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Aruba to Buenos Aires flight path

AUA → EZEAUAEZE
The shortest path on the sphere. On a flat map it looks curved; on the globe it is a straight line.

Along the shortest route, the flight from Aruba to Buenos Aires covers 3,360 miles (5,400 km) — about 6 h 40 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Aruba, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. 1% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−4 and land on UTC−3.

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From Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA) to Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE) · AUA · EZE

AUAAruba
EZEBuenos Aires
Great-circle distance
5,400 km
Duration, no wind
6 h 40 min
Over water
1 %
Time difference today
+1 h

The route drawn is the theoretical one — the shortest path on the sphere. The real aircraft follows airways, avoids storms and closed airspace, and rides the wind: it can be hundreds of kilometres off.

What countries do you fly over from Aruba to Buenos Aires?

  • Aruba
  • Venezuela
  • Colombia
  • Brazil
  • Bolivia
  • Argentina

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Left window
  • Barquisimeto ≈ 35 min
  • Santa Cruz de la Sierra ≈ 4 h 15 min
Right window
  • Santa Fe ≈ 6 h 00 min

Left and right facing forward, on the theoretical route. Times are from take-off, with no wind.

Leg by leg

1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 hUTC−5UTC−4UTC−3UTC−4Lesser AntillesAmazon basinMato Grosso PlateauChaco BorealGran ChacoEntre RíosSanta Cruz de la Sierra 6 kmSanta Fe 108 kmAUAEZE▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 hUTC−5UTC−4UTC−3Lesser AntillesAmazon basinMato Grosso PlateauGran ChacoBarquisimeto11 km off routeSanta Cruz de la Sie…6 km off routeSanta Fe108 km off routeAUAEZEUTC−4

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Queen Beatrix International Airport
  2. Below: Lesser Antilles0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Below: West Indies36 km · ≈ 17 min into the flight
  4. Below: Cordillera Oriental126 km · ≈ 25 min into the flight
  5. Below: Cordillera de Mérida216 km · ≈ 30 min into the flight
  6. Barquisimeto, Venezuela — on the left, 11 km away280 km · ≈ 35 min into the flight
  7. Below: Llanos378 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  8. Local time below changes: UTC−4 to UTC−5738 km · ≈ 1 h 05 min into the flight
  9. Below: Amazon basin1,130 km · ≈ 1 h 35 min into the flight
  10. Local time below changes: UTC−5 to UTC−41,210 km · ≈ 1 h 40 min into the flight
  11. Below: Mato Grosso Plateau2,590 km · ≈ 3 h 15 min into the flight
  12. Below: Yungas2,950 km · ≈ 3 h 40 min into the flight
  13. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia — on the left, 6 km away3,450 km · ≈ 4 h 15 min into the flight
  14. Below: Chaco Boreal3,510 km · ≈ 4 h 15 min into the flight
  15. Local time below changes: UTC−4 to UTC−33,870 km · ≈ 4 h 40 min into the flight
  16. Below: Gran Chaco4,000 km · ≈ 4 h 50 min into the flight
  17. Below: Chaco Austral4,390 km · ≈ 5 h 20 min into the flight
  18. Below: Entre Ríos4,950 km · ≈ 5 h 55 min into the flight
  19. Santa Fe, Argentina — on the right, 108 km away5,010 km · ≈ 6 h 00 min into the flight
  20. Below: Pampas5,350 km · ≈ 6 h 25 min into the flight
  21. Landing at Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini5,400 km · ≈ 6 h 25 min into the flight

Times assume a typical jet speed, no wind and an on-time departure. Good for orientation, not for your watch.

Which side the sun, sunrise or sunset will be on

Enter the day and take-off time. Your phone does the maths: the sun's position on every leg of the route, relative to the nose of the aircraft.

Take-offLanding

Sky: light is daytime, amber is sunrise or sunset, dark is night. Left and Right show which side the sun is on for each leg.

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Arriving in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires · Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 6 h 40 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.

3,360 miles (5,400 km, 2,920 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC−4Aruba
738 kmUTC−5Bogota
1,210 kmUTC−4Manaus
3,870 kmUTC−3Asuncion

Airspace (FIRs) along the route

Each is a control region: when the aircraft crosses the boundary, the centre talking to the pilot changes. Boundaries are approximate, from the VATSIM data set, not the official ICAO chart.

  • Curaçao
  • Maiquetia
  • Bogota
  • Amazonico
  • La Paz
  • Asuncion
  • Resistencia
  • Ezeiza

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Aruba to Buenos Aires?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Aruba to Buenos Aires covers 3,360 miles (5,400 km) — about 6 h 40 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Aruba, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. 1% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−4 and land on UTC−3.

What countries do you fly over from Aruba to Buenos Aires?

It passes over or close to Aruba, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Aruba to Buenos Aires?

About 6 h 40 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.

How far is Aruba from Buenos Aires by plane?

3,360 miles (5,400 km, 2,920 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

How much of the flight is over water?

1% of the route, about 54 km.

Why doesn't the plane fly in a straight line on the map?

It does fly straight — on a sphere. On a flat map the shortest path looks curved; on the globe on this page it looks like what it is.

Does GPS work in airplane mode?

Yes. GPS is a receiver: it listens to satellites and transmits nothing, so it keeps working in airplane mode. What you won't have is a map unless you downloaded it; Modo Avión carries its own.

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How this was calculated

The route is the great-circle arc between both airports, split into 300 points. At each point a point-in-polygon test runs against 1,102 airspace regions, 418 time zones and 1,338 physical geography regions. Countries are those with a town within 25 km of the route: in empty areas one may be missing. Cities named have over 250,000 people and lie within 110 km.

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