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title: "São Paulo to Buenos Aires (GRU → EZE): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "São Paulo to Buenos Aires is 1,723 km (1,070 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 38m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-eze
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GRU → EZE

# São Paulo to Buenos Aires: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro to Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini is 1,723 km of great circle — 1,070 mi — and an estimated 2h 38m in the air. Both ends are in South America.

**Great circle**
1,723 km
1,070 mi

**Estimated in the air**
2h 38m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
34.8°S
at 100% along

**One lap of Earth**
4.3%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 210th longest.

The São Paulo to Buenos Aires route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From São Paulo the path crosses Brazil, then Uruguay.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 34.8°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.

Leaving São Paulo the aircraft points south-west (220°); it arrives into Buenos Aires heading south-west (226°). That is 6° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 255 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[GRU–EZE carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=GRU&to=EZE) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=GRU-EZE)

From

GRU

## São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro

São Paulo, Brazil · South America

23.4°S, 46.5°W

[GRU airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/gru) [Flights to São Paulo →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/sao-paulo)

To

EZE

## Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini

Buenos Aires, Argentina · South America

34.8°S, 58.5°W

[EZE airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/eze)

## São Paulo to Buenos Aires, asked and answered

**How far is São Paulo to Buenos Aires?**
São Paulo to Buenos Aires (GRU to EZE) is 1,723 km, or 1,070 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from São Paulo to Buenos Aires?**
About 2h 38m 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 São Paulo to Buenos Aires flight take?**
The great circle passes over Brazil, then Uruguay. It reaches 34.8°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.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[EZE → SCL Buenos Aires to Santiago 1,138 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/eze-to-scl) [GRU → SCL São Paulo to Santiago 2,615 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-scl) [GRU → GIG São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro 336 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-gig) [MIA → GRU Miami to São Paulo 6,574 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-gru) [MAD → GRU Madrid to São Paulo 8,378 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-gru) [LHR → GRU London to São Paulo 9,460 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-gru)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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