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Revision as of 21:43, 9 April 2014
A non-stop flight, especially in the aviation industry, is a flight by an aircraft with no intermediate stops.
Ultra long-haul non-stop flights
An ultra long-haul non-stop flight is a flight by a commercially operated airliner with:
- No scheduled intermediate stop of any kind
- A route length over 7,500 miles (12,100 km)
These flights usually follow a great circle route, often passing over polar regions. As of February 2014, the longest non-stop scheduled airline flight only operates non-stop in one direction—from Australia to North America—and the return flight has a scheduled intermediate stop for refueling. However, this is the only ultra long-haul flight to operate as such, with all others being non-stop in both directions.
Time determinants
Along with the chosen cruising air speed, the time taken by a flight depends mainly on:
- The speed and direction of the winds at flight level, which can result in a tailwind, headwind and crosswind at various points of the flight
- ATC route
Flights crossing the middle latitudes often encounter the jet stream, which typically flows in a general eastward direction. As a result, flights traveling from west to east often experience a tailwind and have flight times that are considerably shorter than for flights traveling from east to west, which experience a headwind. Flight schedules account for this effect in an average sense, but when the jet stream is stronger or weaker than normal, or takes an unusual direction, large differences can occur from scheduled flight times.
Records
In August 1967, Aerolineas Argentinas established their non-stop "Plus Ultra" service between Madrid and Buenos Aires.[1] With a flight time of 12 h, the Boeing 707-based service[2] was the longest-ever scheduled flight (by distance) until the Boeing 747SP entered service in 1976. Iran Air began its scheduled non-stop service between New York and Tehran using its newly acquired long-range Boeing 747SPs, completing the eastward journey in 11 h 15 min. Although the airline planned a non-stop Tehran–Los Angeles flight, it never materialized due to the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The flight would have made a leap in the time and distance records (12,222 km – 7,595 mi). The Tehran–New York flight was suspended in November 1979.
In April 1976 Pan Am set a new record for longest non-stop scheduled flight with its New York–Tokyo route (10,854 km – 6,745 mi). In December the airline set another record with Sydney–San Francisco, covering 11,937 km (7,417 mi). Both routes were flown by Boeing 747SP aircraft.
In May 1988 the El Al began its long-haul passenger flight from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles, completing its journey in 13 h 41 min (12,189 km – 7,574 mi).
In modern day aviation, on August 1989, a Qantas Boeing 747-400 set a record for flying non-stop between Sydney and London at a distance of 18,001 km (11,185 mi). However, this is only a delivery flight. This is followed more recently by Singapore Airlines introduced ultra long-haul flights on 3 February 2004 to Los Angeles, and on 28 June 2004[3] to Newark from Singapore Changi Airport (Flight SIA 22). These two flights held the record for the longest commercial passenger non-stop flights in the world based on both time and distance, until both routes were cancelled on October and November of 2013, respectively. The route from New York City (JFK or Newark) to Hong Kong is the longest non-stop route in the world to be served by more than one airline (three daily non-stop and one via Vancouver by Cathay Pacific[4] and 1 daily by United Airlines). The routes served between Los Angeles and Sydney have the maximum number of airlines operating non-stop flights in the ultra-long-haul category. (4 Airlines—Delta Air Lines, Qantas, Virgin Australia and United Airlines) In terms of flight frequency, Emirates tops the list of ultra-long-haul flight operators, Six flights operating from its Dubai base to Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, São Paulo, San Francisco, and Seattle.
On 9 November 2005 a Boeing 777-200LR, dubbed the Worldliner, completed the world's longest non-stop passenger flight. It traveled 13,423 mi (21,602 km) eastward, as opposed to a normal westward routing for that sector, which is much shorter at 9,647 km, from Hong Kong to London, in roughly 22 h 22 min.[5] Aboard the 777-200LR were eight pilots including Suzanna Darcy-Henneman, Boeing's first female test pilot. Although the airplane seats 301, there were only 27 passengers aboard this flight. There were two Boeing executives; several Boeing 777 engineers; representatives from General Electric; and a dozen journalists from around the world. The aircraft belonged to PIA, Commander Asif Reza, senior vice president flight operations PIA, was in command and assisted by Captain Mohammed Ilyas Malik, designated as check pilot Boeing 777 in PIA, to fly the aircraft as Boeing's "Launch Customer", pending delivery of this very first plane to PIA, registered in Pakistan AP-BGY.[6]
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This was not, however, the record for longest time aloft for an airliner. This debatable record is claimed either by the 1939 Berlin–New York non-stop flight of a reciprocal piston powered Focke-Wulf Fw 200 built for Deutsche Lufthansa (flight time 24 h 56 min) or by a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1649 Starliner on the inaugural London–San Francisco polar route on 1–2 October 1957 (flight time 23 h 19 min). The L-1649A was the last of the Constellation series, and the ultimate piston-engine airliner in terms of range and endurance.[7] However, from 1943 to 1945 Qantas operated a weekly return flight from Western Australia to Sri Lanka with flight times 28–33 h. This was called The Double Sunrise service. The aircraft used was the Consolidated PBY Catalina.
Longest flights
The following table lists the world's longest non-stop scheduled passenger routes in distance order. City pairs may be served using different routings on the return journey, which may therefore involve different route length and journey times. Weather conditions, particularly the direction of jet streams, also have a significant impact on the time needed to complete the journey. For example, Singapore Airline's flight 21 from Newark to Singapore follows a 15,753 km great circle route within 70 nautical miles (130 km) of the Geographic North Pole, while its return flight, flight 22, is a 16,600 km route via Asia and Alaska.[citation needed] The Singapore to Los Angeles route on Singapore Airlines is scheduled for 16 h 30 min in summer (15 July 2009) and 15 h 35 min in winter (15 January 2010). On the return trip, the flight is scheduled for 17 h 20 min in summer (15 July 2009) and 18 h 5 min in winter (15 January 2010).
Because Europe is at the centre of the land hemisphere, the distances from Europe to the largest cities in North/South America, Africa and Asia are shorter than the flights below. The distance from Europe to Australia and New Zealand is longer than the flights on the list, but there are no non-stop flights between these continents at present. Currently, all of the top 16 flights departs from or arrives at one of nine cities in North America. Further, all but three of the top 30 have one terminus in North America.
Boeing is currently the dominant manufacturer in the ultra long-haul aircraft segment, with 25 of the 30 longest nonstop flights being operated by Boeing airliners such as the 777-300ER, 777-200LR and the 747-400ER.
Currently scheduled (top 30, by distance)
For the purposes of this table, multiple frequencies operated by the same airline between the same airports is counted as one flight, while different airlines operating between the same airports are counted separately. Also, each airport pair is counted separately, even though some cities have multiple airports supporting long-range flights (e.g. New York-Kennedy and Newark airports).
