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BOG → LIM

Bogotá to Lima: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

El Dorado to Jorge Chávez is 1,888 km of great circle — 1,173 mi — and an estimated 2h 51m in the air. Both ends are in South America.

Great circle
1,888 km
1,173 mi
Estimated in the air
2h 51m
block time
Furthest from equator
12.0°S
at 100% along
One lap of Earth
4.7%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 202nd longest.

The Bogotá to Lima route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

What the aircraft actually flies over

From Bogotá the path crosses Colombia, then Peru.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 12.0°S, 100% of the way along.

Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.

The heading barely moves: south out of Bogotá, south into Lima. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

From

BOG

El Dorado

Bogotá, Colombia · South America

4.7°N, 74.1°W

To

LIM

Jorge Chávez

Lima, Peru · South America

12.0°S, 77.1°W

Bogotá to Lima, asked and answered

How far is Bogotá to Lima?
Bogotá to Lima (BOG to LIM) is 1,888 km, or 1,173 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from Bogotá to Lima?
About 2h 51m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
What route does a Bogotá to Lima flight take?
The great circle passes over Colombia, then Peru. It reaches 12.0°S at its furthest from the equator.

Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

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