# Distance from Dakar (DKR) to Barbacena (QAK)

> 4,925 km · estimated flight time 7h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 4,925 km / 3,060 mi / 2,659 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 7h
- **Heading**: 216° (southwest)
- **Return heading**: 38° (northeast)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (Senegal) → Brazil
- **Intercontinental**: Africa → South America
- **Time difference**: -3h (When it's 21:35 in Dakar, it's 18:35 in Barbacena)
- **Elevation difference**: 3,572 ft (QAK 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

### [Major Brigadeiro Doorgal Borges Airport (QAK)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/qak-barbacena-major-brigadeiro-doorgal-borges-airport/1ef266df-93e7-6546-8c53-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Barbacena, Brazil
- ICAO: SBBQ
- Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates: -21.270000, -43.760000
- Elevation: 3,657 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 21:35 in Dakar, it's 18:35 in Barbacena.
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)
- [Major Brigadeiro Doorgal Borges Airport (QAK)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/qak-barbacena-major-brigadeiro-doorgal-borges-airport/1ef266df-93e7-6546-8c53-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)