Flight distance calculator
Distance and flight time between airports, with stops if you like. Shortest path over the Earth (great circle).
Total distance
How it works
Which distance is this?
The great-circle distance: the shortest path between two airports over the surface of the Earth (mean radius 6,371 km). Real flights fly a little further because of airways, weather and air traffic control, usually a few percent.
How is the flight time estimated?
800 km/h plus 30 minutes for taxi, take-off and landing. Airline schedules differ with the aircraft and the winds; on long flights east and west can differ by an hour or more.
Why does the line curve?
On a globe it is straight. Flat maps stretch the world near the poles, so the shortest path looks bent towards them.
Popular routes
- London to New YorkLHR–JFK
- London to SydneyLHR–SYD
- Dubai to LondonDXB–LHR
- Singapore to TokyoSIN–HND
- Los Angeles to HonoluluLAX–HNL
- Paris to New YorkCDG–JFK
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