Rank (Dist.) |
From | To | Airline | Flight number |
Distance km (mi) [nm] |
Scheduled duration |
Aircraft type | First flight |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1[8] | Sydney | Dallas/Fort Worth | Qantas | QF 7 | 13,804 (8,578) [7,454] | 15 hr 25 min | Boeing 747-400ER | 16 May 2011[9][10] |
2 | Johannesburg | Atlanta | Delta Air Lines | DL 201 | 13,582 (8,439) [7,334] | 16 hr 40 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 3 June 2009[11] |
3 | Dubai | Los Angeles | Emirates | EK 215 | 13,420 (8,339) [7,246] | 16 hr 35 min | Airbus A380-800 | 26 October 2008[12] |
4 | Jeddah | Los Angeles | Saudia | SV 41 | 13,409 (8,332) [7,240] | 16 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 31 March 2014[13] |
5 | Dallas/Fort Worth | Brisbane | Qantas | QF 8 | 13,363 (8,303) [7,215] | 16 hr 05 min | Boeing 747-400ER | 16 May 2011[14] |
6 | Dubai | Houston | Emirates | EK 211 | 13,144 (8,168) [7,097] | 16 hr 20 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 3 December 2007[15] |
7 | Dubai | San Francisco | Emirates | EK 225 | 13,041 (8,103) [7,041] | 15 hr 50 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 15 December 2008[16] |
8 | New York | Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific | CX 831 CX 841 CX 845[17] |
12,990 (8,072) [7,014] | 16 hr 00 min[18] 16 hr 15 min[19] |
Boeing 777-300ER | 1 July 2004[20] |
9 | Newark | Hong Kong | United Airlines | UA 117 | 12,980 (8,065) [7,009] | 16 hr 0 min | Boeing 777-200ER | 1 March 2001[21] |
9 | Newark | Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific | CX 899 | 12,980 (8,065) [7,009] | 15 hr 50 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 1 March 2014[22] |
11 | Doha | Houston | Qatar Airways | QR 77 | 12,951 (8,047) [6,993] | 16 hr 15 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 31 March 2009[23] |
12 | Dubai | Dallas/Fort Worth | Emirates | EK 221 | 12,940 (8,040) [6.972] | 16 hr 0 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 2 February 2012[24] |
13 | Johannesburg | New York | South African Airways | SA 203 | 12,825 (7,969) [6,925] | 16 hr 15 min | Airbus A340-600 | 1 May 2011[25] |
14 | Los Angeles | Melbourne | Qantas | QF 94 | 12,748 (7,921) [6,883] | 15 hr 50 min[26] | Airbus A380-800 | 31 October 1999[27] |
14 | Los Angeles | Melbourne | Virgin Australia | VA 24 | 12,748 (7,921) [6,883] | 15 hr 50 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 1 December 2009[28] |
16 | Toronto | Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific | CX 825 CX 829 |
12,569 (7,810) [6,787] | 15 hr 25 min[18] 15 hr 30 min[19] |
Boeing 777-300ER | 1 January 2008[29] |
16 | Toronto | Hong Kong | Air Canada | AC 15 | 12,569 (7,810) [6,787] | 15 hr 35 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 1 August 2004[30] |
18 | New York | Taipei | EVA Air | BR 31 | 12,566 (7,808) [6,785] | 15 hr 30 min[18] 16 hr 10 min[19] |
Boeing 777-300ER | 31 October 2011[31] |
19 | Mumbai | Newark | United Airlines | UA 49 | 12,565 (7,807) [6,784] | 16 hr 05 min | Boeing 777-200ER | 1 October 2007[32] |
19 | Mumbai | Newark | Air India | AI 191 | 12,565 (7,807) [6,784] | 16 hr 05 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 31 October 2010[32] |
21 | Chicago | Hong Kong | United Airlines | UA 895 | 12,542 (7,793) [6,772] | 15 hr 25 min | Boeing 777-200ER | 15 June 1996[33] |
21 | Chicago | Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific | CX 807 | 12,542 (7,793) [6,772] | 15 hr 25 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 1 September 2011[34] |
23 | Vancouver | Sydney | Air Canada | AC 33 AC 35 |
12,484 (7,757) [6,741] | 15 hr 40 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 14 December 2007[35] |
24 | Dubai | Atlanta | Delta Air Lines | DL 7 | 12,230 (7,599) [6,604] | 15 hr 35 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 1 June 2007[36] |
25 | Dubai | São Paulo | Emirates | EK 261 | 12,217 (7,592) [6,597] | 14 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 1 October 2007[37] |
26 | Tel Aviv | Los Angeles | El Al | LY 5 | 12,189 (7,556) [6,581] | 15 hr 35 min | Boeing 777-200ER | 23 June 2006[38] |
27 | Abu Dhabi | São Paulo | Etihad | EY 191 | 12,122 (7,532) (6,545) | 15 hr 35 min | Airbus A340-500 | 1 June 2013 |
28 | Toronto | Taipei | EVA Air | BR 35 | 12,099 (7,520) [6,533] | 14 hr 45 min[18] 15 hr 30 min[19] |
Boeing 777-300ER | 29 March 2010[39] |
29 | Sydney | Abu Dhabi | Etihad | EY 451 EY 455 |
12,057 (7,492) [6,510] | 15 hr 00 min | Airbus A340-600 | 26 March 2007[40] |
29 | Sydney | Abu Dhabi | Virgin Australia | VA 29 | 12,057 (7,492) [6,510] | 14 hr 35 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 24 February 2011 |
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Route | Airline | Flight number |
Distance km (mi) [nm] | Scheduled duration | Aircraft Type | Final flight |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newark to Singapore | Singapore Airlines | SQ 21 | 15,345 (9,535) [8,285] | 18 hr 50 min | Airbus A340-500 | 23 November 2013 Service began on 28 June 2004, at which point it was the longest non-stop commercial flight.[41][42] |
Los Angeles to Singapore | Singapore Airlines | SQ 37 | 14,114 (8,770) [7,621] | 18 hr 05 min | Airbus A340-500 | 20 October 2013 (now operates via Tokyo) |
New York to Bangkok | Thai Airways International | TG 793 | 13,963 (8,676) [7,539] | 17 hr 00 min | Airbus A340-500 | 1 July 2008[43] |
Mumbai to Atlanta | Delta Air Lines | DL 185 | 13,695 (8,510) [7,395] | 17 hr 00 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 23 October 2009[44] |
Los Angeles to Bangkok | Thai Airways International | TG 795 | 13,309 (8,270) [7,186] | 17 hr 20 min | Airbus A340-500 | 30 April 2012 (now operates via Seoul) |
Manila to Toronto | Philippine Airlines | PR 118 | 13,230 (8,221) [7,143] | 16 hr 05 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 13 March 2013 (now operates via Vancouver)[45] |
New York to Hong Kong | United Airlines | UA 821 | 12,990 (8,072) [7,014] | 15 hr 40 min | Boeing 747-400 | 30 August 2001 Service began on 1 April 2001, at which point it was the longest non-stop commercial flight.[46] |
Washington, D.C. to Johannesburg | South African Airways | SA 208 | 12,813 (7,973) [6,929] | 17 hr 00 min | Airbus A340-600 | 30 April 2009 (now operates via Dakar)[47] |
Detroit to Hong Kong | Delta Air Lines | DL 187 | 12,645 (7,857) [6,828] | 15 hr 45 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 30 August 2012[48] |
Taipei to Newark | EVA Air | BR 32 | 12,552 (7,677) [6,777] | 14 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-300ER | 29 October 2011[31] BR 32 currently designated on the Taipei-New York Flight. |
Mumbai to New York | Delta Air Lines | DL 17 | 12,540 (7,790) [6,771] | 16 hr 00 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 31 October 2008[49] |
New York to Mumbai | Air India | AI 141 | 12,540 (7,790) [6,771] | 16 hr 00 min | Boeing 777-200LR | 30 October 2010 (now operates via New Delhi)[50] |
Minneapolis to Hong Kong | Northwest Airlines | NW 97 |
12,073 (7,501) [6,420] | 15 hr 10 min | Boeing 747-400 | 28 August 1998[51] |
Delhi to Chicago | American Airlines | AA 293 | 12,044 (7,484) [6,503] | 15 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-200ER | 28 February 2012[52] |
Airlines and aircraft types for non-stop flights
The sections below gives two separate views. The first one lists all the commercial aircraft types used for serving non-stop flights and their currently scheduled and operating longest flight. The second section attempts to list all the passenger airline companies in the world and their longest scheduled non-stop flight currently in operation.
