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KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from California to Chile.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from California to Chile is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from California to Chile with an airline and back with another airline.

Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from California to Chile up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Cathay Pacific connects California to Chile with 6 flights per week and both Delta and Japan Airlines also offer 6 flights per week.

There are 18 airports in Chile. The busiest airport is Santiago Airport (SCL), with 64% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Chile is Santiago Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL), with an average flight price of $650.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Chile is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $882. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,060 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Chile is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $945 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Chile is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,015.

The cheapest ticket to Chile from California found in the last 5 days was to Santiago, at $632 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Santiago (SCL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $632.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Chile is November, when tickets cost $405 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $564 and $548 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Chile, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 13% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Chile from 1 city. This city is Los Angeles and there are 24 direct flights each week.

There are around 4 direct flights from within California to Chile every day. All flights depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 24 direct flights from within California to Chile. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Chile takes 25h 16m, covering a distance of 5602 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Santiago (SCL) with an average flight time of 10h 40m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Chile. Instead, there are 24 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Los Angeles.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Santiago (91% of total searches to Chile). The next most popular destinations are Punta Arenas (3%) and Easter Island (2%). Searches for flights to Balmaceda (2%), to La Serena (1%) and to Calama (1%) are also popular.