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Over time, different airline companies have established a number of ultra-long haul non-stop flights. This article covers the longest flights among them. The opening of these super long routes can reduce the number of stops passengers must take to increase passenger comfort in the journey and reduce the time needed to travel between distant city pairs, although stopovers can also be rejuvenating in long distance travel.[1][2] It also can help build ego and build loyalty among a set of flyers.[3] And thus there is competition among airlines to establish the longest flight.[4]

Definition

The term "longest flight" can mean numerous different things. The most commonly used metric would be for distance between the origin airport and destination airport, but it can also refer to longest in term of time needed to fly the route or the distance actually flown by the aircraft (when a longer route can use the jet stream to actually reduce total travel time). Also, although the term is most commonly used to compare between different non-stop flights, direct flights with stops (same flight number used for full journey) might also be compared in some occasions.

Current longest route

The "world's longest flight" has disputed status due to the generality of such a claim. While the distance between two cities is constant, aircraft do not follow a straight path but will adjust the flight path based on headwinds and tailwinds and other weather events, and to avoid flying over certain countries because of politics or war.[5] Since October 11, 2018, the longest non-stop scheduled airline flight by great circle distance is Singapore Airlines Flights 21/22 between Singapore and Newark, New Jersey[6] at 15,344 kilometres (8,285 nmi; 9,534 mi).[7] Routings may avoid the shorter ground distance of a great circle route to use tailwinds to save time and fuel, shortening the equivalent still-air distance. Typically, the longest flights measured by ground distance traveled are Singapore Airline's flight 22 from Singapore to Newark. Both of these routes have the geometrically optimal great circle route near the North Pole, but rather choose to fly over the Pacific Ocean where the jet stream aids to save flying time and fuel. In general, both of these flights travel about 15,300 km (8,261 nmi; 9,507 mi) in ground distance, and it is not unheard of for particular flights to cover more than 16,000 km (8,639 nmi; 9,942 mi). However, for both of these flights, the great circle distance is among the top 30 longest.[8][9] Cathay Pacific flights from Hong Kong to New York City-JFK will also sometimes fly 15,000 km (8,099 nmi; 9,321 mi) ground routes, instead of a 12,984 km (7,011 nmi; 8,068 mi) great circle route, for the same reason.[10]

History

PBY Catalina G-AGKS of the Double Sunrise service.

From 1943 to 1945, Qantas operated "The Double Sunrise", a weekly 5,652 kilometres (3,052 nmi; 3,512 mi) flight between Perth, Australia and Koggala Lagoon in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) with average flight times of 28 hours, using a Consolidated PBY Catalina.[11] One of these flights remains the record holder for longest time airborne (for a commercial flight) at 32 hours, 9 minutes.[12]

On October 1–2, 1957, a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, the ultimate piston-engine airliner in terms of range and endurance, flew the inaugural 8,638 kilometres (4,664 nmi; 5,367 mi) London–San Francisco polar route in 23 hours, 19 minutes.[13] In June 1961, an El Al Boeing 707-320 flew a 9,137 kilometres (4,934 nmi; 5,677 mi) route from New York City-JFK to Tel Aviv averaging 9 hours, 33 minutes. This route was previously tested in December 1957 with a Bristol Britannia.[14] In August 1967, Aerolíneas Argentinas established its non-stop Boeing 707-320B service on a 10,063 kilometres (5,434 nmi; 6,253 mi) route between Madrid and Buenos Aires with a flight time of 12 hours.[15] The arrival of the more fuel-efficient turbofans made easier the possibility of longer flights. The Aerolíneas Argentinas route was the longest scheduled flight by distance until 1976, when the Boeing 747-SP entered service. In April 1976, Pan American World Airways set the new record with its 10,899 kilometres (5,885 nmi; 6,772 mi) New York City-JFK/Tokyo-Haneda route. In December, the airline set another record with Sydney–San Francisco, covering 11,937 kilometres (6,445 nmi; 7,417 mi).[citation needed]

The dissolution of the Soviet Union eventually opened the airspace over Russia, allowing new circumpolar routes to come into use for commercial airlines.[16] On March 1, 2001, Continental Airlines launched a 12,980 kilometres (7,009 nmi; 8,065 mi) non-stop service from Newark to Hong Kong flying Boeing 777 aircraft. The duration of the non-stop flight exceeded 16 hours.[16] Within a month, United Airlines started its own New York City-JFK to Hong Kong service with Boeing 747-400 aircraft, adding 11 kilometers to the distance.[16]

