# Distance from Dakar (DKR) to Mercedes (MDX)

> 6,549 km · estimated flight time 9h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 6,549 km / 4,069 mi / 3,536 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 9h
- **Heading**: 222° (southwest)
- **Return heading**: 47° (northeast)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (Senegal) → Argentina
- **Intercontinental**: Africa → South America
- **Time difference**: -3h (When it's 11:31 in Dakar, it's 08:31 in Mercedes)
- **Elevation difference**: 273 ft (MDX is higher than DKR)

## Airports

### [Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport (DKR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/dkr-dakar-leopold-sedar-senghor-international-airport/1ef266de-e8f6-601a-8453-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Dakar, Senegal
- ICAO: GOOY
- Timezone: Africa/Dakar
- Coordinates: 14.740000, -17.490000
- Elevation: 85 ft

### [Mercedes Airport (MDX)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/mdx-mercedes-mercedes-airport/1ef266df-9292-6af6-938e-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Mercedes, Argentina
- ICAO: SATM
- Timezone: America/Argentina/Cordoba
- Coordinates: -29.220000, -58.090000
- Elevation: 358 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 11:31 in Dakar, it's 08:31 in Mercedes.
The 3-hour time difference may cause some jet lag.

## Related

- [Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport (DKR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/dkr-dakar-leopold-sedar-senghor-international-airport/1ef266de-e8f6-601a-8453-06bb2780ed98)
- [Mercedes Airport (MDX)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/mdx-mercedes-mercedes-airport/1ef266df-9292-6af6-938e-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)