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title: "Manila to New York (MNL → JFK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Manila to New York is 13,696 km (8,510 mi) great circle, an estimated 17h 31m 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/mnl-to-jfk
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MNL → JFK

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

Ninoy Aquino to John F. Kennedy is 13,696 km of great circle — 8,510 mi — and an estimated 17h 31m in the air. It crosses from Asia to North America.

**Great circle**
13,696 km
8,510 mi

**Estimated in the air**
17h 31m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
77.0°N
at 61% along

**One lap of Earth**
34.2%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 15th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Manila the path crosses Philippines, then 1,849 km of open water, then South Korea, then North Korea, then China, then Russia, then 2,876 km of open water, then Canada, then 1,507 km of open water, then Canada, then the United States.

The great circle reaches 77.0°N, inside the Arctic circle — which is why the route looks like a detour over the top of the world on a flat map, and like the obvious line on a globe.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 16,323 km. That is 2,628 km further, about 19% more, and roughly 3h 16m of extra flying.

Leaving Manila the aircraft points north (13°); it arrives into New York heading south (163°). That is 149° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 1.94 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

MNL

## Ninoy Aquino

Manila, Philippines · Asia

14.5°N, 121.0°E

[MNL airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/mnl)

To

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)

## Manila to New York, asked and answered

**How far is Manila to New York?**
Manila to New York (MNL to JFK) is 13,696 km, or 8,510 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Manila to New York?**
About 17h 31m 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 Manila to New York flight take?**
The great circle passes over Philippines, then 1,849 km of open water, then South Korea, then North Korea, then China, then Russia, then 2,876 km of open water, then Canada, then 1,507 km of open water, then Canada, then the United States. It reaches 77.0°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.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[AKL → JFK Auckland to New York 14,215 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-jfk) [JFK → HKG New York to Hong Kong 12,970 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-hkg) [HKG → JFK Hong Kong to New York 12,970 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hkg-to-jfk) [SIN → JFK Singapore to New York 15,341 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-jfk) [JFK → ICN New York to Seoul 11,089 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-icn) [JFK → NRT New York to Tokyo 10,830 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-nrt)

## 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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