What you fly over between Lima and Madrid

The LIM–MAD flight covers 9,526 km, crosses 10 airspace regions and 8 time zones, and spends 64% of the way over water. See what is below you, leg by leg.

The planet seen from outside, with the LIM–MAD route drawn as a line between both airports
The route over the planet. On a flat map the short path looks curved; here it looks like what it is: a straight line on a sphere.

Summary

Estimated duration
11 h 27 min
Great-circle distance
9,526 km
In miles
5,919 mi · 5,144 NM
Initial bearing
47°
Over water
64% · 6,065 km
Longest stretch of water
6,065 km · Atlantic Ocean
Time difference
+7 h

Airspace regions crossed (10)

Each one is a separate control region: when the aircraft crosses the boundary, the centre talking to the pilot changes. Boundaries are approximate — they come from the VATSIM data set, not from the official ICAO chart.

  1. Lima
  2. Amazonico (Completo) - Amazonico
  3. Georgetown
  4. Paramaribo
  5. Piarco Oceanic
  6. New York
  7. Piarco Oceanic
  8. Santa Maria
  9. Lisboa
  10. Madrid

Time zones crossed (8)

  1. America/Lima
  2. America/Rio_Branco
  3. America/Eirunepe
  4. America/Manaus
  5. America/Boa_Vista
  6. America/Guyana
  7. Europe/Lisbon
  8. Europe/Madrid

Where it passes

Named oceans, seas, mountain ranges, deserts and islands under the track, in order.

  1. Andes
  2. Cordillera Occidental
  3. Cordillera Blanca
  4. Cordillera Oriental
  5. Selva
  6. Amazon basin
  7. Guiana Highlands
  8. Serra de Curupira
  9. Guiana Highlands
  10. Pakaraima Mountains
  11. Guiana Highlands
  12. Guiana Highlands
  13. Iberian Peninsula

Peaks near the route

Within 120 km of the track. Highest first.

  • Pico Almanzor — 2,592 m

And all of this, on board

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How this was calculated

The route is the great circle 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 polygons. A real aircraft does not fly the exact great circle: it follows airways, avoids storms and rides the wind. This is the reference, not the flight plan.