✈ ZRH → SCL
14H 59M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Zurich to Santiago
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America
↔ Flying the other way? Santiago → Zurich
How long is the flight from Zurich to Santiago?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Santiago (SCL) takes about 14 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,429 miles (11,956 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 59m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,429 mi
11,956 km · great-circle
Avg speed
798 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Zurich
Nearest destinations
- Zurich → Milan
- Zurich → Munich
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Zurich → Paris
- Zurich → Brussels
- Zurich → Prague
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Vienna
- Zurich → Berlin
- Zurich → Rome
Long-haul from Zurich
- Zurich → Auckland
- Zurich → Sydney
- Zurich → Melbourne
- Zurich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Zurich → Buenos Aires
- Zurich → Manila
- Zurich → Singapore
- Zurich → Kuala Lumpur
- Zurich → Mexico City
- Zurich → São Paulo
More flights to South America
Flights to Santiago
Nearest origins
- Buenos Aires → Santiago
- São Paulo → Santiago
- Rio de Janeiro → Santiago
- Cancun → Santiago
- Mexico City → Santiago
- Miami → Santiago
- Atlanta → Santiago
- Dallas → Santiago
- Cape Town → Santiago
- New York → Santiago
Long-haul to Santiago
- Beijing → Santiago
- Shanghai → Santiago
- Hong Kong → Santiago
- Taipei → Santiago
- Seoul → Santiago
- Bangkok → Santiago
- Osaka → Santiago
- Manila → Santiago
- Tokyo → Santiago
- Delhi → Santiago