--- title: "Miami to Havana (MIA → HAV): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Miami to Havana is 379 km (235 mi) great circle, an estimated 58m 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/mia-to-hav --- MIA → HAV # Miami to Havana: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Miami to José Martí is 379 km of great circle — 235 mi — and an estimated 58m in the air. Both ends are in North America. **Great circle** 379 km 235 mi **Estimated in the air** 58m block time **Furthest from equator** 25.8°N at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 0.9% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 288th longest. The Miami to Havana route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Miami the path crosses the United States, then 259 km of open water, then Cuba. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 25.8°N, 0% 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-west out of Miami, south-west into Havana. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 56 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [MIA–HAV carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=MIA&to=HAV) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=MIA-HAV) From MIA ## Miami Miami, United States · North America 25.8°N, 80.3°W [MIA airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/mia) [Flights to Miami →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/miami) To HAV ## José Martí Havana, Cuba · North America 23.0°N, 82.4°W [HAV airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hav) ## Miami to Havana, asked and answered **How far is Miami to Havana?** Miami to Havana (MIA to HAV) is 379 km, or 235 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Miami to Havana?** About 58m 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 Miami to Havana flight take?** The great circle passes over the United States, then 259 km of open water, then Cuba. It reaches 25.8°N 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 [ATL → MIA Atlanta to Miami 959 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/atl-to-mia) [JFK → MIA New York to Miami 1,757 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-mia) [MIA → PTY Miami to Panama City 1,862 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-pty) [MIA → BOG Miami to Bogotá 2,435 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-bog) [MIA → LIM Miami to Lima 4,219 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-lim) [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) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-hav for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt