AM15 distance and great-circle path
AM15 covers 7,433 km, or 4,619 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 121 by distance.
The plane leaves Mexico City heading south-east. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the MEX–GRU route appears on a tracker map.
Why AM15 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 9.2 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 804 km/h. A Boeing 787-8 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Flying east, this route usually picks up tailwinds high up. The flight back west normally takes longer, even though the distance is identical. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
What to know about AM15
- Time change: you land 3 hours ahead of the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.
- High airport at the start: MEX sits 7,316 ft up. Thin air means a longer takeoff run.