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title: "Miami to Lima (MIA → LIM): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Miami to Lima is 4,219 km (2,622 mi) great circle, an estimated 5h 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/mia-to-lim
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MIA → LIM

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

Miami to Jorge Chávez is 4,219 km of great circle — 2,622 mi — and an estimated 5h 45m in the air. It crosses from North America to South America.

**Great circle**
4,219 km
2,622 mi

**Estimated in the air**
5h 45m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
25.8°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
10.5%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 144th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Miami the path crosses Cuba, then 2,067 km of open water, then Colombia, then Ecuador, then Peru.

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 out of Miami, south into Lima. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

One economy seat on it is about 598 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

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)

## Miami to Lima, asked and answered

**How far is Miami to Lima?**
Miami to Lima (MIA to LIM) is 4,219 km, or 2,622 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Miami to Lima?**
About 5h 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 Miami to Lima flight take?**
The great circle passes over Cuba, then 2,067 km of open water, then Colombia, then Ecuador, then Peru. 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?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[LIM → MEX Lima to Mexico City 4,245 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lim-to-mex) [LIM → SCL Lima to Santiago 2,462 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lim-to-scl) [MIA → BOG Miami to Bogotá 2,435 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-bog) [BOG → LIM Bogotá to Lima 1,888 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bog-to-lim) [MIA → GRU Miami to São Paulo 6,574 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-gru) [MIA → PTY Miami to Panama City 1,862 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-pty)

## 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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