Arica to Santiago runs about 19 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 19:38. One passenger pays between €128.17 and €144.10, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 44m over 1,716 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€128.17 to €144.10
- 185%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Arica
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.
- 06:18First departure
- 19:38Last departure
- 19Services per day
- 79%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €305.17Fri18
- about €318.74Sat19
- about €262.10Sun20
- about €213.13Mon21
- about €201.92Tue22
- about €224.34Wed23
- about €218.44Thu24
- about €205.46Fri25
- about €210.18Sat26
- about €210.77Sun27
- about €166.52Mon28
- about €165.34Tue29
- about €177.73Wed30
- about €174.19Thu1
- about €157.67Fri2
- about €165.93Sat3
- about €150.59Sun4
- about €132.89Mon5
- about €128.17Tue6
- about €148.82Wed7
- about €171.83Thu8
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 Santiago. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Santiago for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Arica to Santiago
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €141.1590 days
- €106.9360 days
- €127.5845 days
- €139.9730 days
- €171.8321 days
- €174.1914 days
- €218.447 days
- €262.103 days
- €305.171 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €106.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 185 percent. The most expensive point is €305.17, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Arica to Santiago 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
1,716 km
1,666 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
241,653 → 4,837,295
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,716 km against 1,666 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 Antofagasta, La Serena, La Paz, Iquique. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Santiago is large, and the road in from SCL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Santiago
Settled in advance, so the ride into Santiago costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near Quilicura
Most of the points near Quilicura open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Arica to Santiago
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Arica to Santiago?
The fastest journey from Arica to Santiago takes 5h 44m door to door, of which 2h 37m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 55m, 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 Arica to Santiago?
The cheapest fare from Arica to Santiago is €128.17, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €223.75. 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 Arica to Santiago?
The cheapest way from Arica to Santiago is by flight, at €128.17 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 47m 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 Arica to Santiago?
Fares from Arica to Santiago bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €106.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 185 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Arica to Santiago?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Arica to Santiago, at €165.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Arica to Santiago?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Arica to Santiago, at €112.83 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 service from Arica to Santiago?
No operator record names Arica to Santiago directly. JetSMART, LAN Airlines, Sky Airline publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Arica to Santiago?
79 percent of the services we sell from Arica to Santiago are direct. The rest connect at Antofagasta, La Serena, La Paz, Iquique, with about 53 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 Arica to Santiago use?
Services from Arica to Santiago by flight leave from Arica ARI and arrive at Santiago SCL. 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 Arica to Santiago?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Arica to Santiago 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Arica to Santiago on September 17, 2026: 1716 km of route against 1666 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €128.17, and 5h 44m 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 Santiago is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Arica reaches 6 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 1,666 km. Santiago reaches 69 places in 19 countries, from 59 to 11,648 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Arica
- 6Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Santiago
Leaving Santiago
- 69Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 34Operators