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MIA Miami ⇄ SCL Santiago

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

Distance6,658 km4,137 mi3,595 nautical miles
MIA → SCL8 h 35 minestimated block time
SCL → MIA8 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hSantiago vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to Santiago (SCL)MIAMiamiSCLSantiago
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 → SCL

8 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 171° (S).

Leave Miami Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 20:35 local.

SCL → MIA

8 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 350° (N).

Leave Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Miami Sat 7 Nov, 16:40 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 distance6,658 km · 4,137 mi · 3,595 nmi
Initial heading171° (S) from MIA; 350° (N) from SCL
Farthest from the equator33.4°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip33% 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
SCLAmerica/Santiago — UTC−3 now; UTC−4 standard time, UTC−3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceSantiago is 1 hour ahead of Miami today; +2 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying MIA → SCL. 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 SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, Chile · longest runway 12,303 ft3,750 m

More routes from MIA and SCL

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 SCLEZE Santiago – Buenos Aires 1,138 km707 mi · 2 h 15 min LIMSCL Lima – Santiago 2,462 km1,530 mi · 3 h 50 min GRUSCL São Paulo – Santiago 2,615 km1,625 mi · 4 h 15 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

ORDCDG Chicago – Paris 6,665 km4,141 mi · 8 h 05 min AMSNBO Amsterdam – Nairobi 6,677 km4,149 mi · 8 h 25 min MSPAMS Minneapolis – Amsterdam 6,685 km4,154 mi · 8 h 10 min LAXPPT Los Angeles – Papeete (Tahiti) 6,611 km4,108 mi · 8 h 40 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).