In June 2004, Singapore Airlines introduced Flight SQ 21, using the Airbus A340-500 on a 15,344 kilometres (8,285 nmi; 9,534 mi) great circle route from Newark to Singapore, passing within 130 kilometres (70 nmi; 81 mi) of the North Pole and taking a little over 18 hours.[17] This was immediately surpassed by return Flight SQ 22, which flew the current record of 16,600 kilometres (8,963 nmi; 10,315 mi) back to Newark.[18] Despite the greater distance, SQ 22 averaged a slightly shorter 17 hours, 45 minutes because of prevailing high-altitude winds.[19]

In the late 2000s/early 2010s, rising fuel prices coupled with the Great Recession caused the cancellation of many ultra-long haul, non-stop flights.[20] This included the services provided by Singapore Airlines from Singapore to both Newark and Los Angeles that was ended in late 2013.[21][22] But as fuel prices have since decreased and more fuel efficient aircraft have come into service, many ultra-long haul routes have been reinstated or newly scheduled.[20]

Record flights

A Qantas B747-400 known as the City of Canberra (VH-OJA). This 747 flew from London to Sydney non-stop during its 1989 promotional flight, flying 17,000 kilometers in about 20 hours.

A number of promotional or delivery flights have extended the record of longest non-stop flights by a commercial aircraft.

In August 1989, the first Qantas Boeing 747-400, the City of Canberra, set a non-stop distance record for a commercial aircraft by flying 17,016 kilometres (9,188 nmi; 10,573 mi) between London and Sydney in 20 hours, 9 minutes. The purpose was to publicize the airline's "Longreach" services with the 747-400. In addition to the five pilots, two cabin crew and sixteen passengers were aboard.[23]

This record held until June 16, 1993, when an Airbus A340-200, dubbed the World Ranger, flew from the Paris Air Show to Auckland, New Zealand in 21 hours 32 minutes and back in 21 hours, 46 minutes after a five-hour layover. This was the first non-stop flight between Europe and New Zealand.[24] The 19,277 kilometres (10,409 nmi; 11,978 mi) Paris to Auckland had 22 people aboard and five center tanks.[25]

The record was extended in July 1997, when a Boeing 777-200ER flew 20,044 kilometres (10,823 nmi; 12,455 mi) from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on delivery to Malaysia Airlines.[26]

The record was further extended on November 9, 2005, by a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200LR. It traveled 21,602 kilometres (11,664 nmi; 13,423 mi) eastward from Hong Kong to London-Heathrow in roughly 22 hours, 22 minutes as opposed to a normal westward routing for that sector, which is much shorter at 9,648 kilometres (5,210 nmi; 5,995 mi).[27] Aboard were eight pilots and 27 passengers.[28]

Four months later, on March 25, 2006, British Airways (BA) used a similar Boeing 777-200ER to fly the longest commercial non-stop flight with paying passengers, when chartered by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and his entourage of staff and journalists to fly from meetings in Brussels, traveling non-stop to ensure their attendance at the closing ceremonies of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[29] The flight, covering 17,157 kilometres (9,264 nmi; 10,661 mi) and lasting 18 hours, 45 minutes, included a BA staff of 20 to facilitate cockpit and cabin crew rotation during the flight.[29]

Airliners

The longest range Airbus jetliner in service is the A350-900ULR, which is capable of flying 18,000 kilometres (9,700 nmi; 11,000 mi).[30][31] The A340-500, which is capable of flying 16,670 kilometres (9,000 nmi; 10,360 mi) with 293 passengers. The A380 is capable of flying 15,200 kilometres (8,200 nmi; 9,400 mi) with 544 passengers. The regular A350-900 can fly 15,000 kilometres (8,100 nmi; 9,300 mi) with 325 passengers.

The longest range Boeing airliner in service is the 777-200LR, which can cover 17,446 kilometres (9,420 nmi; 10,840 mi) with 317 passengers. The announced Boeing 777-8X will be capable of flying 16,110 kilometres (8,700 nmi; 10,010 mi) with 350 to 375 passengers.[32] A longer range variant of the 777-8X could enable economical non-stop flights on the 17,016-kilometre (9,188 nmi; 10,573 mi) Kangaroo Route between London and Sydney in about 19 hours.[33]

Many long-haul, non-stop routes that have been uneconomical are being made viable by newer aircraft like the Airbus A330neo, the Airbus A350 XWB, the Boeing 777X, and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.[34]

Longest passenger flights

Non-stop flights (top 10, by great circle distance)

The following table lists the world's longest non-stop scheduled passenger routes by "great circle" distance. The actual distance flown, however, can be longer than the great circle distance for a variety of reasons, such as avoiding severe weather, taking advantage of favorable winds aloft, detouring around closed airspace, and diverting around war zones.

