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title: "Auckland to New York (AKL → JFK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Auckland to New York is 14,215 km (8,833 mi) great circle, an estimated 18h 10m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-jfk
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AKL → JFK

# Auckland to New York: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Auckland to John F. Kennedy is 14,215 km of great circle — 8,833 mi — and an estimated 18h 10m in the air. It crosses from Oceania to North America.

**Great circle**
14,215 km
8,833 mi

**Estimated in the air**
18h 10m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
40.6°N
at 100% along

**One lap of Earth**
35.5%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 7th longest.

The Auckland to New York route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Auckland the path crosses 10,519 km of open water, then Mexico, then the United States.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 40.6°N, 100% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 14,296 km. That is 81 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 6m of extra flying.

Leaving Auckland the aircraft points north-east (63°); it arrives into New York heading east (70°). That is 7° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 2.01 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[AKL–JFK carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=AKL&to=JFK) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=AKL-JFK)

From

AKL

## Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania

37.0°S, 174.8°E

[AKL airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/akl) [Flights to Auckland →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/auckland)

To

JFK

## John F. Kennedy

New York, United States · North America

40.6°N, 73.8°W

[JFK airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/jfk) [Flights to New York →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/new-york)

## Auckland to New York, asked and answered

**How far is Auckland to New York?**
Auckland to New York (AKL to JFK) is 14,215 km, or 8,833 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Auckland to New York?**
About 18h 10m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.

**What route does a Auckland to New York flight take?**
The great circle passes over 10,519 km of open water, then Mexico, then the United States. It reaches 40.6°N at its furthest from the equator.

## Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[DXB → AKL Dubai to Auckland 14,199 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-akl) [DOH → AKL Doha to Auckland 14,534 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/doh-to-akl) [MNL → JFK Manila to New York 13,696 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mnl-to-jfk) [SIN → JFK Singapore to New York 15,341 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-jfk) [JFK → HKG New York to Hong Kong 12,970 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-hkg) [HKG → JFK Hong Kong to New York 12,970 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hkg-to-jfk)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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