# Distance from Buenos Aires (AEP) to Sterling/Rockfalls (SQI)

> 9,064 km · estimated flight time 12h · Ultra-long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 9,064 km / 5,632 mi / 4,894 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 12h
- **Heading**: 337° (north northwest)
- **Return heading**: 154° (south southeast)
- **Classification**: Ultra-long-haul
- **Type**: International (Argentina) → United States
- **Intercontinental**: South America → North America
- **Time difference**: -2h (When it's 03:15 in Buenos Aires, it's 01:15 in Sterling/Rockfalls)
- **Elevation difference**: 630 ft (SQI is higher than AEP)

## Airports

### [Jorge Newbery Airpark (AEP)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/aep-buenos-aires-jorge-newbery-airpark/1ef266df-90fd-6222-98d7-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- ICAO: SABE
- Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- Coordinates: -34.560000, -58.420000
- Elevation: 18 ft

### [Whiteside County/Jos H Bittorf Field (SQI)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/sqi-sterlingrockfalls-whiteside-countyjos-h-bittorf-field/1ef266df-396a-62d0-b1cf-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Sterling/Rockfalls, United States
- ICAO: KSQI
- Timezone: America/Chicago
- Coordinates: 41.740000, -89.680000
- Elevation: 648 ft

## Route notes

This is an ultra-long-haul route, one of the longest in aviation. It requires wide-body aircraft with extended range capability such as the Airbus A350-900ULR or Boeing 777-200LR. Passengers should prepare for an extended flight with multiple meal services.

Time-zone information: When it's 03:15 in Buenos Aires, it's 01:15 in Sterling/Rockfalls.

## Related

- [Jorge Newbery Airpark (AEP)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/aep-buenos-aires-jorge-newbery-airpark/1ef266df-90fd-6222-98d7-06bb2780ed98)
- [Whiteside County/Jos H Bittorf Field (SQI)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/sqi-sterlingrockfalls-whiteside-countyjos-h-bittorf-field/1ef266df-396a-62d0-b1cf-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)