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Rosario to Auckland flight path

ROS → AKLROSAKL
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 Rosario to Auckland covers 6,420 miles (10,340 km) — about 12 h 25 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Chile and New Zealand. It crosses the Pacific Ocean: 82% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC+13.

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From Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS) to Auckland International Airport (AKL) · ROS · AKL

ROSRosario
AKLAuckland
Great-circle distance
10,340 km
Duration, no wind
12 h 25 min
Over water
82 %
Time difference today
+16 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 Rosario to Auckland?

  • Argentina
  • Chile
  • New Zealand
  • Pacific Ocean

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Tronador

To see Tronador (3,554 m), sit on the right: it lies about 59 km from the route, ≈ 1 h 50 min into the flight.

Left window

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Right window
  • Tronador (3,554 m) ≈ 1 h 50 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 hUTC+13:45UTC+13UTC−3Pacific OceanPampasAndesPolynesiaTronador 3,554 m 59 kmROSAKL▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 hUTC+13:45UTC+13Pacific OceanPampasAndesPolynesiaTronador3,554 m · 59 kmROSAKLUTC−3

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport
  2. Below: Pampas0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Below: Andes1,280 km · ≈ 1 h 45 min into the flight
  4. Tronador, 3,554 m — on the right, 59 km away1,340 km · ≈ 1 h 50 min into the flight
  5. Below: Chiloé Island1,590 km · ≈ 2 h 05 min into the flight
  6. Pacific Ocean — 8,370 km without land1,650 km · ≈ 2 h 10 min into the flight
  7. Below: Polynesia9,240 km · ≈ 10 h 50 min into the flight
  8. Local time below changes: UTC−3 to UTC+13:459,240 km · ≈ 10 h 50 min into the flight
  9. Below: New Zealand9,960 km · ≈ 11 h 40 min into the flight
  10. Local time below changes: UTC+13:45 to UTC+139,960 km · ≈ 11 h 40 min into the flight
  11. Below: North Island10,030 km · ≈ 11 h 45 min into the flight
  12. Land again10,030 km · ≈ 11 h 45 min into the flight
  13. Landing at Auckland International Airport10,340 km · ≈ 12 h 10 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 Auckland

Auckland
Auckland · Photo: ChewyPineapple · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 12 h 25 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.

6,420 miles (10,340 km, 5,580 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
9,240 kmUTC+13:45Chatham
9,960 kmUTC+13Auckland

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.

  • Ezeiza
  • Comodoro Rivadavia
  • Puerto Montt
  • Punta Arenas
  • Pascua
  • Auckland Radio
  • Auckland
  • Christchurch (Taranaki)
  • Auckland

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Rosario to Auckland?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Rosario to Auckland covers 6,420 miles (10,340 km) — about 12 h 25 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Chile and New Zealand. It crosses the Pacific Ocean: 82% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC+13.

What countries do you fly over from Rosario to Auckland?

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

How long is the flight from Rosario to Auckland?

About 12 h 25 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 Rosario from Auckland by plane?

6,420 miles (10,340 km, 5,580 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 8,480 km. The longest stretch without land is 8,370 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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