- Great circle
- 6,481 km
- 4,027 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 8h 33m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 53.8°N
- at 38% along
- One lap of Earth
- 16.2%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 101st longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Munich the path crosses Germany, then Belgium, then United Kingdom, then Ireland, then 3,095 km of open water, then Canada, then 567 km of open water, then the United States.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 53.8°N, 38% of the way along.
Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 6,826 km. That is 345 km further, about 5% more, and roughly 26m of extra flying.
Leaving Munich the aircraft points north-west (297°); it arrives into New York heading south-west (231°). That is 66° 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
Munich to New York, asked and answered
- How far is Munich to New York?
- Munich to New York (MUC to JFK) is 6,481 km, or 4,027 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Munich to New York?
- About 8h 33m 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 Munich to New York flight take?
- The great circle passes over Germany, then Belgium, then United Kingdom, then Ireland, then 3,095 km of open water, then Canada, then 567 km of open water, then the United States. It reaches 53.8°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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