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JFK → YYZ

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

John F. Kennedy to Toronto Pearson is 588 km of great circle — 366 mi — and an estimated 1h 14m in the air. Both ends are in North America.

Great circle
588 km
366 mi
Estimated in the air
1h 14m
block time
Furthest from equator
43.7°N
at 100% along
One lap of Earth
1.5%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 276th longest.

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

What the aircraft actually flies over

From New York the path crosses the United States, then Canada.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 43.7°N, 100% 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: north-west out of New York, north-west into Toronto. 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

YYZ

Toronto Pearson

Toronto, Canada · North America

43.7°N, 79.6°W

New York to Toronto, asked and answered

How far is New York to Toronto?
New York to Toronto (JFK to YYZ) is 588 km, or 366 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from New York to Toronto?
About 1h 14m 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 Toronto flight take?
The great circle passes over the United States, then Canada. It reaches 43.7°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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