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- Distance
- 12,970 km
- 8,059 mi
- Flying time
- 16h 37m
- estimated
- Around the Earth
- 0.32×
- the equator
- Flights
- 1
- Airports
- 2
- Countries
- 2
- Continents
- 2
| Flight | Distance | Time | Route page |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK → HKGNew York to Hong Kong | 12,970 km | 16h 37m | Route guide |
JFK → HKG is 12,970 km of flying across 2 countries — about 16h 37m in the air.
Try a famous trip
Each one opens the generator with the route already drawn.
- Round the world, eastboundLHR → DXB → SIN → SYD → LAX → JFK → LHR6 flights · 39,213 km · 5 countries
- Europe to the US West Coast via New YorkOTP → LHR → JFK → LAX3 flights · 11,619 km · 3 countries
- Kangaroo route, the old wayLHR → SIN → SYD2 flights · 17,177 km · 3 countries
- Across the PacificSFO → HNL → NRT → SYD3 flights · 17,825 km · 3 countries
- Two trips on one mapCDG → HND · LAX → MEX → GRU3 flights · 19,641 km · 5 countries
- The polar shortcutJFK → HKG1 flight · 12,970 km · 2 countries
Why flight paths curve on a map
Every line is a great circle: the shortest path between two airports over the surface of the Earth. Long-haul flights follow it closely, which is why London to Los Angeles heads north over Greenland rather than straight west across the Atlantic.
On a flat map that shortest path bends toward the nearer pole. The straight line you might draw instead — a constant compass bearing — is longer, sometimes by hundreds of kilometres. The flight distance calculator shows the difference for any pair.
The flat map uses the Equal Earth projection, which keeps every country its true size, and turns to keep a trip across the Pacific in one piece. The globe is an orthographic view aimed at the middle of your route.
Distances are great-circle kilometres from airport coordinates; flying times are estimates at 500 mph plus 30 minutes for take-off and landing. For the emissions of a single flight, try the flight carbon calculator.
Questions about mapping your flights
Add each airport you flew through, in order, with the stop pickers — or paste the whole trip as codes, like OTP-LHR-JFK-LAX. The map draws as you go. Choose a flat map or a globe, turn the airport codes and city names on or off, then download it as a square, landscape or story-sized image.
One trip is a map. Every flight is a story.
Orbit keeps your whole flight history — every route, the distance, the hours, the countries and continents — on a globe you can spin. Offline, free to start.