Lima Travel Forum

I had a question regarding the reliability/schedule of the flights between Lima and Cuzco. Lim-Cuz is not that big a problem but I have a connecting flight from Lima to SFO (USA) at 12:15pm. Could I trust Star Peru or Taca to get me to Lima airport in time to make my flight from Lima-SFO?

Thanks in advance,

Asheesh

Hi Asheesh. For that international flight from Lima to SFO, you might need to be at the airport about 2-3 hours before...and the domestic flights can all of a sudden be cancelled due to either inclement weather or other reasons. There are frequent flights, but I think if you are flying international after arriving in Lima, it is better to arrive the night before...hope this helps, Norman :)

Agree...it also depends on which season. I'm just back again from Lima and although I didn't go to CUZ this time, I noticed that on various days the flights to/from the Andes had delays or cancellations (rainy season in the Andes).
Even my LAN-Peru flights (to/from Chiclayo, Trujillo, Bogota even) had to suffer delays (of 3 hours at least) because of that.

One of the reasons that weather influences schedules so badly is that CUZ-airport is "visual only". More details on that on my Cusco page.

As the others: I always strongly advice to have a "buffer" of one or two days.

Rainy season is the worst for flights, several times during this one airports have been closed due to bad weather conditions. If you are planning on making this trip let's say on late march or april then you can trust they will be no delays but any earlier than that you might risk missing it, specially if you have such an early flight. try coming back to lima the day before (lan has late afternoon flights).