From the Jorge Chavez International Airport departs daily flights from Lima to Cusco. The airport is located at a distance of 19 km. of the center of the city of Lima. The airport is one of the busiest and modern in Latin America; from there depart large numbers of domestic and international flights. For the fourth consecutive year was voted the Best Airport in South America, ranking in the top world ranking, according to Skytrax Research a market research consultancy specializing in airport, which annually conducts a survey via the Internet to more 12 million passengers from 108 nationalities, and users of at least 388 air terminals around the world, who choose their favorite airports.
It has also been elected for the third time as the leader in South America Airport in 2011 by “The World Travel Awards,” which involves voting for travel agents worldwide. On this occasion voted more than 213,000 agents in over 160 countries, who decided that the Lima airport is the best in the South American region and integrate the list of 17 leading airports worldwide.
The airlines that have flights from Lime to Cusco are: Lan Airlines, Taca Airlines, Peruvian Airlines, Star Peru and LC Peru. The airline that has many frequencies of flights per day is LAN Airlines with more than ten flights a day from 5:00 am to 16:00, then the airlines with less daily flights are Peruvian Airlines, Taca Airlines, Star Peru airlines and LC Peru. If you book your flight tickets in advance you can get low prices, Peruvian Airlines and Star Peru are the two national airlines that offer cheap rates.
Star Peru
(511) 705-9000
Flights frequency: Every day departs 4 daily flights
From Lima to Cusco flights departs since 6:55 to 9:05 a.m.
From Cusco to Lima flights departs since 8:45a.m. 13:15 to
The flights take 1 hour 20 minutes
Lan Airlines
(511) 213 8200
Flights frequency: Every day departs 14 daily flights
From Lima to Cusco flights depart since 5:25 am to 15:50 hrs
From Cusco to Lima flights departs since 7:10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
The flights take 1 hour 10 minutes
Peruvian Airlines
(511)716-6000
Flights frequency: Every day departs daily 4 flights
From Lima to Cusco flights departs since 6:00 am to 13:30 a.m.
From Cusco to Lima flights departs since 7:40a.m. to 13:10
The flights take 1 hour 10 minutes
Taca Airlines
(511) 511 8222
Flights frequency: Every day departs 5 daily flights
From Lima to Cusco flights departs since 5:40 am to 8:35 a.m.
From Cusco to Lima flights departs since 7:35 a.m. to 12:10
The flights last 1 hour 25 minutes
LC Peru
(511) 204 1313
Flights frequency: Every day departs 1 daily flight
From Lima to Cusco flights departs since 8:30 am to 10:05 a.m.
From Cusco to Lima flights departs since 10:35 a.m. to 12:10
The flight last 1 hour 35 minutes
Cusco airport, Alejandro Velasco Astete, operates with limited hours of flights due to its dangerous location in the city center. It has a paved runway 3,400 meters long by 45 wide, a passenger terminal with 20 Counters and a control tower of five floors with 12.50 meters. It is the main gateway to the South American tourist circuit and an obligatory point to reach the ruins of Machu Picchu. This airport is the largest air flow in the south of Peru.
Cusco airport is equipped with all comforts, to respond effectively to the many tourists who visit the imperial city. It was the first airport in the country in which boarding bridges or sleeves were installed. The runway is paved, with a length of 3400 meters and a width of 45.
Lima Airport Information
Jorge Chavez International Airport
Address: Av. Elmer Faucett s/n. Callao
Telephone: +51 (1) 517 3100 / 517 3500 annex 3502
Cusco Airport Information
Aeropuerto Internacional de Cuzco-Velasco Astete
Address: Av. Velasco Astete s/n Huancha, Cusco, Perú
Telephone: +51 (084) 222601
Airport Cusco