By aircraft type
The table below lists the longest (by distance) non-stop flights operated by different types of aircraft. [53] [54] [55]
[56][53]Aircraft type | Route | Distance (km) | Distance (mi) | Scheduled duration | Airline | Flight number |
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Airbus A300-600 | Tehran to Bangkok | 5,501 | 3,472 | 06 hr 30 min | Mahan Air | W5 50/51 |
Airbus A310-300 | Rome to Toronto | 7,105 | 4,415 | 08 hr 45 min | Air Transat | TS 307/315/387 |
Airbus A318 | New York to London-City | 5,587 | 3,418 | 07 hr 25 min | British Airways Limited | BA 2/4 |
Airbus A319-100 | Freetown to London-Gatwick | 4,865 | 3,023 | 06 hr 50 min | Gambia Bird | 3G 1600 |
Airbus A320-200 | Bahrain to London- Heathrow | 5,095 | 3,166 | 07 hr 35 min | Gulf Air | GF 7 |
Airbus A321-200 | Dubai to Helsinki | 4,537 | 2,819 | 06 hr 35 min | Finnair | AY 962, 1964 |
Airbus A330-200 | Seoul-Incheon to Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta | 10,059 | 6,250 | 13 hr 40 min | Korean Air | KE 959 |
Airbus A330-300 | Istanbul to Chicago | 8,836 | 5,491 | 12 hr 10 min | Turkish Airlines | TK 5 |
Airbus A340-200 | Buenos Aires to Sydney | 11,789 | 7,326 | 15 hr 00 min | Aerolíneas Argentinas | AR 1180 |
Airbus A340-300 | Manila to Los Angeles | 11,757 | 7,305 | 12 hr 15 min | Philippine Airlines | PR 112 |
Airbus A340-500 | Abu Dhabi to São Paulo | 12,122 | 7,532 | 15 hr 35 min | Etihad Airways | EY 191 |
Airbus A340-600 | Johannesburg to New York | 12,825 | 7,969 | 16 hr 05 min | South African Airways | SA 203 |
Airbus A380-800 | Dubai to Los Angeles | 13,420 | 8,339 | 16 hr 35 min | Emirates | EK 215 |
ATR 42-500 | Mirny to Krasnoyarsk | 1395 | 867 | 03 hr 20 min | NordStar Airlines | Y7 88 |
ATR 72-200 | Copenhagen to Sarajevo | 1,373 | 853 | 03 hr 30 min | B&H Airlines | JA 407 |
ATR 72-500 | Mangareva to Papeete | 1,654 | 1,028 | 03 hr 55 min | Air Tahiti | VT 951 |
Boeing 737-200 | Ottawa to Iqaluit | 2,100 | 1,305 | 03 hr 10 min | Canadian North First Air |
5T 436/439 7F 862 |
Boeing 737-300 | Deer Lake to Winnipeg | 2,863 | 1,789 | 04 hr 26 min | Canadian North | 5T 1527 |
Boeing 737-400 | Portland to Anchorage | 2,482 | 1,542 | 04 hr 05 min | Alaska Airlines | AS 131 |
Boeing 737-500 | Krasnojarsk to Moscow | 3,363 | 2,090 | 05 hr 10 min | UTair Aviation | UT 582 |
Boeing 737-600 | Montreal to Edmonton | 2,977 | 1,850 | 04 hr 24 min | WestJet | WS 523 |
Boeing 737-700 | Montevideo to Panama City | 5,446 | 3,385 | 07 hr 30 min | Copa Airlines | CM 284 |
Boeing 737-700ER | Tokyo to Mumbai | 6,796 | 4,223 | 09 hr 35 min | All Nippon Airways | NH 943 |
Boeing 737-800 | Frankfurt to Pune | 6,703 | 4,159 | 08 hr 15 min | PrivatAir | PT 768 |
Boeing 737-900 | San Francisco to Boston | 4,352 | 2,704 | 05 hr 46 min | United Airlines | UA 1529 |
Boeing 737-900ER | Istanbul to Dar es Salaam | 5,404 | 3,357 | 07 hr 15 min | Turkish Airlines | TK 603 |
Boeing 747-400 | Los Angeles to Sydney | 12,051 | 7,488 | 14 hr 35 min 14 hr 50 min |
United Airlines Qantas |
UA 839 QF 108 |
Boeing 747-400ER | Sydney to Dallas/Fort Worth | 13,804 | 8,578 | 15 hr 25 min | Qantas | QF 7 |
Boeing 747-8I | Frankfurt to Sao Paulo | 9,805 | 6,093 | 12 hr 00 min | Lufthansa | LH 506 |
Boeing 747SP | Tehran to Kuala Lumpur | 6,334 | 3,936 | 08 hr 00 min | Iran Air | IR 841 |
Boeing 757-200 | Berlin-Tegel to Newark | 6,405 | 3,980 | 09 hr 20 min | United Airlines | UA 97 |
Boeing 757-300 | Boston to San Francisco | 4,352 | 2,704 | 06 hr 42 min | United Airlines | UA3,1727 |
Boeing 767-200ER | Tokyo Narita to Mexico City | 11,270 | 7,003 | 12 hr 00 min | Aeroméxico | AM 57 |
Boeing 767-300ER | Moscow Vnukovo to Los Angeles | 9,802 | 6,091 | 13 hr 00 min | Transaero | UN 557 |
Boeing 767-400ER | Rio de Janeiro to Houston | 8,072 | 5,016 | 10 hr 35 min | United Airlines | UA 128 |
Boeing 777-200 | Chicago to São Paulo | 8,452 | 5,252 | 10 hr 15 min | United Airlines | UA 845 |
Boeing 777-200ER | Newark to Hong Kong | 12,980 | 8,065 | 15 hr 50 min | United Airlines | UA 117 |
Boeing 777-200LR | Johannesburg to Atlanta | 13,582 | 8,439 | 16 hr 40 min | Delta Air Lines | DL 201 |
Boeing 777-300 | Bangkok to Oslo | 8,671 | 4,682 | 12 hr 10 min | Thai Airways International | TG 954 |
Boeing 777-300ER | Jeddah to Los Angeles | 13,409 | 8,332 | 16 hr 55 min | Saudia | SV 41 |
Boeing 787-8 | Washington-Dulles to Addis Ababa | 11,548 | 7,176 | 13 hr 30 min | Ethiopian Airlines | ET 501 |
Bombardier Dash 8 (200) | Reykjavik to Nuuk | 1,434 | 891 | 03 hr 20 min | Air Iceland | NY 407 |
Bombardier Dash 8 (Q400) | Yakutsk to Krasnoyarsk | 2,181 | 1,355 | 04 hr 10 min | Yakutia Airlines | R3 441 |
Canadair CRJ-700 | Minneapolis to Los Angeles | 2,470 | 1,535 | 04 hr 00 min | SkyWest Airlines dba United Express | OO 5639 |
Canadair CRJ-705 | Houston to Calgary | 2,812 | 1,747 | 04 hr 02 min | Jazz Air dba Air Canada Express | QK 8103, 8105, 8107 |
Cessna B208 Caravan | Jonesboro to St. Louis | 325 | 202 | 01 hr 30 min | Air Choice One | 3E 300/310 |
Embraer ERJ 145 | Atlantic City to Houston-Intercontinental | 2,165 | 1,345 | 03 hr 45 min | Expressjet dba United Express | EV 6170 |
Embraer E-170 | Montreal to Houston-Intercontinental | 2,559 | 1,590 | 04 hr 28 min | Shuttle America dba United Express | S5 3555 |
Embraer E-175 | Dallas/Fort Worth to New York | 2,234 | 1,389 | 03 hr 30 min | Compass Airlines dba Delta Connection | CP 5832, 5839 |
Embraer E-190 | Toronto-Pearson to Seattle | 3,316 | 2,060 | 05 hr 23 min | Air Canada | AC 541 |
Embraer E-195 | Campinas to Manaus | 2,609 | 1,621 | 04 hr 00 min | Azul Brazilian Airlines | AD 4005/ AD 4170 |
Fokker 50 | Reykjavik to Nuuk | 1,443 | 896 | 03 hr 20 min | Air Iceland | NY 407 |
Fokker 100 | Honiara to Nadi | 2,163 | 1,344 | 03 hr 00 min | Air Niugini | PX 84 |
Ilyushin Il-96-300 | Havana to Paris | 7,751 | 4,816 | 09 hr 40 min | Cubana de Aviación | CU 444 |
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | Amsterdam to Montreal | 5,524 | 3,433 | 07 hr 40 min | KLM | KL 671 |