For the purposes of this table, multiple flights operated by the same airline between the same airports are 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. Kennedy and Newark airports serving New York City and Haneda and Narita serving Tokyo).

Rank
(Dist.)		 From To Airline Flight
number		 Distance Scheduled
duration 		Aircraft type First flight
1 Newark Singapore Singapore Airlines SQ 21 15,344 km (9,534 mi; 8,285 nmi) 18:30 to 18:45 Airbus A350-900ULR 11 October 2018Note 1[35]
2 Auckland Doha Qatar Airways QR 921 14,535 km (9,032 mi; 7,848 nmi) 17:40 to 18:20 Boeing 777-200LRNote 2 5 February 2017[36]
3 Perth London–Heathrow Qantas QF 9 14,499 km (9,009 mi; 7,829 nmi)[37] 17:20 Boeing 787-9 24 March 2018[38]
4 Auckland Dubai Emirates EK 449 14,200 km (8,823 mi; 7,667 nmi) 17:05 to 17:20 Airbus A380-800 2 March 2016
5 Los Angeles Singapore Singapore Airlines SQ 37, SQ 35 14,113 km (8,769 mi; 7,620 nmi) 15:00 to 17:50 Airbus A350-900ULR 2 November 2018[39]
6 Houston Sydney United Airlines UA 101 13,834 km (8,596 mi; 7,470 nmi) 17:30 Boeing 787-9 18 January 2018[40]
7 Dallas/Fort Worth Sydney Qantas QF 8[41] 13,804 km (8,577 mi; 7,454 nmi) 16:50 to 17:05 Airbus A380-800 29 September 2014Note 3[42][43]
8 New York–JFK Manila Philippine Airlines PR 127 13,712 km (8,520 mi; 7,404 nmi) 17:10 to 17:30 Airbus A350-900 29 October 2018[44]
9 San Francisco Singapore United Airlines UA 1, UA 29 13,593 km (8,446 mi; 7,340 nmi) 16:25 to 17:20 Boeing 787-9 1 June 2016[45]
Singapore Airlines SQ 31, SQ 33 16:30 to 17:35 Airbus A350-900
Airbus A350-900ULR		 23 October 2016[46]
10 Johannesburg Atlanta Delta Air Lines DL 201 13,581 km (8,439 mi; 7,333 nmi) 16:03 to 16:55 Boeing 777-200LR 1 June 2009[47]
Notes

^Note 1 Previously operated between June 29, 2004 and November 23, 2013 with an Airbus A340-500.
^Note 2 After Qatar Airways began nonstop flights between Doha and Auckland on February 5, 2017, the flight is currently operated by Boeing 777-200LR aircraft.[48][49] The 777-200LR is a temporary solution. In the near future, it will be an Airbus A350-900 but currently there are not enough available.[50]
^Note 3 The date given for the start of Qantas Flight 8 is when it began flying non-stop after switching to the Airbus A380-800 from the Boeing 747-400ER. Previously, QF 8 required a stop in Brisbane, though the eastbound QF 7 from Sydney was always non-stop. The first flight of QF 7 was May 16, 2011.[51]
^Note 4 This is the date that Aeroméxico began flying the route with a Boeing 787-8, replacing the Boeing 777-200ER.

Direct flights with stops

A direct flight between an origin and final destination has an intermediate stop, with all segments having the same flight number and using the same aircraft. In the following table, the "Origin to final destination distance" column lists the great circle distance between the origin and final destination, excluding the stop. The "All sectors distance" column lists the total great circle distance from the origin to the stop to the final destination.

# Airline Flight Origin Destination Stop Origin-Dest. All sectors Duration Aircraft
1 Air New Zealand NZ 1[a] London—Heathrow Auckland Los Angeles 18,354 km (9,910 nmi) 19,248 km (10,393 nmi) 26:25 B777-300ER
2 Air China CA 907 Beijing—Capital São Paulo—Guarulhos Madrid—Barajas 17,578 km (9,491 nmi) 17,584 km (9,495 nmi) 21:30 to 22:05 B787-9
3 Qantas QF 1 Sydney London—Heathrow Singapore 17,016 km (9,188 nmi) 17,176 km (9,274 nmi) 22:15 A380
British Airways BA 16 21:45 to 22:00 B777-300ER
4 Qantas QF 9 Melbourne London—Heathrow Perth 16,904 km (9,127 nmi) 17,205 km (9,290 nmi) 21:20 B787-9
5 Singapore Airlines SQ 52 Singapore Houston Manchester, U.K. 15,981 km (8,629 nmi) 18,545 km (10,013 nmi) 24:45 A350-900
6 French Bee BF 710 Paris—Orly Papeete San Francisco 15,728 km (8,492 nmi) 15,742 km (8,500 nmi) 21:00 A350-900
7 Air Tahiti Nui TN 7 Paris—CDG Papeete Los Angeles 15,715 km (8,485 nmi) 15,715 km (8,485 nmi) 20:10 to 20:25 A340-300
Air France AF 76 20:05 to 20:25 B777-200
8 Air Canada AC 33 Toronto—Pearson Sydney Vancouver 15,551 km (8,397 nmi) 15,838 km (8,552 nmi) 20:15 to 20:37 B777-200LR
9 Qantas QF 16 New York—JFK Brisbane Los Angeles 15,508 km (8,374 nmi) 15,508 km (8,374 nmi)[b] 21:00 B787-9
10 Singapore Airlines SQ 26 Singapore New York—JFK Frankfurt 15,348 km (8,287 nmi) 16,488 km (8,903 nmi) 21:15 to 22:20 A380

