# Distance from Childress (CDS) to Quito (UIO)

> 4,470 km · estimated flight time 6h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 4,470 km / 2,777 mi / 2,413 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 6h
- **Heading**: 145° (southeast)
- **Return heading**: 331° (north northwest)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (United States) → Ecuador
- **Intercontinental**: North America → South America
- **Time difference**: +0h (When it's 03:05 in Childress, it's 03:05 in Quito)
- **Elevation difference**: 7,246 ft (UIO is higher than CDS)

## Airports

### [Childress Municipal Airport (CDS)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/cds-childress-childress-municipal-airport/1ef266df-1355-61b2-b242-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Childress, United States
- ICAO: KCDS
- Timezone: America/Chicago
- Coordinates: 34.430000, -100.290000
- Elevation: 1,954 ft

### [Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre (UIO)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/uio-quito-nuevo-aeropuerto-internacional-mariscal-sucre/1ef266df-a57c-65f4-aaa1-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Quito, Ecuador
- ICAO: SEQM
- Timezone: America/Guayaquil
- Coordinates: -0.130000, -78.360000
- Elevation: 9,200 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.

## Related

- [Childress Municipal Airport (CDS)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/cds-childress-childress-municipal-airport/1ef266df-1355-61b2-b242-06bb2780ed98)
- [Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre (UIO)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/uio-quito-nuevo-aeropuerto-internacional-mariscal-sucre/1ef266df-a57c-65f4-aaa1-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)