Getting online in Chile
A travel eSIM is a data plan you install before departure and switch on when you land, so your phone is online in Chile without roaming charges and without hunting for a SIM counter at arrivals. Your home number stays where it is — the eSIM sits alongside it.
Plans, prices, data amounts and validity are set by our partner and shown on their own page. We do not repeat them here because they change and we do not measure them.
Where you land in Chile
These are the airports in Chile with scheduled flights and an IATA code. The minute you step off one of them is the minute an eSIM stops being optional.
| Airport | Code | City |
|---|---|---|
| Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport | ANF | Antofagasta |
| Carriel Sur International Airport | CCP | Concepcion |
| Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | SCL | Santiago |
| Diego Aracena International Airport | IQQ | Iquique |
| El Tepual International Airport | PMC | Puerto Montt |
| La Araucanía International Airport | ZCO | Temuco |
| President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport | PUQ | Punta Arenas |
| Balmaceda Airport | BBA | Balmaceda |
| Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport | ZOS | Osorno |
| Chacalluta International Airport | ARI | Arica |
| Desierto de Atacama Airport | CPO | Copiapo |
| El Loa Airport | CJC | Calama |
Where you will actually use the data
The largest towns and cities near those arrival airports, by population (GeoNames). Coverage is the partner's to state, not ours — this is simply where travellers in Chile tend to be.
- Santiago4 837 295 people
- Puente Alto568 106 people
- Maipú503 635 people
- Antofagasta401 096 people
- Viña del Mar334 248 people
- Valparaíso282 448 people
- Ñuñoa255 823 people
- Puerto Montt245 902 people
Before you buy
Two things worth checking on your own handset, because they decide whether any eSIM works at all: the phone must be eSIM capable, and it must be carrier unlocked. Most phones sold in the last few years are both; phones bought on a carrier contract often are not until the contract ends.
We do not test handsets and cannot tell you whether yours qualifies — your phone's settings screen and your carrier can.