Lima Airport (LIM): terminals, flights, arrivals and departures

Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez (IATA: LIM, ICAO: SPJC) is a network point for Lima, Peru. Our catalogue shows 0 departing routes and 3 arriving, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

LIM carries 3 routes and 3 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 19 weekly departures. Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez (ICAO SPJC) serves Lima, Peru, in the America/Lima zone (UTC−5 in July). Its coordinates (-12.0219, -77.1143) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: LIM
• ICAO: SPJC
• City: Lima
• Country: Peru
• Time zone: America/Lima
• Coordinates: -12.0219, -77.1143
• Airlines at the airport: 3

Time difference against Mexico City. In July, Lima runs 1 h ahead of the Mexican capital (UTC−5 versus UTC−6). In January the airport operates on UTC−5, so the gap is not constant across the year: daylight saving shifts it. This is the calculation that decides whether a pre-booked ground connection still works.

Coordinates, and why we publish them. -12.0219, -77.1143 is the position from which every great-circle distance on this site is computed, including the ones that set the EU261 compensation band. It is not the distance the aircraft flies — that follows airways and diversions — but the geodesic measure the regulations use. Publishing it lets anyone recompute the figures on these pages.

Base of LATAM Airlines. An airline basing here means aircraft and crews overnighting at the airport: more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto, and more early departures. The flip side is that at an airport dominated by one carrier the competitive pressure on fares is weaker than where several compete.

Airlines at LIM

3 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from LIM: 2 full-service and 1 low-cost, with checked allowance from 0 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam. They cover 3 catalogued routes and 19 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.

Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:

Alliances present at LIM: SkyTeam. It matters for two concrete things: where miles credit, and what happens when something breaks. Within one alliance, rebooking onto another member is usually provided for; between carriers with no agreement it does not exist and depends on goodwill at the desk. If you buy two legs on operators from different alliances, treat them as two separate trips.

How this list is built. These are the airlines appearing in catalogued routes that touch LIM, not the airport’s full directory: a carrier that flies here but not on a pair we cover does not appear. The type — full-service or low-cost — and the allowance come from our own record for each carrier, and where the datum does not exist we say so rather than filling it with a plausible number.

Routes to Lima (LIM)

Our catalogue lists 3 routes into LIM, totalling 19 weekly departures and spanning 4,245 to 4,885 km. The busiest is MEX-LIM at ~14 flights a week; 0 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 1 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic LIM moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Latin American regional corridor (3). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Not all of these routes fly daily. The thinnest on the list is MTY-LIM at ~2 weekly departures — under one a day. On a pair like that a cancellation is not resolved in hours: the next seat may be two or three days out, which is why it is worth avoiding the last flight before a fixed commitment.

Connection tips

LIM concentrates 19 catalogued weekly departures across 3 airlines, in the America/Lima zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.

Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez runs on the America/Lima time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at LIM is MEX-LIM (~14 flights a week). Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Lima; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.

FAQ

The 8 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for LIM: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for Lima airport? The IATA code is LIM and the ICAO code is SPJC. Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez serves Lima, Peru.

Which airlines operate at LIM? Airlines on our catalogued routes at LIM: Aeromexico, LATAM Airlines, Volaris.

How many routes are there from Lima (LIM)? Our catalogue lists 0 departing routes and 3 arriving at LIM — see the tables above.

What time zone is LIM in? LIM operates in the America/Lima time zone.

How many weekly departures does LIM have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching LIM we count 19 weekly departures over 3 airlines and 3 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the time difference between Lima and Mexico City? In July, Lima runs 1 h ahead of Mexico City (UTC−5 versus UTC−6). The gap shifts with daylight saving, so recompute it for your exact date before booking transfers.

What is the longest catalogued route at LIM? Catalogued routes at LIM span 4,245 to 4,885 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.

Which airlines are based at LIM? LATAM Airlines run LIM as a base. An airline based here keeps aircraft and crews overnight, so it has more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto the same day.

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Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.