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JFK → MIA

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

John F. Kennedy to Miami is 1,757 km of great circle — 1,092 mi — and an estimated 2h 41m in the air. Both ends are in North America.

Great circle
1,757 km
1,092 mi
Estimated in the air
2h 41m
block time
Furthest from equator
40.6°N
at 0% along
One lap of Earth
4.4%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 208th longest.

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

What the aircraft actually flies over

From New York the path crosses 365 km of open water, then the United States, then 988 km of open water.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 40.6°N, 0% of the way along.

Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.

The heading barely moves: south out of New York, south into Miami. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

From

JFK

John F. Kennedy

New York, United States · North America

40.6°N, 73.8°W

To

MIA

Miami

Miami, United States · North America

25.8°N, 80.3°W

New York to Miami, asked and answered

How far is New York to Miami?
New York to Miami (JFK to MIA) is 1,757 km, or 1,092 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from New York to Miami?
About 2h 41m 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 New York to Miami flight take?
The great circle passes over 365 km of open water, then the United States, then 988 km of open water. 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.

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