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LIM Lima ⇄ SCL Santiago

Jorge Chávez International Airport (Peru) and Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (Chile): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,462 km1,530 mi1,329 nautical miles
LIM → SCL3 h 50 minestimated block time
SCL → LIM3 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hSantiago vs Lima, today
Great-circle route from Lima (LIM) to Santiago (SCL)LIMLimaSCLSantiago
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

LIM → SCL

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 166° (SSE).

Leave Lima Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 15:50 local.

SCL → LIM

3 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 343° (NNW).

Leave Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Lima Sat 7 Nov, 11:55 local.

The two directions differ by 5 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 distance2,462 km · 1,530 mi · 1,329 nmi
Initial heading166° (SSE) from LIM; 343° (NNW) from SCL
Farthest from the equator33.4°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip12% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LIMAmerica/Lima — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
SCLAmerica/Santiago — UTC−3 now; UTC−4 standard time, UTC−3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceSantiago is 2 hours ahead of Lima today; +2 h in January and +1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LIM → SCL. Your body clock has to move 2 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LIM Jorge Chávez International AirportLima, Peru · longest runway 11,506 ft3,507 m SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, Chile · longest runway 12,303 ft3,750 m

More routes from LIM and SCL

BOGLIM Bogotá – Lima 1,888 km1,173 mi · 3 h 10 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 SCLEZE Santiago – Buenos Aires 1,138 km707 mi · 2 h 15 min GRUSCL São Paulo – Santiago 2,615 km1,625 mi · 4 h 15 min MIASCL Miami – Santiago 6,658 km4,137 mi · 8 h 35 min SCLMAD Santiago – Madrid 10,719 km6,661 mi · 12 h 50 min SYDSCL Sydney – Santiago 11,340 km7,047 mi · 13 h 10 min

Routes of a similar length

DUSAYT Düsseldorf – Antalya 2,479 km1,540 mi · 3 h 40 min LHRIST London – Istanbul 2,487 km1,546 mi · 3 h 40 min MIABOG Miami – Bogotá 2,435 km1,513 mi · 3 h 50 min ORDLAS Chicago – Las Vegas 2,432 km1,511 mi · 4 h 10 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

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