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Flights to Mexico City: how far it is, and from where

Mexico City sits at 19.4°N, 99.1°W, served by Mexico City Benito Juárez (MEX). Below are 5 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

Routes here
5
in the catalogue
Nearest
459 km
from Guadalajara
Furthest
9,065 km
from Madrid
Airports
1
MEX

How far Mexico City is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

FromDistanceEstimatedDirection
GuadalajaraGDL459 km1h 04mbarely any time shift
CancúnCUN1,285 km2h 06mbarely any time shift
Los AngelesLAX2,500 km3h 36meastbound — the harder direction
LimaLIM4,245 km5h 47mwestbound — the easier direction
MadridMAD9,065 km11h 46mwestbound — the easier direction

What Mexico City adds to a map

Mexico City puts a pin in Mexico, and North America is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Madrid, is 9,065 km: 22.6% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

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