities. Palm Springs airport lists year-round nonstops from Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle. Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, and Washington have seasonal nonstops, and the airport hasn't set when those seasons end in 2027, so check before you book.

Can you buy a one-day pass to Coachella?

No, coachella.com says single-day passes aren't available. A pass is good only for the weekend you buy, either April 9–11 or April 16–18, 2027. Both weekends get the same lineup, so pick the one that fits your dates and budget.

How We Got These Numbers

The festival details come from the organizer's own website, and the airport details from the airport and the area's tourism bureau. The fares come from RatePunk's flight searches from 17 big U.S. cities to the airports near the festival, for both festival weekends and a normal week, plus our flight data from last year's festival. The 17 cities are the largest U.S. metro areas outside the Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego areas, and the usual price is the middle value across them, rounded to $5. These are prices shown in searches, not prices people paid.

About RatePunk

Reading fares and understanding what makes them move is our area of expertise, and the prices in this article come from our own flight data. We run RatePunk Flights, a paid membership that watches prices out of the airport you fly from. When a route drops well below what it normally costs, the deal shows up in your app and on your dashboard, so you can book it wherever you like, with the airline itself or a travel site you already use.

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