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Valencia to Lima flight path

VLC → LIMVLCLIM
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 Lima covers 6,050 miles (9,740 km) — about 11 h 40 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Spain, Portugal, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil and Peru. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean: 62% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+2 and land on UTC−5.

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From Valencia Airport (VLC) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) · VLC · LIM

VLCValencia
LIMLima
Great-circle distance
9,740 km
Duration, no wind
11 h 40 min
Over water
62 %
Time difference today
−7 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 Lima?

  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Suriname
  • Guyana
  • Brazil
  • Peru
  • Atlantic Ocean

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Sevilla

Left window
  • Córdoba ≈ 45 min
  • Sevilla ≈ 50 min
  • Boa Vista ≈ 8 h 35 min
Right window

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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+1UTC−4UTC−5UTC+2Atlantic OceanIberian PeninsulaGuiana HighlandsSelvaBoa Vista 2 kmVLCLIM▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 hUTC+1UTC−4UTC−5Atlantic OceanIberian PeninsulaGuiana HighlandsSelvaCórdoba46 km off routeSevilla61 km off routeBoa Vista2 km off routeVLCLIMUTC+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. Below: Sierra Morena260 km · ≈ 35 min into the flight
  4. Córdoba, Spain — on the left, 46 km away410 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
  5. Sevilla, Spain — on the left, 61 km away529 km · ≈ 50 min into the flight
  6. Local time below changes: UTC+2 to UTC+1649 km · ≈ 1 h 00 min into the flight
  7. Atlantic Ocean — 6,010 km without land779 km · ≈ 1 h 10 min into the flight
  8. Local time below changes: UTC+1 to UTC−46,750 km · ≈ 8 h 00 min into the flight
  9. Below: Guiana Highlands6,790 km · ≈ 8 h 05 min into the flight
  10. Below: Guiana Highlands6,950 km · ≈ 8 h 15 min into the flight
  11. Boa Vista, Brazil — on the left, 2 km away7,290 km · ≈ 8 h 35 min into the flight
  12. Below: Amazon basin7,660 km · ≈ 9 h 05 min into the flight
  13. Below: Selva8,640 km · ≈ 10 h 10 min into the flight
  14. Local time below changes: UTC−4 to UTC−58,640 km · ≈ 10 h 10 min into the flight
  15. Below: Cordillera Oriental9,350 km · ≈ 11 h 00 min into the flight
  16. Below: Andes9,540 km · ≈ 11 h 15 min into the flight
  17. Below: Cordillera Occidental9,640 km · ≈ 11 h 20 min into the flight
  18. Landing at Jorge Chávez International Airport9,740 km · ≈ 11 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 Lima

Lima
Lima · Photo: JulioKuLu · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 11 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.

6,050 miles (9,740 km, 5,260 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
649 kmUTC+1Lisbon
6,750 kmUTC−4Guyana
8,640 kmUTC−5Eirunepe

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
  • Valencia (FL245-)
  • Madrid
  • Sevilla
  • Lisboa
  • Santa Maria
  • Piarco Oceanic
  • Cayenne
  • Paramaribo
  • Georgetown
  • Amazonico
  • Lima

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Valencia to Lima?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Valencia to Lima covers 6,050 miles (9,740 km) — about 11 h 40 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Spain, Portugal, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil and Peru. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean: 62% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+2 and land on UTC−5.

What countries do you fly over from Valencia to Lima?

It passes over or close to Spain, Portugal, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil and Peru, and crosses the Atlantic Ocean. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Valencia to Lima?

About 11 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 Valencia from Lima by plane?

6,050 miles (9,740 km, 5,260 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?

62% of the route, about 6,010 km. The longest stretch without land is 6,010 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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