# Distance from Mexico City (MEX) to Sao Filipe (SFL)

> 7,881 km · estimated flight time 10h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 7,881 km / 4,897 mi / 4,255 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 10h
- **Heading**: 80° (east)
- **Return heading**: 286° (west northwest)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (Mexico) → Cape Verde
- **Intercontinental**: North America → Africa
- **Time difference**: +5h (When it's 00:45 in Mexico City, it's 05:45 in Sao Filipe)
- **Elevation difference**: 6,699 ft (SFL is lower than MEX)

## Airports

### [Licenciado Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/mex-mexico-city-licenciado-benito-juarez-international-airport/1ef266df-61d5-6dfa-9178-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Mexico City, Mexico
- ICAO: MMMX
- Timezone: America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates: 19.440000, -99.070000
- Elevation: 7,316 ft

### [Sao Filipe Airport (SFL)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/sfl-sao-filipe-sao-filipe-airport/1ef266de-e9be-6b96-9382-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Sao Filipe, Cape Verde
- ICAO: GVSF
- Timezone: Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Coordinates: 14.880000, -24.480000
- Elevation: 617 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 00:45 in Mexico City, it's 05:45 in Sao Filipe.
The 5-hour time difference may cause some jet lag.

## Related

- [Licenciado Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/mex-mexico-city-licenciado-benito-juarez-international-airport/1ef266df-61d5-6dfa-9178-06bb2780ed98)
- [Sao Filipe Airport (SFL)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/sfl-sao-filipe-sao-filipe-airport/1ef266de-e9be-6b96-9382-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)