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title: "São Paulo to Santiago (GRU → SCL): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "São Paulo to Santiago is 2,615 km (1,625 mi) great circle, an estimated 3h 45m 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-scl
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GRU → SCL

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

São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez is 2,615 km of great circle — 1,625 mi — and an estimated 3h 45m in the air. Both ends are in South America.

**Great circle**
2,615 km
1,625 mi

**Estimated in the air**
3h 45m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
33.4°S
at 100% along

**One lap of Earth**
6.5%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 175th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From São Paulo the path crosses Brazil, then Argentina.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 33.4°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 (240°); it arrives into Santiago heading west (251°). That is 12° 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 388 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

SCL

## Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez

Santiago, Chile · South America

33.4°S, 70.8°W

[SCL airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/scl) [Flights to Santiago →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/santiago)

## São Paulo to Santiago, asked and answered

**How far is São Paulo to Santiago?**
São Paulo to Santiago (GRU to SCL) is 2,615 km, or 1,625 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from São Paulo to Santiago?**
About 3h 45m 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 Santiago flight take?**
The great circle passes over Brazil, then Argentina. It reaches 33.4°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

[LIM → SCL Lima to Santiago 2,462 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lim-to-scl) [GRU → EZE São Paulo to Buenos Aires 1,723 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-eze) [SCL → IPC Santiago to Easter Island 3,752 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/scl-to-ipc) [EZE → SCL Buenos Aires to Santiago 1,138 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/eze-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)

## 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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