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Essendon Fields to Cordoba flight path

MEB → CORMEBCOR
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 Essendon Fields to Cordoba covers 7,310 miles (11,760 km) — about 14 h 00 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Australia, Chile and Argentina. It crosses the Bass Strait, the Tasman Sea and the Indian Ocean: 82% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+11 and land on UTC−3.

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

MEBEssendon Fields
CORCordoba
Great-circle distance
11,760 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 Essendon Fields to Cordoba?

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

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

To see Monte San Valentin (4,058 m), sit on the right: it lies about 46 km from the route, ≈ 11 h 35 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Mount Champaquí (2,770 m) ≈ 13 h 40 min
Right window
  • Mount Ossa (1,617 m) ≈ 45 min
  • Hobart ≈ 55 min
  • Monte San Valentin (4,058 m) ≈ 11 h 35 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−3UTC+11Tasman SeaGreat Dividing RangeAndesMonte San Valentin 4,058 m 46 kmMount Champaquí 2,770 m 31 kmMEBCOR▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h12 hUTC−3Tasman SeaGreat Dividing RangeAndesPampasMount Champaquí2,770 m · 31 kmMount Ossa1,617 m · 115 kmHobart70 km off routeMonte San Valentin4,058 m · 46 kmMEBCORUTC+11

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Melbourne Essendon Airport
  2. Below: Great Dividing Range0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Water starts: Bass Strait78 km · ≈ 20 min into the flight
  4. Below: Mainland Tasmania431 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  5. Land again431 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  6. Mount Ossa, 1,617 m — on the right, 115 km away457 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  7. Tasman Sea and Indian Ocean — 9,140 km without land588 km · ≈ 55 min into the flight
  8. Hobart, Australia — on the right, 70 km away605 km · ≈ 55 min into the flight
  9. Local time below changes: UTC+11 to UTC−39,610 km · ≈ 11 h 20 min into the flight
  10. Below: Andes9,880 km · ≈ 11 h 35 min into the flight
  11. Monte San Valentin, 4,058 m — on the right, 46 km away9,890 km · ≈ 11 h 35 min into the flight
  12. Below: Pampas11,260 km · ≈ 13 h 10 min into the flight
  13. Mount Champaquí, 2,770 m — on the left, 31 km away11,670 km · ≈ 13 h 40 min into the flight
  14. Landing at Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport11,760 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 Cordoba

Cordoba
Cordoba · Photo: Alakasam · CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.

7,310 miles (11,760 km, 6,350 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC+11Melbourne
9,610 kmUTC−3Coyhaique

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.

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

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Essendon Fields to Cordoba?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Essendon Fields to Cordoba covers 7,310 miles (11,760 km) — about 14 h 00 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Australia, Chile and Argentina. It crosses the Bass Strait, the Tasman Sea and the Indian Ocean: 82% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+11 and land on UTC−3.

What countries do you fly over from Essendon Fields to Cordoba?

It passes over or close to Australia, Chile and Argentina, and crosses the Bass Strait, the Tasman Sea and the Indian Ocean. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Essendon Fields to Cordoba?

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 Essendon Fields from Cordoba by plane?

7,310 miles (11,760 km, 6,350 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 9,610 km. The longest stretch without land is 9,140 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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