# Distance from Apiay (API) to Sao Paulo (GRU)

> 4,242 km · estimated flight time 6h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 4,242 km / 2,636 mi / 2,290 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 6h
- **Heading**: 137° (southeast)
- **Return heading**: 313° (northwest)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (Colombia) → Brazil
- **Time difference**: +2h (When it's 04:45 in Apiay, it's 06:45 in Sao Paulo)
- **Elevation difference**: 1,252 ft (GRU is higher than API)

## Airports

### [Gomez Nino Apiay Air Base (API)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/api-apiay-gomez-nino-apiay-air-base/1ef266df-b41a-6d54-824e-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Apiay, Colombia
- ICAO: SKAP
- Timezone: America/Bogota
- Coordinates: 4.080000, -73.560000
- Elevation: 1,207 ft

### [Guarulhos - Governador Andre Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/gru-sao-paulo-guarulhos-governador-andre-franco-montoro-international-airport/1ef266df-9494-6840-af41-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- ICAO: SBGR
- Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates: -23.440000, -46.470000
- Elevation: 2,459 ft

## Route notes

This is a long-haul route typically operated by wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 777 or Airbus A350. Full meal service, in-flight entertainment, and comfort amenities are standard.

Time-zone information: When it's 04:45 in Apiay, it's 06:45 in Sao Paulo.

## Related

- [Gomez Nino Apiay Air Base (API)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/api-apiay-gomez-nino-apiay-air-base/1ef266df-b41a-6d54-824e-06bb2780ed98)
- [Guarulhos - Governador Andre Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/gru-sao-paulo-guarulhos-governador-andre-franco-montoro-international-airport/1ef266df-9494-6840-af41-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)