Saab 340 | Anchorage to Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) | 1,274 | 797 | 03 hr 10 min | PenAir | KS 3298 |
By airline companies (currently scheduled)
The table below lists international airline companies with their longest (in mileage not time) non-stop flight currently in operation.
Airline | Flight number | Route | Distance (km) | Distance (mi) | Scheduled duration | Aircraft Type |
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Adria Airways | JP 915 | Moscow-Sheremetyevo to Ljubljana | 1,925 | 1,196 | 03 hr 05 min | Airbus A319 Canadair CRJ-900 |
Aegean Airlines | A3 608 | Athens to London Heathrow | 2,430 | 1,510 | 03 hr 30 min | Airbus A321-200 |
Aer Lingus | EI 147 | Dublin to San Francisco | 8,181 | 5,083 | 11 hr 00 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Aerolíneas Argentinas | AR 1180 | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza to Sydney | 11,789 | 7,326 | 15 hr 50 min | Airbus A340-200 |
Aeroméxico | AM 57 | Tokyo-Narita to Mexico City | 11,272 | 7,004 | 12 hr 45 min | Boeing 787-8 |
Aeroflot | SU 335 | Moscow-Sheremetyevo to Cancun | 10,013 | 6,202 | 14 hr 08 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Aerosvit | VV 141 | Kiev-Boryspil to Toronto-Pearson | 7,715 | 4,732 | 10 hr 45 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
AirTran Airways | FL 231 | Baltimore to Seattle | 3,746 | 2,023 | 05 hr 35 min | Boeing 737-700 |
Air Algérie | AH 3061 | Beijing to Algiers | 9,125 | 5,660 | 11 hr 30 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Air Arabia | G9 265 | Sharjah to Moscow-Domodedovo | 3,640 | 2,262 | 05 hr 30 min | Airbus A320-200 |
AirAsia | AK 203 | Kuala Lumpur to Kochi | 2,914 | 1,811 | 04 hr 10 min | Airbus A320-200 |
AirAsia X | D7 223 | Sydney to Kuala Lumpur | 6,579 | 4,088 | 08 hr 35 min | Airbus A330-300 |
AirAsia Zest | Z2 48 | Cebu to Seoul-Incheon | 3,019 | 1,876 | 04 hr 20 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Air Astana | KC 936 | Kuala Lumpur to Almaty | 5,110 | 3,175 | 08 hr 15 min | Boeing 757-200 |
Air Austral | UU 772/975 | Saint-Denis to Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 9,349 | 5,823 | 11 hr 15 min | Boeing 777-300ER / 777-200LR |
Air Baltic | BT 743 | Tashkent to Riga | 3,650 | 2,268 | 05 hr 20 min | Boeing 737-300 |
Air Berlin | AB 7430 | Düsseldorf to Los Angeles | 9,155 | 5,689 | 11 hr 50 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Air Botswana | BP 213 | Kasane to Johannesburg | 971 | 604 | 02 hr 20 min | ATR 42 |
Air Busan | BX 721 | Busan to Siem Reap | 4,015 | 2,168 | 05 hr 25 min | Airbus A321-200 |
Aircalin | SB 800 | Nouméa to Seoul-Incheon | 7,792 | 4,841 | 09 hr 55 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Air Caraïbes | TX 570 | Paris-Orly to Cayenne | 7,107 | 4,401 | 09 hr 00 min | Airbus A330-300 |
Air Canada | AC 15 | Toronto-Pearson to Hong Kong | 12,569 | 7,809 | 15 hr 25 min | Boeing 777-200LR |
Air China | CA 995 | Beijing to Houston-Intercontinental | 11,567 | 7188 | 13 hr 10 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Air Europa | UX 41 | Madrid to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza | 10,062 | 6,252 | 13 hr 20 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Air France | AF 406 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Santiago de Chile | 11,652 | 7,240 | 14 hr 10 min | Boeing 777-300ER / 777-200ER |
Air Greenland | GL 782 | Kangerlussuaq to Copenhagen | 3,440 | 2,138 | 04 hr 20 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Air Iceland | NY 423/1423 | Reykjavik to Nuuk | 1,434 | 864 | 03 hr 20 min | Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 |
Air India | AI 191 | Mumbai to Newark | 12,565 | 7,807 | 15 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-200LR |
Air Japan | NQ 1052 | Tokyo to Honolulu | 6,145 | 3,818 | 07 hr 00 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
Air Jamaica | JM 79 | Kingston to Toronto-Pearson | 2,886 | 1,781 | 04 hr 10 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Air Koryo | JS 161/162 | Pyongyang to Kuwait | 7,028 | 4,367 | 13 hr 10 min | Tupolev Tu-204-300 |
Air Macau | NX 862 | Macau to Tokyo-Narita | 3,000 | 1,864 | 04 hr 25 min | Airbus A321-200 |
Air Madagascar | MD 50 | Antananarivo to Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 8,726 | 5,422 | 11 hr 10 min | Airbus A340-300 |
Air Malta | KM 572 | Malta to Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 2,829 | 1,758 | 04 hr 00 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Air Mauritius | MK 42/46 | Mauritius to London-Heathrow | 9,765 | 6,066 | 12 hr 30 min | Airbus A340-300 |
Air Mekong | P8 916/915 | Hanoi to Phu Quoc | 1,233 | 766 | 02 hr 20 min | Bombardier CRJ900 |
Air Namibia | SW 286 | Windhoek to Frankfurt | 8,079 | 5,043 | 10 hr 00 min | Airbus A340-300 |
Air New Zealand | NZ 83 | Vancouver to Auckland | 11,335 | 7,060 | 14 hr 00 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Air Niugini | PX 54 | Port Moresby to Tokyo | 5,055 | 3,141 | 06 hr 35 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
Air One | AP 882 | Milan to Cairo | 2,618 | 1,627 | 03 hr 50 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Air Saint-Pierre | PJ 1123 | Saint-Pierre to Montreal-Dorval | 1,363 | 847 | 03 hr 25 min | ATR 42-500 |
Air Serbia | JU 801 | Abu Dhabi to Belgrade | 3,266 | 2,381 | 06 hr 05 min | Airbus A-319 |
Air Seychelles | HM 61 | Mahé Island to Johannesburg | 3,752 | 2,332 | 05 hr 10 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Air Tahiti | VT 951 | Mangareva to Papeete | 1,654 | 1,028 | 03 hr 55 min | ATR 72-500 |
Air Tahiti Nui | TN 78 | Papeete to Tokyo-Narita | 9,435 | 5,863 | 12 hr 25 min | Airbus A340-300 |
