Route · LIM → SCL
Flights from Lima to Santiago
Spanning roughly 2,463 km across the Andes, the Lima–Santiago corridor is one of South America's busier mid-haul connections, with a typical block time of around three hours and twenty minutes. LATAM dominates frequency on the route and commonly operates narrowbody Airbus A320-family jets, while Sky Airline adds budget competition using similar equipment; American Airlines serves the pairing as part of its broader Latin American network, and Korean Air holds a less expected presence, likely tied to its longstanding Lima hub operations. A practical note worth remembering: Santiago sits in a different time zone than Lima — Chile observes daylight saving time aggressively, meaning the offset can shift between one and two hours depending on the season, which catches connecting passengers off guard. For fares, the northern-hemisphere summer months of July and August tend to push prices higher due to Chilean school holidays; shoulder periods in April–May and September–October typically offer the most competitive economy options.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Lima (LIM) → Santiago (SCL). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
4 carriersThe 4 carriers we currently track on the Lima–Santiago route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Lima to Santiago
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Lima to Santiago — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at LIM and… SCL, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.