- Great circle
- 4,163 km
- 2,587 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 5h 40m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 64.0°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 10.4%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 145th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Reykjavík the path crosses 2,217 km of open water, then Canada, then the United States.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 64.0°N, 0% of the way along.
Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 4,255 km. That is 91 km further, about 2% more, and roughly 7m of extra flying.
Leaving Reykjavík the aircraft points west (257°); it arrives into New York heading south-west (214°). That is 42° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
JFK
John F. Kennedy
New York, United States · North America
40.6°N, 73.8°W
Reykjavík to New York, asked and answered
- How far is Reykjavík to New York?
- Reykjavík to New York (KEF to JFK) is 4,163 km, or 2,587 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Reykjavík to New York?
- About 5h 40m 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 Reykjavík to New York flight take?
- The great circle passes over 2,217 km of open water, then Canada, then the United States. It reaches 64.0°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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