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Cordoba to Chengdu flight path

COR → CTUCORCTU
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 Cordoba to Chengdu covers 11,730 miles (18,880 km) — about 22 h 10 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, India, Nepal and People's Republic of China. It crosses Patos Lagoon, the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Aden: 52% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC+8.

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From Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) · COR · CTU

CORCordoba
CTUChengdu
Great-circle distance
18,880 km
Duration, no wind
22 h 10 min
Over water
52 %
Time difference today
+11 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 Cordoba to Chengdu?

  • Argentina
  • Uruguay
  • Brazil
  • Angola
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Somalia
  • India
  • Nepal
  • People's Republic of China
  • Patos Lagoon
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Gulf of Aden
  • Arabian Sea

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Mount Everest

To see Mount Everest (8,848 m), sit on the left: it lies about 50 km from the route, ≈ 20 h 00 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Porto Alegre ≈ 1 h 40 min
  • Luanda ≈ 9 h 50 min
  • Kota ≈ 18 h 45 min
  • Kanpur ≈ 19 h 15 min
  • Lucknow ≈ 19 h 20 min
  • Kathmandu ≈ 19 h 50 min
  • Mount Everest (8,848 m) ≈ 20 h 00 min
  • Namcha Barwa (7,782 m) ≈ 21 h 00 min
Right window
  • Rājkot ≈ 18 h 00 min
  • Ahmedabad ≈ 18 h 15 min
  • Vadodara ≈ 18 h 20 min
  • Prayagraj ≈ 19 h 25 min
  • Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) ≈ 20 h 10 min
  • Gangkhar Puensum (7,570 m) ≈ 20 h 25 min
  • Mount Gongga (7,556 m) ≈ 21 h 45 min

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

Leg by leg

2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h12 h14 h16 h18 h20 hUTC+1UTC+2UTC+3UTC+5:30UTC+5:45UTC+5:30UTC+8UTC+5:30UTC+8UTC−3Patos LagoonGulf of AdenPampasCrystal MountainKathiawarHimalayasMount Everest 8,848 m 50 kmKanchenjunga 8,586 m 13 kmNamcha Barwa 7,782 m 41 kmGangkhar Puensum 7,570 m 32 kmMount Gongga 7,556 m 79 kmAhmedabad 10 kmKanpur 79 kmLuanda 1 kmLucknow 100 kmPorto Alegre 94 kmCORCTU▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h12 h14 h16 h18 h20 hUTC+1UTC+2UTC+3UTC+5:30UTC+5:45UTC+5:30UTC+8UTC+5:30UTC+8Patos LagoonGulf of AdenPampasCrystal MountainMitumba MountainsKathiawarIndo-Gangetic PlainPorto Alegre94 km off routeLuanda1 km off routeKota95 km off routeKanpur79 km off routeLucknow100 km off routeKathmandu62 km off routeMount Everest8,848 m · 50 kmNamcha Barwa7,782 m · 41 kmRājkot16 km off routeAhmedabad10 km off routeVadodara108 km off routePrayagraj76 km off routeKanchenjunga8,586 m · 13 kmGangkhar Puensum7,570 m · 32 kmMount Gongga7,556 m · 79 kmCORCTUUTC−3

