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title: "Amsterdam to New York (AMS → JFK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Amsterdam to New York is 5,848 km (3,634 mi) great circle, an estimated 7h 46m 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/ams-to-jfk
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AMS → JFK

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

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy is 5,848 km of great circle — 3,634 mi — and an estimated 7h 46m in the air. It crosses from Europe to North America.

**Great circle**
5,848 km
3,634 mi

**Estimated in the air**
7h 46m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
55.1°N
at 29% along

**One lap of Earth**
14.6%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 111th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Amsterdam the path crosses United Kingdom, then 3,202 km of open water, then Canada, then 512 km of open water, then the United States.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 55.1°N, 29% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 6,120 km. That is 273 km further, about 5% more, and roughly 20m of extra flying.

Leaving Amsterdam the aircraft points west (291°); it arrives into New York heading south-west (229°). That is 62° 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 828 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

AMS

## Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam, Netherlands · Europe

52.3°N, 4.8°E

[AMS airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/ams) [Flights to Amsterdam →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/amsterdam)

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)

## Amsterdam to New York, asked and answered

**How far is Amsterdam to New York?**
Amsterdam to New York (AMS to JFK) is 5,848 km, or 3,634 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Amsterdam to New York?**
About 7h 46m 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 Amsterdam to New York flight take?**
The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then 3,202 km of open water, then Canada, then 512 km of open water, then the United States. It reaches 55.1°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

[CDG → JFK Paris to New York 5,834 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-jfk) [MAD → JFK Madrid to New York 5,760 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-jfk) [LHR → JFK London to New York 5,540 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-jfk) [FRA → JFK Frankfurt to New York 6,189 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-jfk) [LIS → JFK Lisbon to New York 5,404 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lis-to-jfk) [ZRH → JFK Zurich to New York 6,310 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/zrh-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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