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BOG Bogotá ⇄ LIM Lima

El Dorado International Airport (Colombia) and Jorge Chávez International Airport (Peru): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,888 km1,173 mi1,020 nautical miles
BOG → LIM3 h 10 minestimated block time
LIM → BOG3 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hLima vs Bogotá, today
Great-circle route from Bogotá (BOG) to Lima (LIM)BOGBogotáLIMLima
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

BOG → LIM

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 190° (S).

Leave Bogotá Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Lima Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

LIM → BOG

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 10° (N).

Leave Lima Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bogotá Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

The two directions differ by 0 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,888 km · 1,173 mi · 1,020 nmi
Initial heading190° (S) from BOG; 10° (N) from LIM
Farthest from the equator12.0°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip9% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

BOGAmerica/Bogota — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
LIMAmerica/Lima — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceLima is on the same clock as Bogotá today.

Jet lag, flying BOG → LIM. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

BOG El Dorado International AirportBogotá, Colombia · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m LIM Jorge Chávez International AirportLima, Peru · longest runway 11,506 ft3,507 m

More routes from BOG and LIM

PTYBOG Panama City – Bogotá 755 km469 mi · 1 h 55 min MIABOG Miami – Bogotá 2,435 km1,513 mi · 3 h 50 min BOGMEX Bogotá – Mexico City 3,159 km1,963 mi · 4 h 45 min IAHBOG Houston – Bogotá 3,585 km2,228 mi · 5 h BOGMAD Bogotá – Madrid 8,031 km4,990 mi · 9 h 40 min LIMSCL Lima – Santiago 2,462 km1,530 mi · 3 h 50 min GRULIM São Paulo – Lima 3,475 km2,159 mi · 5 h 10 min MIALIM Miami – Lima 4,219 km2,622 mi · 5 h 50 min LIMMAD Lima – Madrid 9,526 km5,919 mi · 11 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

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