--- title: "New York to Toronto (JFK → YYZ): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "New York to Toronto is 588 km (366 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 14m 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-yyz --- 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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), 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. One economy seat on it is about 87 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [JFK–YYZ carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=JFK&to=YYZ) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=JFK-YYZ) 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 YYZ ## Toronto Pearson Toronto, Canada · North America 43.7°N, 79.6°W [YYZ airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/yyz) ## 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. [Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained) ## Flown this one? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [YYZ → YUL Toronto to Montréal 507 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yyz-to-yul) [JFK → ORD New York to Chicago 1,188 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-ord) [JFK → MIA New York to Miami 1,757 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-mia) [JFK → CUN New York to Cancún 2,506 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-cun) [JFK → SJU New York to San Juan 2,578 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-sju) [JFK → DEN New York to Denver 2,610 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-den) ## 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) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-yyz for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt