--- title: "Lima to Cusco (LIM → CUZ): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Lima to Cusco is 586 km (364 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 14m 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/lim-to-cuz --- 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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), 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. One economy seat on it is about 87 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [LIM–CUZ carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LIM&to=CUZ) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LIM-CUZ) From LIM ## Jorge Chávez Lima, Peru · South America 12.0°S, 77.1°W [LIM airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/lim) [Flights to Lima →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/lima) To CUZ ## Alejandro Velasco Astete Cusco, Peru · South America 13.5°S, 71.9°W [CUZ airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/cuz) ## 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. [Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained) ## Flown this one? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [BOG → LIM Bogotá to Lima 1,888 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bog-to-lim) [LIM → SCL Lima to Santiago 2,462 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lim-to-scl) [MIA → LIM Miami to Lima 4,219 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-lim) [LIM → MEX Lima to Mexico City 4,245 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lim-to-mex) [JFK → YYZ New York to Toronto 588 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-yyz) [NBO → ZNZ Nairobi to Zanzibar 602 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/nbo-to-znz) ## 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) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/lim-to-cuz for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt