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SCL Santiago ⇄ EZE Buenos Aires

Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (Chile) and Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (Argentina): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,138 km707 mi615 nautical miles
SCL → EZE2 h 15 minestimated block time
EZE → SCL2 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hBuenos Aires vs Santiago, today
Great-circle route from Santiago (SCL) to Buenos Aires (EZE)SCLSantiagoEZEBuenos 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

SCL → EZE

2 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 101° (ESE).

Leave Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Buenos Aires Sat 7 Nov, 12:15 local.

EZE → SCL

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 275° (W).

Leave Buenos Aires Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 local.

SCL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,138 km · 707 mi · 615 nmi
Initial heading101° (ESE) from SCL; 275° (W) from EZE
Farthest from the equator34.8°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

SCLAmerica/Santiago — UTC−3 now; UTC−4 standard time, UTC−3 during daylight saving time
EZEAmerica/Argentina/Buenos_Aires — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBuenos Aires is on the same clock as Santiago 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 SCL → EZE. 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

SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, Chile · longest runway 12,303 ft3,750 m EZE Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniBuenos Aires, Argentina · longest runway 10,827 ft3,300 m

More routes from SCL and EZE

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