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SYD Sydney ⇄ SCL Santiago

Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (Australia) and Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (Chile): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance11,340 km7,047 mi6,123 nautical miles
SYD → SCL13 h 10 minestimated block time
SCL → SYD14 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change−14 hSantiago vs Sydney, today
Great-circle route from Sydney (SYD) to Santiago (SCL)SYDSydneySCLSantiago
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

SYD → SCL

13 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 145° (SE).

Leave Sydney Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 09:10 local.

SCL → SYD

14 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 215° (SW).

Leave Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sydney Sun 8 Nov, 14:45 local +1 day.

SYD-bound flights are the slower direction by about 95 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance11,340 km · 7,047 mi · 6,123 nmi
Initial heading145° (SE) from SYD; 215° (SW) from SCL
Farthest from the equator61.7°S — the path arcs south of both airports
Crossesthe 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip57% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

SYDAustralia/Sydney — UTC+11 now; UTC+10 standard time, UTC+11 during daylight saving time
SCLAmerica/Santiago — UTC−3 now; UTC−4 standard time, UTC−3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceSantiago is 14 hours behind Sydney today.

Jet lag, flying SYD → SCL. The clock change is 14 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 10 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 10 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 10 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney, Australia · longest runway 12,999 ft3,962 m SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, Chile · longest runway 12,303 ft3,750 m

More routes from SYD and SCL

SYDCBR Sydney – Canberra 236 km147 mi · 1 h 20 min SYDCHC Sydney – Christchurch 2,126 km1,321 mi · 3 h 15 min SYDMNL Sydney – Manila 6,263 km3,892 mi · 8 h 20 min HNLSYD Honolulu – Sydney 8,170 km5,077 mi · 10 h 35 min DXBSYD Dubai – Sydney 12,043 km7,483 mi · 14 h 15 min LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 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 MIASCL Miami – Santiago 6,658 km4,137 mi · 8 h 35 min SCLMAD Santiago – Madrid 10,719 km6,661 mi · 12 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

ATLICN Atlanta – Seoul 11,487 km7,138 mi · 14 h 40 min EZEFCO Buenos Aires – Rome 11,156 km6,932 mi · 13 h 20 min LAXBNE Los Angeles – Brisbane 11,533 km7,167 mi · 14 h 35 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 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).