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LIM → CUZ

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

Jorge Chávez to Alejandro Velasco Astete is 586 km of great circle — 364 mi — and an estimated 1h 14m in the air. Both ends are in South America.

Great circle
586 km
364 mi
Estimated in the air
1h 14m
block time
Furthest from equator
13.5°S
at 100% along
One lap of Earth
1.5%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 277th longest.

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

What the aircraft actually flies over

From Lima the path crosses Peru.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 13.5°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: east out of Lima, east into Cusco. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

From

LIM

Jorge Chávez

Lima, Peru · South America

12.0°S, 77.1°W

To

CUZ

Alejandro Velasco Astete

Cusco, Peru · South America

13.5°S, 71.9°W

Lima to Cusco, asked and answered

How far is Lima to Cusco?
Lima to Cusco (LIM to CUZ) is 586 km, or 364 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from Lima to Cusco?
About 1h 14m 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 Lima to Cusco flight take?
The great circle passes over Peru. It reaches 13.5°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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