Air Transat | TS 691 | Athens to Toronto-Pearson | 8,149 | 5,063 | 10 hr 45 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Air Vanuatu | NF 10 | Port Vila to Sydney | 2,481 | 1,542 | 03 hr 45 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Alaska Airlines | AS 872 | Anchorage to Kailua-Kona | 4,636 | 2,881 | 06 hr 27 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Alitalia | AZ 680 | Rome-Fiumicino to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza | 11,136 | 6,919 | 14 hr 00 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
All Nippon Airways | NH 1 | Washington-Dulles to Tokyo-Narita | 10,868 | 6,753 | 14 hr 05 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
American Airlines | AA 289 | Chicago-O'Hare to Shanghai | 11,357 | 7,057 | 14 hr 30 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Arik Air | W3 107 | Lagos to New York-JFK | 8,449 | 5,250 | 11 hr 00 min | Airbus A340-500 |
Asiana Airlines | OZ 221 | New York-JFK to Seoul-Incheon | 11,114 | 6,906 | 14 hr 40 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Atlantic Airways | RC 491 | Barcelona to Vagar | 2,394 | 1,487 | 03 hr 30 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Austrian Airlines | OS 52 | Tokyo-Narita to Vienna | 9,176 | 5,702 | 12 hr 05 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Avianca | AV 19 | Barcelona to Bogotá | 8,516 | 5,287 | 11 hr 25 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Azerbaijan Airlines | J2 7 | Baku to London-Heathrow | 4,012 | 2,493 | 06 hr 00 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Azul Brazilian Airlines | AD 4005 | Campinas to Manaus | 2,605 | 1,619 | 04 hr 00 min | Embraer 195 |
B&H Airlines | JA 407 | Copenhagen to Sarajevo | 1,379 | 853 | 03 hr 30 min | ATR 72-200 |
Bangkok Airways | PG 711 | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi to Male | 3,168 | 1,968 | 04 hr 15 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Belair Airlines | 4T 2104 | Zurich to Marsa Alam | 3,337 | 2,074 | 04 hr 35 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Biman Bangladesh Airlines | BG 5/15/17 | Dhaka to London-Heathrow | 8,006 | 4,976 | 10 hr 30 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Boliviana de Aviación | OB 775 | Madrid to Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 8,903 | 4,807 | 11 hr 00 min | Boeing 767-200ER |
Business Air | HB 88 | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi to Tokyo-Narita | 4,650 | 2,889 | 06 hr 00 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
Bulgaria Air | FB 481 | Sofia to Málaga | 2,472 | 1,536 | 03 hr 45 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Blue Air | 0B 128 | Bucharest-Otopeni to Lisbon | 2,978 | 1,851 | 04 hr 50 min | Boeing 737-400 |
Blue Panorama Airlines | BV 1504 | Rome-Fiumicino to Managua | 9,710 | 6,400 | 12 hr 20 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
British Airways | BA 245 | London-Heathrow to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza | 11,111 | 6,904 | 13 hr 40 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Brussels Airlines | SN 359 | Brussels-National to Luanda | 6,690 | 4,160 | 07 hr 40 min | Airbus A330-300 |
Canadian North | 5T 1527 | Deer Lake to Winnipeg | 2,863 | 1,789 | 04 hr 26 min | Boeing 737-300 |
Cape Air | 9K 1029/1033/1037 | Boston to Saranac Lake | 343 | 213 | 01 hr 39 min | Cessna 402 |
Carpatair | V3 337 | Chisinau to Rome-Fiumicino | 1,443 | 897 | 02 hr 30 min | Boeing 737-300 |
Cathay Pacific | CX 831/841/845 | New York-JFK to Hong Kong | 12,990 | 8,072 | 16 hr 05 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Cayman Airways | KX 504 | Grand Cayman to Chicago-O'Hare | 2,591 | 1,610 | 03 hr 55 min | Boeing 737-300 |
Cebu Pacific | 5J 7944 | Manila to Dubai | 6,902 | 4,289 | 09 hr 06 min | Airbus A330-300 |
China Airlines | CI 19 | New York-JFK to Osaka-Kansai | 11,293 | 7,017 | 14 hr 40 min | Boeing 747-400 |
China Eastern | MU 588 | New York-JFK to Shanghai-Pudong | 11,897 | 7,375 | 14 hr 55 min | Airbus A340-600 |
China Southern | CZ 328 | Los Angeles to Guangzhou | 11,638 | 7,231 | 15 hr 30 min | Airbus A380-800 |
Condor Airlines | DE 6315 | Mauritius to Frankfurt | 9,178 | 5,703 | 11 hr 50 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
Conviasa | V0 3013 | Madrid to Caracas | 7,010 | 4,356 | 09 hr 05 min | Boeing 767-300 |
Copa Airlines | CM 284 | Montevideo to Panama City | 5,447 | 3,385 | 07 hr 30 min | Boeing 737-700 |
Corsair International | SS 953 | Mauritius to Paris-Orly | 9,427 | 5,850 | 11 hr 15 min | Boeing 747-400 |
Croatia Airlines | OU 357/359 | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion to Zagreb | 2,214 | 1,376 | 03 hr 30 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Cubana de Aviación | CU 444 | Havana to Paris-Orly | 7,751 | 4,816 | 09 hr 40 min | Ilyushin Il-96-300 |
Cyprus Airways | CY 358 | Larnaca to Manchester | 3,474 | 2,166 | 05 hr 10 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Czech Airlines | OK 191 | Seoul-Incheon to Prague | 8,257 | 5,131 | 11 hr 05 min | Airbus A330-300 |
Darwin Airline | F7 559 | Geneva to Cambridge | 791 | 492 | 01 hr 50 min | Saab 2000 |
Delta Air Lines | DL 201 | Johannesburg to Atlanta | 13,582 | 8,439 | 16 hr 40 min | Boeing 777-200LR |
Dragonair | KA 152 | Hong Kong to Bangalore | 3,959 | 2,460 | 05 hr 20 min | Airbus A330-300 |
Druk Air | KB 130 | Bagdogra to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi | 1,936 | 1,203 | 03 hr 00 min | Airbus A319-100 |
EasyJet | U2 1856 | Sharm-el-Sheikh to Manchester | 4,111 | 2,555 | 06 hr 00 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Edelweiss Air | WK 8946 | Zurich to Tokyo-Narita | 9,618 | 5,976 | 11 hr 55 min | Airbus A330-200 |
El Al | LY 5 | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion to Los Angeles | 12,189 | 7,556 | 15 hr 35 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Egypt Air | MS 965 | Tokyo-Narita to Cairo | 9,612 | 5,972 | 14 hr 20 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Emirates | EK 215 | Dubai to Los Angeles | 13,420 | 8,339 | 16 hr 35 min | Airbus A380-800 |
Etihad Airways | EY 191 | Abu Dhabi to São Paulo-Guarulhos | 12,122 | 7,532 | 15 hr 35 min | Airbus A340-500 |
