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    <schemaVersion>X0609</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-05-12</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001520504</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VLRS</issuerTradingSymbol>
        <issuerForeignTradingSymbol>VOLAR</issuerForeignTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001979736</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Donovan William Dean</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>true</rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>AV. ANTONIO DOVALI JAIME 70, TOWER B, 13</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>FLOOR, COLONIA ZEDEC SANTA FE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MEXICO CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerNonUSStateTerritory></rptOwnerNonUSStateTerritory>
            <rptOwnerCountry>O5</rptOwnerCountry>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01210</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>MEXICO</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series A shares of common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-05-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>50000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.33</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3046050</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares owned through American Depositary Shares (&quot;ADSs&quot;). Each ADS representing ten (10) Certificados de Participacion Ordinarios (CPOs). Each CPO representing the economic interest in one (1) share of Series A shares of common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price per ADS sold. The ADSs were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $7.32 to $7.34. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Isela Cervantes Rodriguez, as Attorney-in-Fact, for William D. Donovan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-05-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
