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Valencia to Antofagasta flight path

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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 Valencia to Antofagasta covers 6,260 miles (10,070 km) — about 12 h 05 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Spain, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean and the Marajó Bay: 61% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+2 and land on UTC−3.

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From Valencia Airport (VLC) to Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (ANF) · VLC · ANF

VLCValencia
ANFAntofagasta
Great-circle distance
10,070 km
Duration, no wind
12 h 05 min
Over water
61 %
Time difference today
−5 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 Valencia to Antofagasta?

  • Spain
  • Brazil
  • Bolivia
  • Chile
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Marajó Bay

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Aucanquilcha

To see Aucanquilcha (6,176 m), sit on the right: it lies about 37 km from the route, ≈ 11 h 30 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Alicante ≈ 19 min
  • Mulhacén (3,479 m) ≈ 40 min
  • Málaga ≈ 45 min
  • Tangier ≈ 1 h 00 min
  • Ananindeua ≈ 7 h 55 min
  • Belém ≈ 7 h 55 min
  • Santa Cruz de la Sierra ≈ 10 h 40 min
Right window
  • Córdoba ≈ 45 min
  • Sevilla ≈ 50 min
  • Aucanquilcha (6,176 m) ≈ 11 h 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 hUTC−3UTC−4UTC−3UTC+2Atlantic OceanIberian PeninsulaCanary IslandsMarajóSerra do CachimboAucanquilcha 6,176 m 37 kmSanta Cruz de la Sierra 87 kmBelém 42 kmTangier 101 kmAnanindeua 47 kmVLCANF▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 hUTC−3UTC−4UTC−3Atlantic OceanIberian PeninsulaCanary IslandsMarajóSerra do CachimboAlicante110 km off routeMulhacén3,479 m · 103 kmMálaga81 km off routeTangier101 km off routeAnanindeua47 km off routeBelém42 km off routeSanta Cruz de la Sie…87 km off routeCórdoba45 km off routeSevilla57 km off routeAucanquilcha6,176 m · 37 kmVLCANFUTC+2

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Valencia Airport
  2. Below: Iberian Peninsula0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Alicante, Spain — on the left, 110 km away65 km · ≈ 19 min into the flight
  4. Below: Sierra Morena235 km · ≈ 30 min into the flight
  5. Mulhacén, 3,479 m — on the left, 103 km away352 km · ≈ 40 min into the flight
  6. Córdoba, Spain — on the right, 45 km away410 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  7. Málaga, Spain — on the left, 81 km away455 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  8. Sevilla, Spain — on the right, 57 km away529 km · ≈ 50 min into the flight
  9. Atlantic Ocean and Marajó Bay — 6,080 km without land604 km · ≈ 55 min into the flight
  10. Tangier, Morocco — on the left, 101 km away617 km · ≈ 1 h 00 min into the flight
  11. Below: Canary Islands1,950 km · ≈ 2 h 30 min into the flight
  12. Local time below changes: UTC+2 to UTC−36,510 km · ≈ 7 h 45 min into the flight
  13. Ananindeua, Brazil — on the left, 47 km away6,660 km · ≈ 7 h 55 min into the flight
  14. Belém, Brazil — on the left, 42 km away6,670 km · ≈ 7 h 55 min into the flight
  15. Below: Marajó6,680 km · ≈ 7 h 55 min into the flight
  16. Below: Amazon Delta6,780 km · ≈ 8 h 05 min into the flight
  17. Below: Amazon basin6,880 km · ≈ 8 h 10 min into the flight
  18. Below: Mato Grosso Plateau7,090 km · ≈ 8 h 25 min into the flight
  19. Below: Serra do Cachimbo7,720 km · ≈ 9 h 10 min into the flight
  20. Local time below changes: UTC−3 to UTC−47,920 km · ≈ 9 h 20 min into the flight
  21. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia — on the left, 87 km away9,090 km · ≈ 10 h 40 min into the flight
  22. Below: Cordillera Oriental9,130 km · ≈ 10 h 45 min into the flight
  23. Below: Cordillera Real9,370 km · ≈ 11 h 00 min into the flight
  24. Below: Altiplano9,540 km · ≈ 11 h 15 min into the flight
  25. Below: Salar de Uyuni9,570 km · ≈ 11 h 15 min into the flight
  26. Aucanquilcha, 6,176 m — on the right, 37 km away9,760 km · ≈ 11 h 30 min into the flight
  27. Local time below changes: UTC−4 to UTC−39,770 km · ≈ 11 h 30 min into the flight
  28. Below: Atacama Desert9,810 km · ≈ 11 h 30 min into the flight
  29. Landing at Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport10,070 km · ≈ 11 h 50 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 Antofagasta

Antofagasta
Antofagasta · Photo: Montaje realizado por Açipni-Lovrij . · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 12 h 05 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.

6,260 miles (10,070 km, 5,440 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC+2Madrid
6,510 kmUTC−3Belem
7,920 kmUTC−4Cuiaba
9,770 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.

  • Barcelona
  • Madrid
  • Sevilla
  • Agadir
  • Canarias
  • Canarias Oceanic
  • Sal Oceanic
  • Dakar Oceanic
  • Cayenne
  • Atlantico
  • Amazonico
  • La Paz
  • Antofagasta

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Valencia to Antofagasta?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Valencia to Antofagasta covers 6,260 miles (10,070 km) — about 12 h 05 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Spain, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean and the Marajó Bay: 61% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+2 and land on UTC−3.

What countries do you fly over from Valencia to Antofagasta?

It passes over or close to Spain, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile, and crosses the Atlantic Ocean and the Marajó Bay. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Valencia to Antofagasta?

About 12 h 05 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 Valencia from Antofagasta by plane?

6,260 miles (10,070 km, 5,440 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?

61% of the route, about 6,110 km. The longest stretch without land is 6,080 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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