# Distance from Timbuktu (TOM) to Quito (UIO)

> 8,453 km · estimated flight time 11h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 8,453 km / 5,253 mi / 4,564 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 11h
- **Heading**: 266° (west)
- **Return heading**: 73° (east northeast)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (Mali) → Ecuador
- **Intercontinental**: Africa → South America
- **Time difference**: -5h (When it's 01:37 in Timbuktu, it's 20:37 in Quito)
- **Elevation difference**: 8,337 ft (UIO is higher than TOM)

## Airports

### [Timbuktu Airport (TOM)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/tom-timbuktu-timbuktu-airport/1ef266de-e762-6af0-8ffc-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Timbuktu, Mali
- ICAO: GATB
- Timezone: Africa/Bamako
- Coordinates: 16.730000, -3.010000
- Elevation: 863 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 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 01:37 in Timbuktu, it's 20:37 in Quito.
The 5-hour time difference may cause some jet lag.

## Related

- [Timbuktu Airport (TOM)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/tom-timbuktu-timbuktu-airport/1ef266de-e762-6af0-8ffc-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)