New York → Lima flights

JFK–LIM fares cluster near $314 — a remarkably stable corridor

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $314, with a low of $312 across 30 daily snapshots — the floor is almost indistinguishable from the midpoint.
• 75% of observed fares fell at or below $339, meaning you rarely need to pay a meaningful premium on this route.
• Spread is just 13% between the low ($312) and high ($352) — this is an unusually tight range, suggesting consistent baseline pricing.
• The interquartile range spans only $27 (p25: $312 → p75: $339), so dramatic last-minute spikes appear uncommon in this data window.
• Budget roughly $315–$340 as a realistic target; fares above $350 represent the top of the observed range, not the norm.

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the JFK → LIM price history page.

The full picture

The JFK-to-Lima corridor stands out for its price stability. Across 30 daily snapshots of the cheapest cached fares, the low sits at $312 and the high reaches only $352 — a spread of 13%, which is narrow by any standard. The median of $314 lands almost on top of the floor, which tells you that most days the market is pricing this route consistently rather than oscillating between bargain and expensive windows. In practical terms: if you see a fare around $314–$320, that's not a flash sale — it's roughly what the market looks like most of the time.

Because the floor and the median are so close together, the usual advice to 'wait for a dip' carries less weight here than on more volatile routes. The p25 is $312, meaning a full quarter of snapshots came in at essentially the lowest observed price. That said, the p75 of $339 shows fares do occasionally drift upward, likely during peak travel periods or when lower inventory forces shoppers onto pricier options. A reasonable booking posture is to act when you see fares in the $312–$325 range rather than holding out for a further discount that the data don't strongly suggest is coming.

No dominant carrier pattern is visible in this dataset, so we can't credibly point to a specific airline as the consistent price leader. Likewise, the data don't surface a clear day-of-week effect that would justify timing your purchase to a particular morning or midweek window. One honest caveat: 30 snapshots reflect a single rolling window and may not capture seasonal demand shifts — flights around South American holidays, southern-hemisphere school breaks, or northern-hemisphere summer could push prices outside this observed band. Treat the $314–$339 range as a reliable baseline for typical travel periods, and recheck fares if your travel falls near a major holiday.

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