# Distance from Muscle Shoals (MSL) to Quito (UIO)

> 3,996 km · estimated flight time 6h · Medium-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 3,996 km / 2,483 mi / 2,158 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 6h
- **Heading**: 164° (south southeast)
- **Return heading**: 347° (north northwest)
- **Classification**: Medium-haul
- **Type**: International (United States) → Ecuador
- **Intercontinental**: North America → South America
- **Time difference**: +0h (When it's 12:11 in Muscle Shoals, it's 12:11 in Quito)
- **Elevation difference**: 8,650 ft (UIO is higher than MSL)

## Airports

### [Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/msl-muscle-shoals-northwest-alabama-regional-airport/1ef266df-2c47-63fa-acaa-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Muscle Shoals, United States
- ICAO: KMSL
- Timezone: America/Chicago
- Coordinates: 34.750000, -87.610000
- Elevation: 551 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 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.

## Related

- [Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/msl-muscle-shoals-northwest-alabama-regional-airport/1ef266df-2c47-63fa-acaa-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)