Ethiopian Airlines | ET 501 | Washington–Dulles to Addis Ababa | 11,575 | 7,193 | 13 hr 30 min | Boeing 777-200LR / Boeing 787-8[57] |
Eurofly | GJ 2814 | Milan-Malpensa to Mauritius | 8,828 | 5,486 | 11 hr 10 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Estonian Air | OV 181/182 | Tallinn to Barcelona | 2,558 | 1,590 | 04 hr 00 min | Boeing 737-300 |
EVA Air | BR 32 | Taipei to New York-JFK | 12,565 | 7,807 | 15 hr 00 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Fiji Airways | FJ 811 | Los Angeles to Nadi | 8,881 | 5,525 | 10 hr 40 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Finnair | AY 82 | Singapore to Helsinki | 9,273 | 5,762 | 12 hr 05 min | Airbus A340-300 |
First Air | 7F 860/862 | Ottawa to Iqaluit | 2,100 | 1,305 | 03 hr 10 min | Boeing 737-200 Boeing 737-400 |
flyDubai | FZ 741/742 | Dubai to Belgrade | 3,819 | 2,373 | 05 hr 30 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Frontier Airlines | F9 641/642 | Denver to Fairbanks | 3,910 | 2,430 | 05 hr 27 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Gambia Bird | 3G 1600 | Freetown to London-Gatwick | 4,865 | 3,023 | 06 hr 50 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Garuda Indonesia | GA 86/87 | Jakarta to London-Gatwick | 11,797 | 7,330 | 15 hr 25 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Germanwings | 4U 252 | Tenerife-Sur to Cologne | 3,224 | 2,003 | 04 hr 40 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Gol Linhas Aéreas | G3 7710 | Rio de Janeiro-Galeao to Santo Domingo | 5,392 | 3,350 | 07 hr 10 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Gulf Air | GF 155/157 | Manila to Bahrain | 7,380 | 4,586 | 10 hr 15 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Hainan Airlines | HU 7976 | Toronto-Pearson to Beijing | 10,587 | 6,578 | 13 hr 00 min | Airbus A340-600 |
Hawaiian Airlines | HA 51 | New York-JFK to Honolulu | 9,100 | 5,654 | 11 hr 00 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Hong Kong Airlines | HX 789 | Hong Kong to Male | 4,790 | 2,976 | 06 hr 15 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Hong Kong Express | UO 622 | Hong Kong to Tokyo-HND | 2,904 | 1,805 | 04 hr 25 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Horizon Air | QX 2532 | Fresno to Seattle | 1,207 | 750 | 02 hr 25 min | Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 |
Iberia | IB 6831 | Madrid to Santiago de Chile | 10,700 | 6,647 | 13 hr 30 min | Airbus A340-600 |
Iceland Express | HC 3181 | Keflavik to Alicante | 3,211 | 1,995 | 04 hr 30 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Icelandair | FI 681 | Keflavik to Seattle | 5,830 | 3,622 | 07 hr 45 min | Boeing 757-200 |
Indonesia AirAsia | QZ 8122 | Surabaya to Bangkok | 2,948 | 1,832 | 04 hr 10 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Iran Air | IR 841 | Tehran to Kuala Lumpur | 6,334 | 3,936 | 08 hr 00 min | Boeing 747SP |
Iraqi Airways | IA238 | London to Baghdad | 4,097 | 2,546 | 06 hr 30 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Japan Airlines | JL 5 | New York to Tokyo | 10,854 | 6,745 | 13 hr 50 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
JAL Express | JC 891 | Osaka-kansai to Shanghai-Pudong | 1,309 | 813 | 02 hr 45 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Jeju Air | 7C 2201 | Seoul to Bangkok | 3,663 | 2,276 | 06 hr 15 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Jet Airways | 9W 120 | Mumbai to London-Heathrow | 7,221 | 4,487 | 09 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Jet2.com | LS143 | Glasgow to Gran Canaria | 3,225 | 2,004 | 04 hr 45 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Jetairfly | TB 502 | Cancún to Brussels | 8,314 | 5,151 | 10 hr 10 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
JetBlue Airways | B6 631 | Boston to San Francisco | 4,352 | 2,704 | 06 hr 49 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Jetstar Airways | JQ 2 | Honolulu to Melbourne | 8,885 | 5,520 | 11 hr 40 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Jin Air | LJ 701 | Seoul to Utapao | 3,732 | 2,319 | 06 hr 05 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Kenya Airways | KQ 882/883 | Nairobi to Guangzhou-Baiyun | 8,684 | 5,396 | 11 hr 30 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
KLM | KL 707 | Amsterdam to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza | 11,437 | 7,107 | 14 hr 10 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Korean Air | KE 33/35 | Seoul-Incheon to Atlanta | 11,477 | 7,132 | 14 hr 50 min | Airbus A380-800 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 777-200ER Boeing 777-300ER |
Kuwait Airways | KU 117 | Kuwait to New York-JFK | 10,222 | 6,316 | 12 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Lao Airlines | QV 912 | Seoul-Incheon to Vientiane | 3,176 | 1,973 | 05 hr 10 min | Airbus A320-200 |
LAN Airlines | LA 705 | Madrid to Santiago de Chile | 10,700 | 6,647 | 14 hr 00 min | Boeing 787-8 |
Lion Air | JT 110/111 | Jakarta to Jeddah | 7,974 | 4,955 | 09 hr 40 min | Boeing 747-400 |
LOT Polish Airlines | LO 2 | Warsaw to Chicago-O'Hare | 7,540 | 4,685 | 10 hr 10 min | Boeing 787-8 |
Lufthansa | LH 510 | Frankfurt to Buenos Aires-Ezeiza | 11,477 | 7,132 | 13 hr 45 min | Boeing 747-400 |
Luxair | LG 715 | Luxembourg to Tenerife-Sur | 3,081 | 1,914 | 04 hr 30 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Mahan Air | W5 5049 | Tehran-Imam Khomeini to Phuket | 5,662 | 3518 | 08 hr 00 min | Airbus A310-300 |
Malaysia Airlines | MH 2/4 | Kuala Lumpur to London-Heathrow | 10,610 | 6,592 | 13 hr 10 min | Airbus A380-800 |
MIAT Mongolian Airlines | OM 135 | Ulaanbaatar to Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 4,649 | 2,889 | 06 hr 35 min | Boeing 737-800 Boeing 767-300ER |
Middle East Airlines | ME 5607 | Beirut to Abidjan | 5,151 | 3,486 | 07 hr 20 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Mihin Lanka | MJ 603 | Colombo to Jakarta | 3,316 | 2,060 | 04 hr 50 min | Airbus A321-200 |
