Where to Meet Halfway Between Lima and New York
The best meeting cities between Lima and New York, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Lima (LIM) and New York (JFK) are 5,866 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 14.31°, -75.66°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 2,933 km flight. In practice the better meeting city is the one whose flights actually arrive together — the list below starts from distance, and the search underneath it checks real schedules for your date.
Best cities to meet between Lima and New York
1. Panama City, Panama (PTY)
2,359 km / 3,554 kmThe narrowest crossing point between two oceans, and a genuine hemispheric meeting point.
2. Cancún, Mexico (CUN)
3,828 km / 2,506 kmMexico's Caribbean resort gateway, and a straightforward beach-first meeting point.
3. Havana, Cuba (HAV)
3,936 km / 2,123 kmA time-capsule Caribbean capital, unlike anywhere else most travelers will have visited.
4. Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)
4,245 km / 3,365 kmA vast, high-altitude capital with one of the world's richest concentrations of museums.
5. Bogotá, Colombia (BOG)
1,888 km / 3,996 kmA high-altitude Andean capital, and Colombia's main gateway for international arrivals.
6. Miami, United States (MIA)
4,219 km / 1,757 kmA subtropical gateway city between North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
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Where is the halfway point between Lima and New York?
The geographic midpoint of the 5,866 km great-circle route between Lima (LIM) and New York (JFK) lies near 14.31°, -75.66° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 2,933 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Lima and New York?
Panama City (PTY) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 2,359 km from Lima and 3,554 km from New York. The narrowest crossing point between two oceans, and a genuine hemispheric meeting point.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Lima and New York?
Fly2Meet compares real departure schedules from both cities on a date you choose and ranks the flight pairs whose arrival times land closest together, so neither traveler waits long at the airport. It is free and needs no account.
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More on both ends of this trip: Lima guide · New York guide · all meeting-point pages