Chile's largest airport lies to the north-west of the city centre and is only accessible by special modern airport buses.
There is no metro or train service to Santiago Airport.
There are also a large number of taxis, car rental companies and the Uber mobile app.
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Taxi, Uber
When travelling by taxi, we strongly recommend using official taxi services that have their counters still inside the terminal.
Some of the biggest ones include TransVip. The normal price of a taxi to the centre of Santiago is approx. 20 000 clp.
The Uber mobile app also works well in Santiago de Chile and its airport, and you can usually get to the centre for prices from 15 000 clp to 20 000 clp.
Public transport - buses
Transport from the airport to the centre of Sanitago de Chile is provided by two bus companies. There are no regular public transport buses to the airport.
Centropuerto
Blue and yellow buses run on 3 routes. Stops are in front of both terminals.
Fares are the same on all routes regardless of distance travelled and are 2 000 clp. Tickets can be purchased at the kiosk at the bus stop (24/7) or from the driver and can be paid with cash or card.
- Los Héroes - line to Santiago city centre at the L1 and L2 metro station
- Buses also stop at the L1 metro stations Pajaritos, Las Rejas, San Alberto Hurtado, Universidad de Santiago and Estación Central
- Frequency - 10 to 15 minutes on weekdays / 15 to 25 minutes on weekends
- Journey time - 40 to 50 minutes
- Hours of operation - 24/7 (between 23:30 and 06:00 there is an interval of 30-60 minutes)
- Hotel Boutique Casa Conde - Tip for a stylish hotel 350 metres from Los Héroes station
- Terminal Sur - line to the long-distance bus station "Sur"
- Buses also stop at the L1 Pajaritos and Las Rejas metro stations
- Frequency - 30 minutes
- Travel time - 30 to 40 minutes
- Operating hours - 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- ibis Santiago Estacion Central *** - Hotel tip 200 metres from Terminal Sur
- Pajaritos - some buses only run between the airport and the Pajaritos L1 metro station, complementing this line to the centre towards Los Héroes
Official information can be found on the centropuerto.cl website.
Turbus
Turbus operates modern buses to its Alameda bus terminal, from where it operates long-distance routes around Chile.
The Alameda terminal is very close to the L1 metro station "San Alberto Hurtado" or "Estación Central".
The ticket price is 1 900 clp. The ticket can be purchased at the kiosk at the station (24/7) or from the driver and can be paid with cash or card.
Turbus buses stop at the bus stop between terminals 1 and 2.
- Frequency - 10 to 15 minutes
- Journey time - 30 to 45 minutes
- Operating hours - 4:30 to 0:00
Car rental
If you're only heading to Santiago de Chile, renting a car is not worth it due to the uncluttered traffic and relatively good metro network.
If you want to venture out of the airport and into the mountains, there are several local and large multinational car rental companies.
Prices for weekly rentals start at 360 usd.
Hotels near the airport
If you have an early morning departure or late night arrival and don't want to drive into the city centre at night, stay right at the airport.
Between terminals 1 and 2 is the large, modern Holiday inn Santiago Airport ****.