Monarch Airlines | ZB 369 | London Gatwick to Tobago | 7,006 | 4,353 | 08 hr 30 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Myanmar Airways International | 8M 231 | Yangon to Singapore | 1,920 | 1,193 | 02 hr 55 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Nepal Airlines | RA 230 | Kathmandu to Doha | 3,370 | 2,094 | 04 hr 25 min | Boeing 757-200 |
Nextjet | 2N 443 | Stockholm-Arlanda to Arvidsjaur | 666 | 414 | 01 hr 40 min | British Aerospace ATP |
Niki | HG 2600 | Vienna to Tenerife Sur | 3,616 | 2,247 | 04 hr 55 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Norlandair | FNA 505 | Akureyri to Constable Point | 598 | 371 | 02 hr 15 min | De Haviland DHC 6-300 Twin Otter |
Norwegian Air Shuttle | DY 5002 | Oslo to Dubai | 5,133 | 3,208 | 07 hr 00 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Novair | 1I 811/9811 | Stockholm-Arlanda to Krabi | 8,730 | 5,425 | 10 hr 30 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Olympic Air | OA 391 | Athens to Belgrade | 822 | 511 | 01 hr 55 min | Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 |
Oman Air | WY 101 | Muscat to London-Heathrow | 5,840 | 3,629 | 08 hr 35 min | Airbus A330-300 |
Orient Thai Airlines | OX 300 | Bangkok to Seoul | 3,663 | 2,276 | 05 hr 25 min | Boeing 747-400 Boeing 767-300 |
Pakistan International Airlines | PK 783 | Karachi to Toronto | 11,691 | 7,265 | 15 hr 00 min | Boeing 777-200LR |
PAL Express | 2P 875 | Manila to Kuala Lumpur | 2,489 | 1,547 | 03 hr 45 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Passaredo Linhas Aéreas | Y8 2224 | São Paulo to Vitória da Conquista | 1,117 | 694 | 03 hr 00 min | ATR 72 |
Pegasus Airlines | PC 502 | İzmir to London Stansted | 2,578 | 1,392 | 03 hr 35 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Philippine Airlines | PR 102/112 | Manila to Los Angeles | 11,756 | 7,305 | 12 hr 40 min 13 hr 00 min |
Boeing 747-400 Airbus A340-300 |
Porter Airlines | PD 701 | Toronto to Myrtle Beach | 1,105 | 687 | 02 hr 20 min | Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 |
Pullmantur Air | EB7003 | Madrid to Cancun | 7,973 | 4,954 | 10 hr 40 min | Boeing 747-400 |
Qantas | QF 7 | Sydney to Dallas/Fort Worth | 13,804 | 8,578 | 15 hr 25 min | Boeing 747-400ER |
Qatar Airways | QR 77 | Doha to Houston | 12,951 | 8,047 | 16 hr 20 min | Boeing 777-200LR |
Rossiya Airlines | FV 885 | Saint Petersburg to Dushanbe | 2,857 | 2,229 | 05 hr 00 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Royal Air Maroc | AT 215 | Casablanca to São Paulo | 7,517 | 4,671 | 09 hr 55 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
Royal Brunei Airlines | BI 81 | Bandar Seri Begawan to Jeddah | 8,344 | 5,177 | 09 hr 45 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Royal Jordanian | RJ 263 | Amman to Chicago | 10,035 | 6,236 | 13 hr 40 min | Airbus A340-200 |
Rwandair | WB 211 | Mombasa to Dubai | 3,661 | 2,275 | 05 hr 40 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Ryanair | FR 1229 | Billund to Tenerife Sur | 3,699 | 2,298 | 05 hr 20 min | Boeing 737-800 |
S7 Airlines | S7 850 | Phuket to Novosibirsk | 5,384 | 3,346 | 09 hr 15 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
SATA International | S4 851 | Lisbon to Salvador de Bahia | 7,929 | 4,927 | 08 hr 40 min | Airbus A310 |
Saudia | SV 41 | Jeddah to Los Angeles | 13,409 | 8,332 | 16 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Scandinavian Airlines System | SK 935 | Copenhagen to San Francisco | 8,817 | 5,478 | 11 hr 20 min | Airbus A340-300 |
Shandong Airlines | SC 4905 | Jinan to Ürümqi | 2,628 | 1,633 | 04 hr 25 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Sichuan Airlines | 3U 601 | Chengdu to Melbourne | 8,671 | 5,388 | 10 hr 40 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Singapore Airlines | SQ 1 | San Francisco to Hong Kong | 11,147 | 6,927 | 15 hr 00 min | Airbus A380-800 Boeing 777-300ER |
Silkair | MI 933 | Chengdu-Shuangliu to Singapore | 3,234 | 2,010 | 04 hr 50 min | Airbus A320-200 |
SkyTaxi | IGA 826 | Wroclaw to Zurich | 728 | 452 | 02 hr 05 min | Saab 340 |
South African Airways | SA 203 | Johannesburg to New York | 12,825 | 7,969 | 16 hr 05 min | Airbus A340-600 |
South East Asian Airlines | DG 7792 | Clark to Singapore | 2,378 | 1,478 | 03 hr 30 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Southwest Airlines | WN 1149/2146 | Baltimore to Los Angeles | 3,730 | 2,320 | 06 hr 05 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Spirit Airlines | NK 578 | Lima to Ft Lauderdale | 4,227 | 2,627 | 05 hr 50 min | Airbus A319-100 |
SriLankan Airlines | UL 3/5/501 | Colombo to London-Heathrow | 8,718 | 5,413 | 11 hr 30 min | Airbus A340-300 |
Sun Country Airlines | SY 8/47 | London-Gatwick to Gander[58] | 3,813 | 2,370 | 06 hr 00 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Swiss International Air Lines | LX 179 | Singapore to Zurich | 10,309 | 6,406 | 13 hr 00 min | Airbus A340-300 |
TAAG Angola Airlines | DT 690 | Luanda to Beijing | 11,777 | 7,318 | 15 hr 30 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
TAM Airlines | JJ 8071 | Frankfurt to São Paulo | 9,774 | 6,073 | 12 hr 50 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
TAME | EQ 550 | Guayaquil to New York | 4,815 | 2,992 | 06 hr 45 min | Airbus A330-200 |
TAP Portugal | TP 163 | Lisbon to Porto Alegre | 8,774 | 5,452 | 11 hr 15 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Tarom | RO 65 | Bucharest to Dubai | 3,389 | 2,118 | 04 hr 55 min | Boeing 737-700 |
Thai Airways | TG 948 | Bangkok to Madrid | 10,206 | 6,342 | 12 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Thai AirAsia | FD 3677 | Denpasar to Bangkok | 2,948 | 1,832 | 04 hr 15 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Tigerair | TR 2717/2715 | Singapore to Perth | 3,895 | 2,420 | 05 hr 15 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Thomas Cook Airlines | MT 104 | Manchester to Cancun | 7,802 | 4,848 | 10 hr 30 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Thomson Airways | BY 188 | Manchester to Male | 8,694 | 5,402 | 11 hr 00 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
