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title: "New York to Miami (JFK → MIA): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "New York to Miami is 1,757 km (1,092 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 41m 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/jfk-to-mia
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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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), 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.

One economy seat on it is about 260 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

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)

To

MIA

## Miami

Miami, United States · North America

25.8°N, 80.3°W

[MIA airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/mia) [Flights to Miami →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/miami)

## 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.

[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

[MIA → PTY Miami to Panama City 1,862 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-pty) [JFK → ORD New York to Chicago 1,188 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-ord) [MIA → BOG Miami to Bogotá 2,435 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-bog) [JFK → CUN New York to Cancún 2,506 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-cun) [ATL → MIA Atlanta to Miami 959 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/atl-to-mia) [JFK → SJU New York to San Juan 2,578 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-sju)

## 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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