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Cordoba to Melbourne flight path

COR → MBWCORMBW
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 Melbourne covers 7,290 miles (11,730 km) — about 14 h 00 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Chile and Australia. It crosses the Gulf of Penas, the Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean: 82% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC+11.

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From Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) to Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW) · COR · MBW

CORCordoba
MBWMelbourne
Great-circle distance
11,730 km
Duration, no wind
14 h 00 min
Over water
82 %
Time difference today
+14 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 Melbourne?

  • Argentina
  • Chile
  • Australia
  • Gulf of Penas
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Southern Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Tasman Sea
  • Bass Strait

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Monte San Valentin

To see Monte San Valentin (4,058 m), sit on the left: it lies about 47 km from the route, ≈ 2 h 25 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Monte San Valentin (4,058 m) ≈ 2 h 25 min
  • Hobart ≈ 13 h 05 min
  • Mount Ossa (1,617 m) ≈ 13 h 15 min
Right window
  • Mount Champaquí (2,770 m) ≈ 20 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 hUTC+11UTC−3Gulf of PenasPampasAndesMonte San Valentin 4,058 m 47 kmMount Ossa 1,617 m 118 kmHobart 74 kmCORMBW▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h12 hUTC+11Gulf of PenasPampasAndesMonte San Valentin4,058 m · 47 kmHobart74 km off routeMount Ossa1,617 m · 118 kmMount Champaquí2,770 m · 31 kmCORMBWUTC−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. Mount Champaquí, 2,770 m — on the right, 31 km away96 km · ≈ 20 min into the flight
  4. Below: Andes1,410 km · ≈ 1 h 50 min into the flight
  5. Monte San Valentin, 4,058 m — on the left, 47 km away1,870 km · ≈ 2 h 25 min into the flight
  6. Gulf of Penas and Pacific Ocean — 9,230 km without land1,960 km · ≈ 2 h 30 min into the flight
  7. Local time below changes: UTC−3 to UTC+119,620 km · ≈ 11 h 20 min into the flight
  8. Hobart, Australia — on the left, 74 km away11,160 km · ≈ 13 h 05 min into the flight
  9. Below: Mainland Tasmania11,180 km · ≈ 13 h 05 min into the flight
  10. Land again11,180 km · ≈ 13 h 05 min into the flight
  11. Mount Ossa, 1,617 m — on the left, 118 km away11,310 km · ≈ 13 h 15 min into the flight
  12. Water starts: Bass Strait11,380 km · ≈ 13 h 20 min into the flight
  13. Landing at Melbourne Moorabbin Airport11,730 km · ≈ 13 h 45 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 Melbourne

Melbourne
Melbourne · Photo: Shkuru Afshar · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 14 h 00 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.

7,290 miles (11,730 km, 6,330 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
9,620 kmUTC+11Macquarie

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
  • Mendoza
  • Ezeiza
  • Comodoro Rivadavia
  • Puerto Montt
  • Punta Arenas
  • Pascua
  • McMurdo (Mac)
  • Auckland Radio
  • Brisbane Radio (Indian) 129.25
  • Melbourne (Huon) 122.6
  • Melbourne (Benalla) 132.2

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Cordoba to Melbourne?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Cordoba to Melbourne covers 7,290 miles (11,730 km) — about 14 h 00 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Chile and Australia. It crosses the Gulf of Penas, the Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean: 82% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC+11.

What countries do you fly over from Cordoba to Melbourne?

It passes over or close to Argentina, Chile and Australia, and crosses the Gulf of Penas, the Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Cordoba to Melbourne?

About 14 h 00 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 Melbourne by plane?

7,290 miles (11,730 km, 6,330 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?

82% of the route, about 9,620 km. The longest stretch without land is 9,230 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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