Distance from Buenos Aires to Chicago
The great-circle distance between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Chicago, United States is 9,011 km (5,599 mi · 4,866 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,011 km · 5,599 mi · 4,866 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Chicago
- 338° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Chicago → Buenos Aires
- 156° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Chicago UTC-05:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 117 min — the sun rises earlier in Buenos Aires
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:42 UTC / 21:51 UTC
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:40 UTC / 23:48 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.