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San Martín de los Andes to Buenos Aires flight path

CPC → AEPCPCAEP
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 San Martín de los Andes to Buenos Aires covers 795 miles (1,280 km) — about 2 h 00 min with no wind.

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From Aviador C. Campos Airport (CPC) to Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) · CPC · AEP

CPCSan Martín de los Andes
AEPBuenos Aires
Great-circle distance
1,280 km
Duration, no wind
2 h 00 min
Over water
0 %
Time difference today
+0 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 San Martín de los Andes to Buenos Aires?

  • Argentina

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Tronador

To see Tronador (3,554 m), sit on the right: it lies about 84 km from the route, ≈ 15 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Villarrica Volcano (2,847 m) ≈ 15 min
Right window
  • Tronador (3,554 m) ≈ 15 min

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

Leg by leg

1 hUTC−3AndesPampasCPCAEP▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶1 hAndesPampasVillarrica Volcano2,847 m · 94 kmTronador3,554 m · 84 kmCPCAEPUTC−3

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Aviador C. Campos Airport
  2. Below: Andes0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Tronador, 3,554 m — on the right, 84 km away0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  4. Villarrica Volcano, 2,847 m — on the left, 94 km away0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  5. Below: Pampas508 km · ≈ 50 min into the flight
  6. Landing at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery1,280 km · ≈ 1 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 Buenos Aires

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

Flight time and distance

About 2 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.

795 miles (1,280 km, 691 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 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.

  • Ezeiza

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from San Martín de los Andes to Buenos Aires?

Along the shortest route, the flight from San Martín de los Andes to Buenos Aires covers 795 miles (1,280 km) — about 2 h 00 min with no wind.

What countries do you fly over from San Martín de los Andes to Buenos Aires?

It passes over or close to Argentina. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from San Martín de los Andes to Buenos Aires?

About 2 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 San Martín de los Andes from Buenos Aires by plane?

795 miles (1,280 km, 691 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?

0% of the route, about 0 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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