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Flights to New York: how far it is, and from where

New York sits at 40.6°N, 73.8°W, served by John F. Kennedy (JFK). Below are 28 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

Routes here
28
in the catalogue
Nearest
588 km
from Toronto
Furthest
15,341 km
from Singapore
Airports
1
JFK

How far New York is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

FromDistanceEstimatedDirection
TorontoYYZ588 km1h 14mbarely any time shift
ChicagoORD1,188 km1h 59mbarely any time shift
MiamiMIA1,757 km2h 41mbarely any time shift
CancúnCUN2,506 km3h 37mbarely any time shift
San JuanSJU2,578 km3h 42mbarely any time shift
DenverDEN2,610 km3h 45meastbound — the harder direction
SeattleSEA3,887 km5h 20meastbound — the harder direction
Los AngelesLAX3,974 km5h 26meastbound — the harder direction
San FranciscoSFO4,152 km5h 40meastbound — the harder direction
ReykjavíkKEF4,163 km5h 40mwestbound — the easier direction
DublinDUB5,103 km6h 51mwestbound — the easier direction
LisbonLIS5,404 km7h 13mwestbound — the easier direction
LondonLHR5,540 km7h 23mwestbound — the easier direction
MadridMAD5,760 km7h 40mwestbound — the easier direction
ParisCDG5,834 km7h 45mwestbound — the easier direction
AmsterdamAMS5,848 km7h 46mwestbound — the easier direction
FrankfurtFRA6,189 km8h 11mwestbound — the easier direction
ZurichZRH6,310 km8h 20mwestbound — the easier direction
MunichMUC6,481 km8h 33mwestbound — the easier direction
RomeFCO6,866 km9h 02mwestbound — the easier direction
IstanbulIST8,026 km10h 28mwestbound — the easier direction
TokyoNRT10,830 km13h 58meastbound — the harder direction
SeoulICN11,089 km14h 17meastbound — the harder direction
Hong KongHKG12,970 km16h 37meastbound — the harder direction
Hong KongHKG12,970 km16h 37meastbound — the harder direction
ManilaMNL13,696 km17h 31meastbound — the harder direction
AucklandAKL14,215 km18h 10meastbound — the harder direction
SingaporeSIN15,341 km19h 34mwestbound — the easier direction

What New York adds to a map

New York puts a pin in United States, and North America is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Singapore, is 15,341 km: 38.3% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

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