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Kobe to Rosario flight path

UKB → ROSUKBROS
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 Kobe to Rosario covers 11,510 miles (18,520 km) — about 21 h 50 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Japan, Chile and Argentina. It crosses the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean: 93% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+9 and land on UTC−3.

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From Kobe Airport (UKB) to Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS) · UKB · ROS

UKBKobe
ROSRosario
Great-circle distance
18,520 km
Duration, no wind
21 h 50 min
Over water
93 %
Time difference today
−12 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 Kobe to Rosario?

  • Japan
  • Chile
  • Argentina
  • Philippine Sea
  • Pacific Ocean

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

To see Mount Fuji (3,776 m), sit on the left: it lies about 70 km from the route, ≈ 35 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Nagoya ≈ 25 min
  • Mount Fuji (3,776 m) ≈ 35 min
  • Aihara ≈ 40 min
  • Setagaya ≈ 45 min
  • Yokohama ≈ 45 min
  • Tokyo ≈ 45 min
  • Ōta ≈ 45 min
  • Kawasaki ≈ 45 min
  • Chiba ≈ 45 min
  • Mount Champaquí (2,770 m) ≈ 21 h 05 min
  • Córdoba ≈ 21 h 10 min
Right window
  • Hamamatsu ≈ 30 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−3UTC+9Philippine SeaJapanHawaiian IslandsAndesMount Champaquí 2,770 m 12 kmCórdoba 92 kmUKBROS▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h12 h14 h16 h18 h20 hUTC−3Philippine SeaJapanHawaiian IslandsAndesNagoya55 km off routeMount Fuji3,776 m · 70 kmAihara96 km off routeSetagaya101 km off routeYokohama78 km off routeMount Champaquí2,770 m · 12 kmCórdoba92 km off routeHamamatsu1 km off routeUKBROSUTC+9

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Kobe Airport
  2. Below: Japan0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Below: Honshu62 km · ≈ 19 min into the flight
  4. Nagoya, Japan — on the left, 55 km away156 km · ≈ 25 min into the flight
  5. Hamamatsu, Japan — on the right, 1 km away230 km · ≈ 30 min into the flight
  6. Philippine Sea and Pacific Ocean — 17,170 km without land309 km · ≈ 35 min into the flight
  7. Mount Fuji, 3,776 m — on the left, 70 km away322 km · ≈ 35 min into the flight
  8. Below: Izu Islands370 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  9. Aihara, Japan — on the left, 96 km away375 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  10. Setagaya, Japan — on the left, 101 km away405 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  11. Yokohama, Japan — on the left, 78 km away405 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  12. Tokyo, Japan — on the left, 106 km away409 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  13. Ōta, Japan — on the left, 92 km away411 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  14. Kawasaki, Japan — on the left, 87 km away411 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  15. Chiba, Japan — on the left, 96 km away448 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  16. Below: Hawaiian Islands4,510 km · ≈ 5 h 25 min into the flight
  17. Below: Polynesia5,800 km · ≈ 6 h 55 min into the flight
  18. Below: Andes17,470 km · ≈ 20 h 20 min into the flight
  19. Land again17,470 km · ≈ 20 h 20 min into the flight
  20. Local time below changes: UTC+9 to UTC−317,470 km · ≈ 20 h 20 min into the flight
  21. Below: Pampas17,910 km · ≈ 20 h 50 min into the flight
  22. Mount Champaquí, 2,770 m — on the left, 12 km away18,120 km · ≈ 21 h 05 min into the flight
  23. Córdoba, Argentina — on the left, 92 km away18,180 km · ≈ 21 h 10 min into the flight
  24. Landing at Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport18,520 km · ≈ 21 h 35 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.

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Arriving in Rosario

Rosario
Rosario · Photo: Bleff · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 21 h 50 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.

11,510 miles (18,520 km, 10,000 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC+9Tokyo
17,470 kmUTC−3Santiago

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.

  • Kobe
  • Fukuoka
  • Tokyo Oceanic
  • Oakland Oceanic
  • Tahiti Radio
  • Pascua
  • Antofagasta
  • Santiago
  • Mendoza
  • Cordoba
  • Ezeiza

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Kobe to Rosario?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Kobe to Rosario covers 11,510 miles (18,520 km) — about 21 h 50 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Japan, Chile and Argentina. It crosses the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean: 93% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+9 and land on UTC−3.

What countries do you fly over from Kobe to Rosario?

It passes over or close to Japan, Chile and Argentina, and crosses the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Kobe to Rosario?

About 21 h 50 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 Kobe from Rosario by plane?

11,510 miles (18,520 km, 10,000 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?

93% of the route, about 17,290 km. The longest stretch without land is 17,170 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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