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MIA Miami ⇄ LIM Lima

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

Distance4,219 km2,622 mi2,278 nautical miles
MIA → LIM5 h 50 minestimated block time
LIM → MIA5 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hLima vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to Lima (LIM)MIAMiamiLIMLima
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 → LIM

5 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 175° (S).

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

LIM → MIA

5 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 355° (N).

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

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance4,219 km · 2,622 mi · 2,278 nmi
Initial heading175° (S) from MIA; 355° (N) from LIM
Farthest from the equator25.8°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip21% 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
LIMAmerica/Lima — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceLima is 1 hour behind Miami today; ±0 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 → LIM. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward 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 LIM Jorge Chávez International AirportLima, Peru · longest runway 11,506 ft3,507 m

More routes from MIA and LIM

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 MIAMAD Miami – Madrid 7,106 km4,415 mi · 8 h 25 min MIACDG Miami – Paris 7,372 km4,580 mi · 8 h 45 min BOGLIM Bogotá – Lima 1,888 km1,173 mi · 3 h 10 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 LIMMAD Lima – Madrid 9,526 km5,919 mi · 11 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXBOS Los Angeles – Boston 4,193 km2,605 mi · 5 h 20 min JFKKEF New York – Reykjavík 4,163 km2,587 mi · 5 h 30 min SINDEL Singapore – Delhi 4,159 km2,584 mi · 5 h 55 min JFKSFO New York – San Francisco 4,152 km2,580 mi · 6 h 20 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).