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Miami to Buenos Aires flight path

MIA → EZEMIAEZE
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 Miami to Buenos Aires covers 4,420 miles (7,120 km) — about 8 h 40 min with no wind. It passes over or close to the United States, Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. It crosses the Florida Strait, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean: 22% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−4 and land on UTC−3.

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From Miami International Airport (MIA) to Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE) · MIA · EZE

MIAMiami
EZEBuenos Aires
Great-circle distance
7,120 km
Duration, no wind
8 h 40 min
Over water
22 %
Time difference today
+1 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 Miami to Buenos Aires?

  • United States
  • Cuba
  • Jamaica
  • Colombia
  • Brazil
  • Peru
  • Bolivia
  • Argentina
  • Florida Strait
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Caribbean Sea

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Blue Mountain Peak

To see Blue Mountain Peak (2,256 m), sit on the left: it lies about 79 km from the route, ≈ 1 h 20 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Camagüey ≈ 50 min
  • Blue Mountain Peak (2,256 m) ≈ 1 h 20 min
  • Kingston ≈ 1 h 20 min
  • Santa Marta ≈ 2 h 15 min
  • Barranquilla ≈ 2 h 15 min
  • Bucaramanga ≈ 2 h 45 min
  • Rio Branco ≈ 5 h 05 min
Right window
  • Cartagena ≈ 2 h 20 min
  • Cochabamba ≈ 6 h 00 min
  • Santa Fe ≈ 8 h 00 min
  • Rosario ≈ 8 h 10 min

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

Leg by leg

1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 hUTC−5UTC−4UTC−3UTC−4Caribbean SeaFloridaAndesLlanosAmazon basinYungasGran ChacoBlue Mountain Peak 2,256 m 79 kmBarranquilla 17 kmRosario 106 kmKingston 57 kmCartagena 76 kmCochabamba 52 kmBucaramanga 60 kmSanta Marta 88 kmRio Branco 37 kmSanta Fe 61 kmCamagüey 66 kmMIAEZE▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 hUTC−5UTC−4UTC−3Caribbean SeaFloridaAndesLlanosAmazon basinGran ChacoCamagüey66 km off routeBlue Mountain Peak2,256 m · 79 kmKingston57 km off routeSanta Marta88 km off routeBarranquilla17 km off routeBucaramanga60 km off routeRio Branco37 km off routeCartagena76 km off routeCochabamba52 km off routeSanta Fe61 km off routeRosario106 km off routeMIAEZEUTC−4

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Miami International Airport
  2. Below: Florida0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Water starts: Florida Strait and Gulf of Mexico24 km · ≈ 17 min into the flight
  4. Below: West Indies119 km · ≈ 25 min into the flight
  5. Below: Bahama Islands142 km · ≈ 25 min into the flight
  6. Below: Greater Antilles332 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  7. Below: Cuba403 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  8. Land again403 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  9. Camagüey, Cuba — on the left, 66 km away543 km · ≈ 50 min into the flight
  10. Caribbean Sea — 1,190 km without land570 km · ≈ 55 min into the flight
  11. Local time below changes: UTC−4 to UTC−5854 km · ≈ 1 h 15 min into the flight
  12. Below: Jamaica878 km · ≈ 1 h 15 min into the flight
  13. Blue Mountain Peak, 2,256 m — on the left, 79 km away937 km · ≈ 1 h 20 min into the flight
  14. Kingston, Jamaica — on the left, 57 km away937 km · ≈ 1 h 20 min into the flight
  15. Santa Marta, Colombia — on the left, 88 km away1,740 km · ≈ 2 h 15 min into the flight
  16. Barranquilla, Colombia — on the left, 17 km away1,750 km · ≈ 2 h 15 min into the flight
  17. Land again1,760 km · ≈ 2 h 15 min into the flight
  18. Cartagena, Colombia — on the right, 76 km away1,780 km · ≈ 2 h 20 min into the flight
  19. Below: Andes1,990 km · ≈ 2 h 30 min into the flight
  20. Bucaramanga, Colombia — on the left, 60 km away2,210 km · ≈ 2 h 45 min into the flight
  21. Below: Cordillera Oriental2,250 km · ≈ 2 h 50 min into the flight
  22. Below: Llanos2,490 km · ≈ 3 h 05 min into the flight
  23. Below: Selva2,800 km · ≈ 3 h 30 min into the flight
  24. Below: Amazon basin3,770 km · ≈ 4 h 35 min into the flight
  25. Rio Branco, Brazil — on the left, 37 km away4,200 km · ≈ 5 h 05 min into the flight
  26. Local time below changes: UTC−5 to UTC−44,270 km · ≈ 5 h 10 min into the flight
  27. Below: Yungas4,490 km · ≈ 5 h 25 min into the flight
  28. Cochabamba, Bolivia — on the right, 52 km away5,040 km · ≈ 6 h 00 min into the flight
  29. Local time below changes: UTC−4 to UTC−35,620 km · ≈ 6 h 45 min into the flight
  30. Below: Gran Chaco5,700 km · ≈ 6 h 50 min into the flight
  31. Below: Chaco Austral5,840 km · ≈ 7 h 00 min into the flight
  32. Below: Entre Ríos6,720 km · ≈ 8 h 00 min into the flight
  33. Santa Fe, Argentina — on the right, 61 km away6,720 km · ≈ 8 h 00 min into the flight
  34. Rosario, Argentina — on the right, 106 km away6,850 km · ≈ 8 h 10 min into the flight
  35. Below: Pampas7,070 km · ≈ 8 h 25 min into the flight
  36. Landing at Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini7,120 km · ≈ 8 h 25 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 Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires · Photo: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 8 h 40 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.

4,420 miles (7,120 km, 3,840 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC−4New York
854 kmUTC−5Jamaica
4,270 kmUTC−4La Paz
5,620 kmUTC−3Salta

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.

  • Miami
  • Havana
  • Kingston
  • Barranquilla
  • Bogota
  • Lima
  • Bogota
  • Lima
  • Amazonico
  • La Paz
  • Cordoba
  • Ezeiza

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Miami to Buenos Aires?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Miami to Buenos Aires covers 4,420 miles (7,120 km) — about 8 h 40 min with no wind. It passes over or close to the United States, Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. It crosses the Florida Strait, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean: 22% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−4 and land on UTC−3.

What countries do you fly over from Miami to Buenos Aires?

It passes over or close to the United States, Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, and crosses the Florida Strait, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Miami to Buenos Aires?

About 8 h 40 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 Miami from Buenos Aires by plane?

4,420 miles (7,120 km, 3,840 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?

22% of the route, about 1,590 km. The longest stretch without land is 1,190 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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