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MIA Miami ⇄ SJU San Juan

Miami International Airport (United States) and Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (Puerto Rico): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,682 km1,045 mi908 nautical miles
MIA → SJU2 h 50 minestimated block time
SJU → MIA3 h 05 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hSan Juan vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to San Juan (SJU)MIAMiamiSJUSan Juan
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 → SJU

2 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 116° (ESE).

Leave Miami Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive San Juan Sat 7 Nov, 13:50 local.

SJU → MIA

3 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 302° (WNW).

Leave San Juan Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Miami Sat 7 Nov, 12:05 local.

The two directions differ by 11 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,682 km · 1,045 mi · 908 nmi
Initial heading116° (ESE) from MIA; 302° (WNW) from SJU
Farthest from the equator25.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% 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
SJUAmerica/Puerto_Rico — UTC−4 now; UTC−4 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSan Juan is on the same clock as Miami today; +1 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 → SJU. 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

MIA Miami International AirportMiami, United States · longest runway 13,016 ft3,967 m SJU Luis Munoz Marin International AirportSan Juan, Puerto Rico · longest runway 10,002 ft3,049 m

More routes from MIA and SJU

MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min LGAMIA New York – Miami 1,768 km1,099 mi · 3 h 10 min ORDMIA Chicago – Miami 1,930 km1,199 mi · 3 h 10 min MIALIM Miami – Lima 4,219 km2,622 mi · 5 h 50 min MIAMAD Miami – Madrid 7,106 km4,415 mi · 8 h 25 min MIACDG Miami – Paris 7,372 km4,580 mi · 8 h 45 min JFKSJU New York – San Juan 2,578 km1,602 mi · 3 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

MANALC Manchester – Alicante 1,681 km1,044 mi · 2 h 55 min LGWFAO London – Faro 1,688 km1,049 mi · 3 h 05 min HKGBKK Hong Kong – Bangkok 1,690 km1,050 mi · 3 h LGWDBV London – Dubrovnik 1,690 km1,050 mi · 2 h 50 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).