Transaero | UN 588 | Cancun to Moscow-Vnukovo | 10,067 | 6,256 | 12 hr 40 min | Boeing 747-400 |
Transavia | HV 6901 | Amsterdam to Dubai | 5,174 | 3,215 | 07 hr 00 min | Boeing 737-800 |
TUIfly Nordic | 6B 841 | Oslo to Phuket | 9,075 | 5,639 | 11 hr 30 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
Tunisair | TU 833 | Tunis to Dubai | 4,451 | 2,766 | 05 hr 35 min | Airbus A319-100 |
Turkish Airlines | TK 9 | Istanbul to Los Angeles | 11,058 | 6,871 | 13 hr 40 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Tyrolean Airways | VO 615 | Vienna to Krasnodar | 1,736 | 1,084 | 02 hr 50 min | Fokker 100 |
Ukraine International Airlines | PS 3852 | Goa-Dabolim to Donetsk | 4,903 | 3,046 | 06 hr 50 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Uni Air | B7 35 | Kaohsiung to Ho Chi minh City | 1,953 | 1,214 | 03 hr 15 min | McDonnell Douglas MD-90 |
United Airlines | UA 117 | Newark to Hong Kong | 12,980 | 8,065 | 15 hr 55 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
US Airways | US 797 | Tel Aviv to Philadelphia | 9,288 | 5,754 | 13 hr 10 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Ural Airlines | U6 704 | Beijing to Yekaterinburg | 4,375 | 2,719 | 06 hr 15 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Uzbekistan Airways | HY 101 | Riga to New York | 6,764 | 4,203 | 09 hr 50 min | Boeing 767-300ER |
Vietnam Airlines | VN 141 | Ho Chi Minh City to London-Gatwick | 10,223 | 6,352 | 13 hr 00 min | Boeing 777-200ER |
Virgin America | VX 351/353/357/1355 | Boston to San Francisco | 4,352 | 2,704 | 06 hr 30 min | Airbus A319-100 Airbus A320-200 |
Virgin Atlantic | VS 201 | Hong Kong to London | 9,647 | 5,994 | 12 hr 30 min | Airbus A340-600 |
Virgin Australia | VA 24 | Los Angeles to Melbourne | 12,748 | 7,921 | 15 hr 45 min | Boeing 777-300ER |
Vladivostok Air | XF 717 | Krasnoyarsk to Baku | 3,553 | 2,008 | 05 hr 20 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Vueling Airlines | VY 7845 | Tel Aviv to Barcelona | 3,087 | 1,918 | 04 hr 35 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Volotea | V7 2819 | Tenerife Sur to Nantes | 2,489 | 1,547 | 03 hr 20 min | Boeing 717-200 |
WestJet | WS 2057 | Cancun to Vancouver | 4,476 | 2,781 | 06 hr 39 min | Boeing 737-800 |
Wizz Air | W6 2497 | Budapest to Dubai World Central | 4,029 | 2,503 | 06 hr 25 min | Airbus A320-200 |
WOW air | X9 177 | Keflavik to Alicante | 3,211 | 1,995 | 04 hr 30 min | Airbus A320-200 |
Xiamen Airlines | MF 869 | Fuzhou to Jakarta | 3,830 | 2,380 | 05 hr 20 min | Boeing 737-800 |
XL Airways France | SE 62 | Paris to San Francisco | 8,985 | 5,583 | 11 hr 35 min | Airbus A330-200 |
Yakutia Airlines | R3 732 | Anadyr to Moscow | 6,226 | 3,869 | 08 hr 20 min | Boeing 757-200 |
Yemen Airways | IY 862 | Dubai to Jakarta | 6,230 | 3,628 | 08 hr 05 min | Airbus A330-300 |
Future of ultra long-haul
The longest non-stop flights currently running are not the longest city pairs theoretically possible. Flights on the Kangaroo route, if flown non-stop, would exceed 17,000 kilometres (9,200 nmi). The longest routes possible are between antipodes, or points on the Earth's surface opposite each other with the Earth's center directly between, a distance of 20,038 km at the equator. Flights between Buenos Aires and Shanghai, Quito and Kuala Lumpur, Wellington and Madrid, Perth and Bermuda or Asuncion and Taipei have a distance of flight at 19,602 km, 19,715 km, 19,851 km, 19,918 km, and 19,933 km respectively. A theoretical non-stop flight between Málaga and Auckland, which are nearly antipodal, would cover a great circle distance of flight at 19,943 km.
Singapore Airlines announced the termination of its ultra-longhaul nonstop flights to Los Angeles and Newark in late 2013, after Airbus agreed to buy back the carrier's five A340-500s. It is believed that these services continued to fall short of revenue expectations, despite the airline switching to an all–business class cabin layout.[59]
The Boeing 777-200LR airliner can cover the distance between antipodes with no payload, but its range decreases significantly with the added weight of cargo and passengers. As of 2009, no airline has plans to introduce a non-stop service longer than the Singapore–Newark run, though both Airbus and Boeing have hinted at interest in developing variants to their long-haul airliners to make a London–Sydney non-stop flight economically feasible, for which purpose the Airbus consortium will offer the special Airbus A350-900R XWB variant to British Airways. The great-circle distance between London Heathrow Airport and Sydney Airport is 16,995 km.
On November 2013, Boeing officially launched the 777X program,[60] with the Boeing 777-8X capable of traveling 9,300 nautical miles (17,200 km). The 777X is scheduled to enter service in 2020.[61]
Other proposals include utilization of point-to-point sub-orbital spaceflight for the ultra long-haul distances.
Shortest flights
The following table lists the shortest (less than 100 miles/160 kilometers) non-stop scheduled passenger routes per airline.
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See also
- Domestic flight
- Flight length
- ETOPS/LROPS
- International flight
- Longest train journeys
- Flight distance record
- Mainline
- World's busiest passenger air routes
References
- ^ Mañana llega a Barajas el primer avión del nuevo servicio Buenos Aires-Madrid, sin escalas ABC, 6 August 1969, p65. Retrieved: 17 October 2013.
- ^ Advertisement with service details ABC Magazine ABC, 28 September 1967, p20. Retrieved: 17 October 2013.
- ^ SIA sets new world record with direct flight to New York
- ^ Cathay Pacific launches new services to Chicago and Abu Dhabi, boosts frequencies to New York and Toronto
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