# Distance from Kenema (KEN) to Salvador (SSA)

> 3,787 km · estimated flight time 5h · Medium-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 3,787 km / 2,353 mi / 2,045 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 5h
- **Heading**: 233° (southwest)
- **Return heading**: 54° (northeast)
- **Classification**: Medium-haul
- **Type**: International (Sierra Leone) → Brazil
- **Intercontinental**: Africa → South America
- **Time difference**: -3h (When it's 22:02 in Kenema, it's 19:02 in Salvador)
- **Elevation difference**: 421 ft (SSA is lower than KEN)

## Airports

### [Kenema Airport (KEN)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ken-kenema-kenema-airport/1ef266de-e7f1-687c-9c78-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Kenema, Sierra Leone
- ICAO: GFKE
- Timezone: Africa/Freetown
- Coordinates: 7.890000, -11.180000
- Elevation: 485 ft

### [Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport (SSA)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ssa-salvador-deputado-luiz-eduardo-magalhaes-international-airport/1ef266df-95b3-6de8-b44e-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Salvador, Brazil
- ICAO: SBSV
- Timezone: America/Bahia
- Coordinates: -12.910000, -38.320000
- Elevation: 64 ft

## Route notes

This is a medium-haul route that may be operated by either narrow-body or wide-body aircraft depending on demand. Passengers can expect a meal service on most carriers.

Time-zone information: When it's 22:02 in Kenema, it's 19:02 in Salvador.
The 3-hour time difference may cause some jet lag.

## Related

- [Kenema Airport (KEN)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ken-kenema-kenema-airport/1ef266de-e7f1-687c-9c78-06bb2780ed98)
- [Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport (SSA)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ssa-salvador-deputado-luiz-eduardo-magalhaes-international-airport/1ef266df-95b3-6de8-b44e-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)