What the desk actually needs from Tepic is proximity to a gate. An assignment appears when something has to leave Nayarit by a deadline no freight product will promise. The question is then very simple: who is close enough to PVR to check in for the next departure. From Tepic that is 2 hours 6 minutes of driving, which is why the city is on the list at all.
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On Board Courier, Tepic
Freelance hand carry work for couriers who live in Tepic. PVR is 2 hours 6 minutes away by road, the desk books and pays the seat, and the fee is agreed in writing before you accept.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inTepic, Nayarit
Nearest gatePVR · Puerto Vallarta
Drive to the aircraft155 km · 2 hours 6 minutes
Nonstop from PVR35 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
Most assignments out of PVR are confirmed hours, not days, in advance. You are given the flight, the consignee and the customs position in writing, you drive to PVR, and the ticket is already paid and issued in your name. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of LAX, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The handover is in person, and the fee reaches your account after it.
Getting to the aircraft from Tepic
From the middle of Tepic to the departure hall at PVR is 155 km of road, 2 hours 6 minutes in normal conditions. Every timing the desk gives a courier in Tepic starts from that number.
A ground leg of 2 hours 6 minutes from Tepic is planned like a leg of the trip, because it is one. The desk allows for the 155 km in the timings and in the fee. Counting the second gate matters in Tepic. GDL is 2 hours 52 minutes from Tepic with 67 nonstop destinations, so a cancellation at PVR is an inconvenience rather than the end of the assignment.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PVR | Puerto Vallarta Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | 155 km | 2 hours 6 minutes | 35 |
| GDL | Guadalajara Don Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla | 221 km | 2 hours 52 minutes | 67 |
Tepic is a city of 333,000 people in Nayarit, and the clock there runs 11 hours behind the Emirates all year. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Tepic may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What PVR reaches without a change
The board at PVR carries 35 nonstop destinations flown by 12 carriers. The table below is the busiest end of the PVR board, measured in average daily flights rather than in marketing.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEX | Mexico City | Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez | about 9 departures a day | 3 operators: Volaris, Viva, Aeromexico |
| GDL | Guadalajara | Guadalajara Don Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| MTY | Monterrey | Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| PHX | Phoenix | Phoenix Sky Harbor | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: American Airlines, Southwest Airlines |
| TIJ | Tijuana | Tijuana General Abelardo L. Rodríguez | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| LAX | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines |
| TLC | Toluca | Toluca Licenciado Adolfo Lopez Mateos | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| DFW | Dallas-Fort Worth | Dallas-Fort Worth | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: American Airlines |
| BJX | Silao | Silao Del Bajío | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Volaris |
| HOU | Houston | Houston William P Hobby | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Southwest Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in Tepic can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 77 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
What moves out of Tepic
There is no public industrial file for the PVR catchment on this site, and inventing one would make the page worse. Urgent work around Tepic comes from deadlines: a filing, a component, a batch that has to be tested somewhere else.
Why a courier in Tepic is useful to the desk
A courier based in Tepic is useful to a Dubai desk for a reason that has nothing to do with Tepic being famous. It is that the desk can position a person at PVR inside 2 hours 6 minutes of a phone call, and PVR has somewhere to send them.
Honesty about the routing out of PVR matters more than a good headline. From Tepic the best single change is Los Angeles (LAX), and LAX to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 20h 40m gate to gate, so an assignment between Tepic and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
The nearest other cities on the Mexico list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Tepic
Puerto Vallarta105 km away, PVR in 15 minutesZapopan179 km away, GDL in 37 minutesTepatitlán de Morelos234 km away, GDL in 1 hour 14 minutesCiudad Guzmán250 km away, GDL in 1 hour 46 minutesManzanillo272 km away, PVR in 3 hours 43 minutesAguascalientes273 km away, AGU in 32 minutesFresnillo279 km away, AGU in 2 hours 51 minutesColima280 km away, GDL in 2 hours 32 minutesGuadalupe281 km away, AGU in 1 hour 59 minutesLagos de Moreno307 km away, BJX in 1 hour 3 minutesTecomán307 km away, GDL in 3 hours 13 minutesZamora de Hidalgo320 km away, GDL in 2 hours 10 minutes
All 75 Mexico cities are listed on the Mexico courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of PVR and the other airports listed above, between Mexico and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 2 hours 6 minutes drive to PVR. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach PVR, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Tepic list
01How far is Tepic from PVR?
155 km, about 2 hours 6 minutes by car from Tepic. The desk works backwards from the bag drop at PVR, so the time it asks you to leave will look conservative and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Tepic without a change of aircraft?
PVR serves 35 airports nonstop across 4 countries with 12 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Tepic can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 77 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Tepic to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Tepic the best single change is Los Angeles (LAX), and LAX to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 20h 40m gate to gate, so an assignment between Tepic and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. OnBoard Courier is a UAE company and the desk is in Dubai, but the courier list is worldwide. Living in Tepic, 2 hours 6 minutes from PVR, is a qualification rather than an obstacle.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. There is no fee to join the Tepic list and no deposit of any kind. The Academy is AED 199 once, and that AED 199 is added back on top of what you are paid for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk sends the routing, the timing and the fee for that specific assignment in writing. You accept or decline it. Nothing is deducted or charged without your written agreement.
Apply to fly out of PVR
Apply once and you are on the list for PVR and for every other lane your passport allows. Declining an offer out of PVR costs you nothing.
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