Getting from the airport to the city in Peru

Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM)

One safety point comes before everything else: do not leave the airport perimeter on foot. Combis are barred from airport property, and the walk out to Avenida Morales Duarez to catch one crosses an area with a real risk of violent robbery. The saving is a few soles. It is not worth it.

• Airport Express Lima - S/ 15 per person, 45 to 70 minutes. The official bus to Miraflores, hourly from 07:00 to 22:00, booked at the counter inside the arrivals hall near exits 2 and 3. In peak traffic it can take 90 minutes or more. Touts inside arrivals will tell you the bus is cancelled. It is not.
• Official airport taxi - S/ 60 to S/ 75 off-peak, S/ 80 to S/ 95 at peak. Taxi Green, Taxi Directo and Taxi 365 all have staffed counters inside arrivals and escort you to the car. Agree the total at the counter: the recurring complaint is drivers adding tolls and parking surcharges on arrival.
• Uber, Cabify or DiDi - S/ 40 to S/ 70, subject to surge. Pickup is in parking zone E1. If the driver rings to propose a cash fare off the app, cancel and rebook - that is the setup for an overcharge and it removes the trip record.
• Pre-booked private transfer - S/ 75 to S/ 110, met inside arrivals with a name board.

Metro Line 2 does not serve the new terminal. Its "Aeropuerto" station sits near the old terminal site and is still under construction, so ignore anything that routes you there.

International transit passengers: since 7 December 2025, an international-to-international connection through LIM carries a Transfer TUUA fee of about USD 11.86 per connection, paid online or at counters and mobile card terminals along the transit route. Budget the time for it.