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Buenos Aires to Miami flight path

EZE → MIAEZEMIA
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 Buenos Aires to Miami covers 4,420 miles (7,120 km) — about 8 h 40 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Jamaica, Cuba and the United States. It crosses the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Florida Strait: 22% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC−4.

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From Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE) to Miami International Airport (MIA) · EZE · MIA

EZEBuenos Aires
MIAMiami
Great-circle distance
7,120 km
Duration, no wind
8 h 40 min
Over water
22 %
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 Buenos Aires to Miami?

  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Peru
  • Colombia
  • Jamaica
  • Cuba
  • United States
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Florida Strait
  • Gulf of Mexico

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Blue Mountain Peak

To see Blue Mountain Peak (2,256 m), sit on the right: it lies about 79 km from the route, ≈ 7 h 20 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Rosario ≈ 35 min
  • Santa Fe ≈ 45 min
  • Cochabamba ≈ 2 h 40 min
  • Cartagena ≈ 6 h 25 min
Right window
  • Rio Branco ≈ 3 h 35 min
  • Bucaramanga ≈ 5 h 55 min
  • Barranquilla ≈ 6 h 25 min
  • Santa Marta ≈ 6 h 25 min
  • Kingston ≈ 7 h 20 min
  • Blue Mountain Peak (2,256 m) ≈ 7 h 20 min
  • Camagüey ≈ 7 h 50 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 h7 h8 hUTC−4UTC−5UTC−4UTC−3Caribbean SeaPampasChaco AustralGran ChacoAmazon basinSelvaLlanosCubaBlue Mountain Peak 2,256 m 79 kmBarranquilla 17 kmKingston 57 kmCartagena 76 kmCochabamba 52 kmBucaramanga 60 kmRio Branco 37 kmEZEMIA▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 hUTC−4UTC−5UTC−4Caribbean SeaPampasGran ChacoAmazon basinLlanosCubaRosario106 km off routeSanta Fe61 km off routeCochabamba52 km off routeCartagena76 km off routeRio Branco37 km off routeBucaramanga60 km off routeBarranquilla17 km off routeSanta Marta88 km off routeKingston57 km off routeBlue Mountain Peak2,256 m · 79 kmCamagüey66 km off routeEZEMIAUTC−3

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini
  2. Below: Pampas0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Below: Entre Ríos71 km · ≈ 20 min into the flight
  4. Rosario, Argentina — on the left, 106 km away265 km · ≈ 35 min into the flight
  5. Santa Fe, Argentina — on the left, 61 km away402 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  6. Below: Chaco Austral427 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  7. Below: Gran Chaco1,310 km · ≈ 1 h 45 min into the flight
  8. Below: Andes1,450 km · ≈ 1 h 55 min into the flight
  9. Below: Cordillera Oriental1,500 km · ≈ 2 h 00 min into the flight
  10. Local time below changes: UTC−3 to UTC−41,520 km · ≈ 2 h 00 min into the flight
  11. Cochabamba, Bolivia — on the left, 52 km away2,080 km · ≈ 2 h 40 min into the flight
  12. Below: Amazon basin2,210 km · ≈ 2 h 45 min into the flight
  13. Below: Yungas2,250 km · ≈ 2 h 50 min into the flight
  14. Local time below changes: UTC−4 to UTC−52,870 km · ≈ 3 h 35 min into the flight
  15. Rio Branco, Brazil — on the right, 37 km away2,920 km · ≈ 3 h 35 min into the flight
  16. Below: Selva2,920 km · ≈ 3 h 35 min into the flight
  17. Below: Llanos4,440 km · ≈ 5 h 20 min into the flight
  18. Bucaramanga, Colombia — on the right, 60 km away4,910 km · ≈ 5 h 55 min into the flight
  19. Cartagena, Colombia — on the left, 76 km away5,340 km · ≈ 6 h 25 min into the flight
  20. Barranquilla, Colombia — on the right, 17 km away5,370 km · ≈ 6 h 25 min into the flight
  21. Santa Marta, Colombia — on the right, 88 km away5,380 km · ≈ 6 h 25 min into the flight
  22. Caribbean Sea — 1,190 km without land5,390 km · ≈ 6 h 25 min into the flight
  23. Below: West Indies6,100 km · ≈ 7 h 15 min into the flight
  24. Below: Greater Antilles6,150 km · ≈ 7 h 20 min into the flight
  25. Kingston, Jamaica — on the right, 57 km away6,180 km · ≈ 7 h 20 min into the flight
  26. Blue Mountain Peak, 2,256 m — on the right, 79 km away6,180 km · ≈ 7 h 20 min into the flight
  27. Below: Jamaica6,190 km · ≈ 7 h 20 min into the flight
  28. Local time below changes: UTC−5 to UTC−46,430 km · ≈ 7 h 40 min into the flight
  29. Below: Cuba6,570 km · ≈ 7 h 50 min into the flight
  30. Land again6,570 km · ≈ 7 h 50 min into the flight
  31. Camagüey, Cuba — on the right, 66 km away6,580 km · ≈ 7 h 50 min into the flight
  32. Water starts: Atlantic Ocean and Florida Strait6,740 km · ≈ 8 h 00 min into the flight
  33. Below: Bahama Islands6,860 km · ≈ 8 h 10 min into the flight
  34. Landing at Miami International Airport7,120 km · ≈ 8 h 25 min into the flight
  35. Below: Florida7,120 km · ≈ 8 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 Miami

Miami
Miami · Photo: Marc Averette · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 8 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.

4,420 miles (7,120 km, 3,840 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC−3Buenos Aires
1,520 kmUTC−4La Paz
2,870 kmUTC−5Rio Branco
6,430 kmUTC−4Havana

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.

  • Ezeiza
  • Cordoba
  • La Paz
  • Amazonico
  • Lima
  • Bogota
  • Lima
  • Bogota
  • Barranquilla
  • Kingston
  • Havana
  • Miami

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Buenos Aires to Miami?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Buenos Aires to Miami covers 4,420 miles (7,120 km) — about 8 h 40 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Jamaica, Cuba and the United States. It crosses the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Florida Strait: 22% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC−4.

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

It passes over or close to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Jamaica, Cuba and the United States, and crosses the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Florida Strait. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Buenos Aires to Miami?

About 8 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 Buenos Aires from Miami by plane?

4,420 miles (7,120 km, 3,840 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?

22% of the route, about 1,590 km. The longest stretch without land is 1,190 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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