Distance between Berlin and Las Vegas (straight line)

The straight-line distance between Berlin (Germany) and Las Vegas (United States) is 5,573 miles (8,968 km), as the crow flies, measured from one city centre to the other. It is the shortest path over the Earth's surface; any road between them is longer.

Straight-line distance

5,573 miles

8,968 km · straight line

Heading from Berlin

320° (northwest)

initial compass bearing to Las Vegas

Flight time estimate, not a booking

~11 h 15 min

at about 800 km/h, in the air only

Straight-line (great-circle) distance, as the crow flies. The road distance is longer.

BerlinLas VegasThe line is the great circle: straight over the globe, curved on a flat map.

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Berlin to Las Vegas at a glance

Straight-line distance
5,573 miles (8,968 km), as the crow flies
Heading from Berlin
320° (northwest) to Las Vegas
Heading from Las Vegas
29° (north-northeast) to Berlin
Midpoint
65.1789° N, 67.1119° W, halfway along the straight line
Flight time estimate, not a booking
About 11 h 15 min in the air at a cruising speed of 800 km/h along the straight line. Take-off, landing, the real flight path and any stops add more.
Berlin, Germany
52.5244° N, 13.4105° E (city centre)
Las Vegas, United States
36.1750° N, 115.1372° W (city centre)

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Questions

Is 5,573 miles (8,968 km) the driving distance from Berlin to Las Vegas?

No. 5,573 miles (8,968 km) is the straight-line distance between the two city centres, as the crow flies. A road route is always longer, because roads bend around terrain and water, and MapGO does not measure driving distance or travel time.

How is the distance between Berlin and Las Vegas measured?

Along a great circle: the shortest line over the Earth's surface, from Berlin's centre (52.5244° N, 13.4105° E) to Las Vegas's (36.1750° N, 115.1372° W). This is what "straight-line distance" and "as the crow flies" mean on a globe. On a flat map the line can look curved.

How accurate is this distance?

Within about 0.5% for the two centre points. The figure treats the Earth as a sphere (the haversine formula), while the real Earth is slightly flattened, which shifts a long straight-line distance by up to about 0.5%. Measuring from another part of either city changes it more, since a large city can be tens of kilometres across.

Computed by MapGO from each city's centre point (GeoNames) with the haversine formula. All distances on this page are straight lines over the Earth's surface, not road distances.