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title: "Copenhagen to Newark (CPH → EWR): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Copenhagen to Newark is 6,207 km (3,857 mi) great circle, an estimated 8h 13m 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/cph-to-ewr
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CPH → EWR

# Copenhagen to Newark: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Copenhagen Kastrup to Newark Liberty is 6,207 km of great circle — 3,857 mi — and an estimated 8h 13m in the air. It crosses from Europe to North America.

**Great circle**
6,207 km
3,857 mi

**Estimated in the air**
8h 13m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
58.9°N
at 28% along

**One lap of Earth**
15.5%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 106th longest.

The Copenhagen to Newark route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Copenhagen the path crosses Denmark, then 4,671 km of open water, then Canada, then the United States.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 58.9°N, 28% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 6,589 km. That is 382 km further, about 6% more, and roughly 28m of extra flying.

Leaving Copenhagen the aircraft points north-west (294°); it arrives into Newark heading south-west (223°). That is 71° 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 879 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

CPH

## Copenhagen Kastrup

Copenhagen, Denmark · Europe

55.6°N, 12.7°E

[CPH airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/cph)

To

EWR

## Newark Liberty

Newark, United States · North America

40.7°N, 74.2°W

[EWR airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/ewr)

## Copenhagen to Newark, asked and answered

**How far is Copenhagen to Newark?**
Copenhagen to Newark (CPH to EWR) is 6,207 km, or 3,857 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Copenhagen to Newark?**
About 8h 13m 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 Copenhagen to Newark flight take?**
The great circle passes over Denmark, then 4,671 km of open water, then Canada, then the United States. It reaches 58.9°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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## Nearby routes

[LHR → EWR London to Newark 5,562 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ewr) [CPH → KEF Copenhagen to Reykjavík 2,144 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cph-to-kef) [LHR → CPH London to Copenhagen 979 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cph) [SIN → EWR Singapore to Newark 15,337 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-ewr) [HNL → HND Honolulu to Tokyo 6,191 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnl-to-hnd) [FRA → JFK Frankfurt to New York 6,189 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-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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