Auckland to Buenos Aires (AKL–EZE): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

AKL → EZE

12 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 139° (SE).

Leave Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Buenos Aires Sat 7 Nov, 06:00 local.

EZE → AKL

13 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 220° (SW).

Leave Buenos Aires Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Auckland Sun 8 Nov, 15:40 local +1 day.

AKL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 100 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance	10,312 km · 6,408 mi · 5,568 nmi
Initial heading	139° (SE) from AKL; 220° (SW) from EZE
Farthest from the equator	58.2°S — the path arcs south of both airports
Crosses	the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip	52% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

AKL	Pacific/Auckland — UTC+13 now; UTC+12 standard time, UTC+13 during daylight saving time
EZE	America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
Difference	Buenos Aires is 16 hours behind Auckland today; −16 h in January and −15 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying AKL → EZE. The clock change is 16 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 8 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 8 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 8 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

AKL Auckland International AirportAuckland, New Zealand · longest runway 11,926 ft3,635 m

EZE Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniBuenos Aires, Argentina · longest runway 10,827 ft3,300 m

More routes from AKL and EZE

AKLWLG Auckland – Wellington 480 km298 mi · 1 h 35 min AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 min HNLAKL Honolulu – Auckland 7,089 km4,405 mi · 9 h 15 min DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 min DOHAKL Doha – Auckland 14,534 km9,031 mi · 16 h 50 min SCLEZE Santiago – Buenos Aires 1,138 km707 mi · 2 h 15 min GRUEZE São Paulo – Buenos Aires 1,723 km1,070 mi · 3 h 10 min MIAEZE Miami – Buenos Aires 7,119 km4,424 mi · 9 h EZEMAD Buenos Aires – Madrid 10,087 km6,267 mi · 12 h 10 min EZEFCO Buenos Aires – Rome 11,156 km6,932 mi · 13 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

FRASIN Frankfurt – Singapore 10,280 km6,388 mi · 12 h 05 min YVRHKG Vancouver – Hong Kong 10,269 km6,381 mi · 13 h 30 min DFWHND Dallas–Fort Worth – Tokyo 10,378 km6,448 mi · 13 h 50 min SFOTPE San Francisco – Taipei 10,391 km6,457 mi · 14 h

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Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).

AKL Auckland ⇄ EZE Buenos Aires