Iquique to La Serena runs about 11 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 18:50. One passenger pays between €99.26 and €109.88, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 59m over 1,116 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€99.26 to €109.88
- 148%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Iquique
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:08First departure
- 18:50Last departure
- 11Services per day
- 73%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €193.66Mon14
- about €167.11Tue15
- about €180.68Wed16
- about €182.45Thu17
- about €166.52Fri18
- about €172.42Sat19
- about €175.96Sun20
- about €115.19Mon21
- about €109.88Tue22
- about €129.94Wed23
- about €147.64Thu24
- about €141.15Fri25
- about €139.97Sat26
- about €143.51Sun27
- about €99.26Mon28
- about €101.03Tue29
- about €100.44Wed30
- about €120.50Thu1
- about €105.75Fri2
- about €111.06Sat3
- about €101.03Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into La Serena. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in La Serena for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Iquique to La Serena
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €111.6590 days
- €97.4960 days
- €88.0545 days
- €78.0230 days
- €101.0321 days
- €143.5114 days
- €175.967 days
- €180.683 days
- €193.661 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €78.02.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 148 percent. The dearest point is €193.66, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Iquique to La Serena and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,116 km
1,083 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
199,587 → 154,521
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,116 km against 1,083 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Santiago, Antofagasta, Arica. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from LSC into La Serena is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in La Serena
Settled in advance, so the ride into La Serena costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Estación La Serena
Most of the points near Estación La Serena open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Iquique to La Serena
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Iquique to La Serena?
The fastest journey from Iquique to La Serena takes 4h 59m door to door, of which 1h 50m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 6m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Iquique to La Serena?
The cheapest fare from Iquique to La Serena is €99.26, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €156.49. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Iquique to La Serena?
The cheapest way from Iquique to La Serena is by flight, at €109.88 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 5h door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Iquique to La Serena?
Fares from Iquique to La Serena bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €78.02. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 148 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Iquique to La Serena?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Iquique to La Serena, at €109.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Iquique to La Serena?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Iquique to La Serena, at €83.92 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Iquique to La Serena?
2 operators sell services from Iquique to La Serena across 1 mode: JetSMART, Sky Airline. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Iquique to La Serena?
73 percent of the services we sell from Iquique to La Serena are direct. The rest connect at Santiago, Antofagasta, Arica, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Iquique to La Serena use?
Services from Iquique to La Serena by flight leave from Iquique IQQ and arrive at La Serena LSC. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Iquique to La Serena?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Iquique to La Serena allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Iquique to La Serena on 13 September 2026: 1116 km of route against 1083 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €99.26, and 4h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in La Serena is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of La Serena and across Chile
Day trips that leave La Serena in the morning and cover a good part of Chile by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Iquique reaches 8 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 194 to 2,404 km. La Serena reaches 7 places in 1 countries, from 296 to 1,275 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Iquique
- 8Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in La Serena
Leaving La Serena
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators