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LIM → SCL

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

Jorge Chávez to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez is 2,462 km of great circle — 1,530 mi — and an estimated 3h 34m in the air. Both ends are in South America.

Great circle
2,462 km
1,530 mi
Estimated in the air
3h 34m
block time
Furthest from equator
33.4°S
at 100% along
One lap of Earth
6.1%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 182nd longest.

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

What the aircraft actually flies over

From Lima the path crosses 2,136 km of open water, then Chile.

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.

The heading barely moves: south out of Lima, south into Santiago. 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

SCL

Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez

Santiago, Chile · South America

33.4°S, 70.8°W

Lima to Santiago, asked and answered

How far is Lima to Santiago?
Lima to Santiago (LIM to SCL) is 2,462 km, or 1,530 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from Lima to Santiago?
About 3h 34m 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 Santiago flight take?
The great circle passes over 2,136 km of open water, then Chile. 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.

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