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MIA Miami ⇄ EZE Buenos Aires

Miami International Airport (United States) and Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (Argentina): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,119 km4,424 mi3,844 nautical miles
MIA → EZE9 hestimated block time
EZE → MIA9 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hBuenos Aires vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to Buenos Aires (EZE)MIAMiamiEZEBuenos Aires
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

MIA → EZE

9 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 160° (SSE).

Leave Miami Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Buenos Aires Sat 7 Nov, 21:00 local.

EZE → MIA

9 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 338° (NNW).

Leave Buenos Aires Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Miami Sat 7 Nov, 17:15 local.

The two directions differ by 12 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 distance7,119 km · 4,424 mi · 3,844 nmi
Initial heading160° (SSE) from MIA; 338° (NNW) from EZE
Farthest from the equator34.8°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip36% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MIAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
EZEAmerica/Argentina/Buenos_Aires — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBuenos Aires is 1 hour ahead of Miami 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 MIA → EZE. Your body clock has to move 1 hour 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

MIA Miami International AirportMiami, United States · longest runway 13,016 ft3,967 m EZE Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniBuenos Aires, Argentina · longest runway 10,827 ft3,300 m

More routes from MIA and EZE

MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min JFKMIA New York – Miami 1,757 km1,092 mi · 3 h 05 min MIAPTY Miami – Panama City 1,862 km1,157 mi · 3 h 10 min LAXMIA Los Angeles – Miami 3,763 km2,338 mi · 5 h MIASCL Miami – Santiago 6,658 km4,137 mi · 8 h 35 min MIACDG Miami – Paris 7,372 km4,580 mi · 8 h 45 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 EZEMAD Buenos Aires – Madrid 10,087 km6,267 mi · 12 h 10 min AKLEZE Auckland – Buenos Aires 10,312 km6,408 mi · 12 h EZEFCO Buenos Aires – Rome 11,156 km6,932 mi · 13 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

HNLAKL Honolulu – Auckland 7,089 km4,405 mi · 9 h 15 min ATLAMS Atlanta – Amsterdam 7,066 km4,390 mi · 8 h 30 min ATLCDG Atlanta – Paris 7,056 km4,385 mi · 8 h 25 min LHRBOM London – Mumbai 7,213 km4,482 mi · 8 h 40 min

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