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport
  2. Below: Pampas0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Below: Chaco Austral378 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  4. Below: Entre Ríos441 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  5. Porto Alegre, Brazil — on the left, 94 km away1,250 km · ≈ 1 h 40 min into the flight
  6. Patos Lagoon and Atlantic Ocean — 7,050 km without land1,260 km · ≈ 1 h 40 min into the flight
  7. Land again8,310 km · ≈ 9 h 50 min into the flight
  8. Local time below changes: UTC−3 to UTC+18,310 km · ≈ 9 h 50 min into the flight
  9. Luanda, Angola — on the left, 1 km away8,310 km · ≈ 9 h 50 min into the flight
  10. Below: Crystal Mountain8,430 km · ≈ 9 h 55 min into the flight
  11. Below: Congo basin8,620 km · ≈ 10 h 10 min into the flight
  12. Local time below changes: UTC+1 to UTC+29,190 km · ≈ 10 h 50 min into the flight
  13. Below: Mitumba Mountains10,450 km · ≈ 12 h 15 min into the flight
  14. Below: Great Rift Valley10,570 km · ≈ 12 h 25 min into the flight
  15. Local time below changes: UTC+2 to UTC+310,640 km · ≈ 12 h 30 min into the flight
  16. Below: Ethiopian Highlands11,390 km · ≈ 13 h 20 min into the flight
  17. Below: horn of Africa11,960 km · ≈ 14 h 00 min into the flight
  18. Below: Ogo Mountains12,400 km · ≈ 14 h 30 min into the flight
  19. Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea — 2,770 km without land12,590 km · ≈ 14 h 45 min into the flight
  20. Local time below changes: UTC+3 to UTC+5:3015,300 km · ≈ 17 h 50 min into the flight
  21. Below: Kathiawar15,360 km · ≈ 17 h 55 min into the flight
  22. Land again15,360 km · ≈ 17 h 55 min into the flight
  23. Rājkot, India — on the right, 16 km away15,470 km · ≈ 18 h 00 min into the flight
  24. Below: Indian subcontinent15,550 km · ≈ 18 h 05 min into the flight
  25. Ahmedabad, India — on the right, 10 km away15,670 km · ≈ 18 h 15 min into the flight
  26. Vadodara, India — on the right, 108 km away15,700 km · ≈ 18 h 20 min into the flight
  27. Kota, India — on the left, 95 km away16,070 km · ≈ 18 h 45 min into the flight
  28. Below: Indo-Gangetic Plain16,490 km · ≈ 19 h 10 min into the flight
  29. Kanpur, India — on the left, 79 km away16,540 km · ≈ 19 h 15 min into the flight
  30. Lucknow, India — on the left, 100 km away16,610 km · ≈ 19 h 20 min into the flight
  31. Prayagraj, India — on the right, 76 km away16,640 km · ≈ 19 h 25 min into the flight
  32. Local time below changes: UTC+5:30 to UTC+5:4516,990 km · ≈ 19 h 45 min into the flight
  33. Kathmandu, Nepal — on the left, 62 km away17,050 km · ≈ 19 h 50 min into the flight
  34. Below: Siwalik Hills17,060 km · ≈ 19 h 50 min into the flight
  35. Below: Himalayas17,120 km · ≈ 19 h 55 min into the flight
  36. Mount Everest, 8,848 m — on the left, 50 km away17,210 km · ≈ 20 h 00 min into the flight
  37. Kanchenjunga, 8,586 m — on the right, 13 km away17,320 km · ≈ 20 h 10 min into the flight
  38. Local time below changes: UTC+5:45 to UTC+5:3017,370 km · ≈ 20 h 15 min into the flight
  39. Local time below changes: UTC+5:30 to UTC+817,440 km · ≈ 20 h 15 min into the flight
  40. Gangkhar Puensum, 7,570 m — on the right, 32 km away17,550 km · ≈ 20 h 25 min into the flight
  41. Below: Tibetan Plateau17,880 km · ≈ 20 h 50 min into the flight
  42. Local time below changes: UTC+8 to UTC+5:3017,940 km · ≈ 20 h 50 min into the flight
  43. Below: Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon18,000 km · ≈ 20 h 55 min into the flight
  44. Local time below changes: UTC+5:30 to UTC+818,000 km · ≈ 20 h 55 min into the flight
  45. Namcha Barwa, 7,782 m — on the left, 41 km away18,020 km · ≈ 21 h 00 min into the flight
  46. Mount Gongga, 7,556 m — on the right, 79 km away18,670 km · ≈ 21 h 45 min into the flight
  47. Below: Sichuan Basin18,820 km · ≈ 21 h 55 min into the flight
  48. Landing at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport18,880 km · ≈ 21 h 55 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 Chengdu

Chengdu
Chengdu · Photo: FISU · CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 22 h 10 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.

11,730 miles (18,880 km, 10,200 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC−3Cordoba
8,310 kmUTC+1Luanda
9,190 kmUTC+2Lubumbashi
10,640 kmUTC+3Kampala
15,300 kmUTC+5:30Kolkata
16,990 kmUTC+5:45Kathmandu
17,370 kmUTC+5:30Kolkata
17,440 kmUTC+8Shanghai
17,940 kmUTC+5:30Kolkata
18,000 kmUTC+8Shanghai

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.

  • Cordoba
  • Ezeiza
  • Montevideo
  • Curitiba
  • Atlantico
  • Johannesburg Oceanic
  • Luanda
  • Kinshasa
  • Entebbe
  • Nairobi
  • Juba (Up to FL245)
  • Addis Ababa
  • Mogadishu
  • Sanaa
  • Mumbai
  • Delhi
  • Kolkata
  • Kathmandu
  • Kolkata
  • Kunming
  • Kolkata
  • Kunming

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Cordoba to Chengdu?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Cordoba to Chengdu covers 11,730 miles (18,880 km) — about 22 h 10 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, India, Nepal and People's Republic of China. It crosses Patos Lagoon, the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Aden: 52% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC+8.

What countries do you fly over from Cordoba to Chengdu?

It passes over or close to Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, India, Nepal and People's Republic of China, and crosses Patos Lagoon, the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Aden. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Cordoba to Chengdu?

About 22 h 10 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 Cordoba from Chengdu by plane?

11,730 miles (18,880 km, 10,200 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?

52% of the route, about 9,820 km. The longest stretch without land is 7,050 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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