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Balmaceda to Punta Arenas

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 29.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Sky Airline BBA → PUQ 790 km non-stop 319 in the air 2 h 59 est. rate not held 531 km/h average

Other ways to reach Punta Arenas

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Punta Arenas without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Rio Gallegos – Punta Arenas 44 min LAN Airlines
Mount Pleasant – Punta Arenas 1 h 34 LAN Airlines
Puerto Montt – Punta Arenas 2 h 07 American Airlines, Lindblad Expeditions
Santiago – Punta Arenas 3 h 14 LAN Airlines
Ushuaia – Punta Arenas 216 h 00 Aurora Expeditions, Quark Expeditions
Callao-Lima – Punta Arenas 360 h 00 Oceania Cruises
Rio de Janeiro – Punta Arenas 408 h 00 Oceania Cruises

And other ways to reach Balmaceda

Puerto Montt – Balmaceda 1 h 08 LAN Airlines
Santiago – Balmaceda 2 h 15 LAN Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Balmaceda

Puerto Montt · Santiago

Also from Punta Arenas

Callao-Lima · Mount Pleasant · Puerto Montt · Puerto Natales · Rio Gallegos · Rio de Janeiro · Santiago · Ushuaia

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Balmaceda–Punta Arenas crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.