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title: "Singapore to New York (SIN → JFK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Singapore to New York is 15,341 km (9,532 mi) great circle, an estimated 19h 34m 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/sin-to-jfk
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SIN → JFK

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

Singapore Changi to John F. Kennedy is 15,341 km of great circle — 9,532 mi — and an estimated 19h 34m in the air. It crosses from Asia to North America.

**Great circle**
15,341 km
9,532 mi

**Estimated in the air**
19h 34m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
87.5°N
at 64% along

**One lap of Earth**
38.3%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 2nd longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Singapore the path crosses 920 km of open water, then Cambodia, then Thailand, then Laos, then Vietnam, then China, then Mongolia, then Russia, then 2,339 km of open water, then Greenland, then 652 km of open water, then Canada, then the United States.

The great circle reaches 87.5°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 18,501 km. That is 3,161 km further, about 21% more, and roughly 3h 56m of extra flying.

Leaving Singapore the aircraft points north (357°); it arrives into New York heading south (183°). That is 174° 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 2.17 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

SIN

## Singapore Changi

Singapore, Singapore · Asia

1.4°N, 104.0°E

[SIN airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/sin) [Flights to Singapore →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/singapore)

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)

## Singapore to New York, asked and answered

**How far is Singapore to New York?**
Singapore to New York (SIN to JFK) is 15,341 km, or 9,532 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Singapore to New York?**
About 19h 34m 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 Singapore to New York flight take?**
The great circle passes over 920 km of open water, then Cambodia, then Thailand, then Laos, then Vietnam, then China, then Mongolia, then Russia, then 2,339 km of open water, then Greenland, then 652 km of open water, then Canada, then the United States. It reaches 87.5°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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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[SIN → EWR Singapore to Newark 15,337 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-ewr) [GRU → SIN São Paulo to Singapore 15,995 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-sin) [AKL → JFK Auckland to New York 14,215 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-jfk) [LAX → SIN Los Angeles to Singapore 14,102 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-sin) [SIN → LAX Singapore to Los Angeles 14,102 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-lax) [MNL → JFK Manila to New York 13,696 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mnl-to-jfk)

## 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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