Discontinued non-stop flights

Rank From To Airline Flight
number		 Distance Scheduled
duration
(hh:mm)		 Aircraft type Final flight
1 Los Angeles Singapore United Airlines UA 37 14,114 km (8,770 mi; 7,621 nmi) 15:00 to 17:10 Boeing 787-9 25 October 2018[55][56]
2 New York City—JFK Bangkok Thai Airways TG 793 13,965 km (7,540 nmi; 8,677 mi) 17:00 Airbus A340-500 1 July 2008[57]
3 Mumbai Atlanta Delta Air Lines DL 185 13,696 km (7,395 nmi; 8,510 mi) 17:55 Boeing 777-200LR 23 October 2009Note 3
4 Dallas/Fort Worth Brisbane Qantas QF 8 13,364 km (7,216 nmi; 8,304 mi) 16:05 Boeing 747-400ER 28 September 2014
Now operates to Sydney.
5 Los Angeles Bangkok Thai Airways International TG 795 13,309 km (7,186 nmi; 8,270 mi) 17:20 Airbus A340-500 30 April 2012
6 Abu Dhabi San Francisco Jet Airways 9W 6598 13,129 km (7,089 nmi; 8,158 mi) 16:00 Boeing 777-300ER 26 April 2016[58]
Etihad Airways EY 183 Boeing 777-200LR 28 October 2017
7 Johannesburg Washington, D.C. South African Airways SA 208 13,091 km (7,069 nmi; 8,134 mi) 17:00 Airbus A340-600 30 April 2009[59]
8 New York City—JFK Hong Kong United Airlines UA 821 12,991 km (7,015 nmi; 8,072 mi) 15:40 Boeing 747-400 30 August 2001Note 4
9 Abu Dhabi Dallas/Fort Worth Etihad Airways EY 161 12,990 km (8,072 mi; 7,014 nmi) 16:05 to 16:30 Boeing 777-200LR 24 March 2018[60][61]
10 Mumbai Chicago Air India AI 145 12,962 km (6,999 nmi; 8,054 mi) 17:00 Boeing 777-200LR 30 October 2010Note 5
Notes

^Note 1 Service began on June 28, 2004, at which point it was the longest non-stop commercial flight. This flight from 2008 to 2013 was business class only, with 100 seats.[62][63]
^Note 2 Service began on February 3, 2004, at which point it was the longest non-stop commercial flight.[62][63]
^Note 3 This was the longest flight ever operated by Delta Air Lines.[64]
^Note 4 Service began on April 1, 2001, at which point it was the longest non-stop commercial flight.[65]
^Note 5 Air India stopped its nonstop flights from Mumbai to New York City and Chicago when the airline shifted their primary hub to Delhi.[66]
^Note 6 This flight now operates via London on the Boeing 787-8, and from November 15 onwards will be completely discontinued.

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

Current

The table below lists the current longest (by great circle distance) non-stop flights operated by different types of aircraft.

Aircraft Type Origin Destination km nmi scheduled Airline Flight
Airbus A220-100 Jetliner Moscow—Domodedovo Geneva 2,434 1,314 3:50 Swiss LX 1337
Airbus A220-300 Jetliner Riga Abu Dhabi 4,369 2,359 5:50 airBaltic BT 797
Airbus A300-600 Jetliner Tehran London—Heathrow 4,433 2,394 6:35 to 7:35 Iran Air IR 711
Airbus A310 Jetliner Rome—Fiumicino Toronto—Pearson 7,105 3,836 9:50 Air Transat TS 307/309/315
Airbus A318 Jetliner New York City—JFK London—City 5,588 3,017 7:20 to 7:25 British Airways BA 2
Airbus A319 Jetliner Montevideo Bogota 4,785 2,584 6:47 to 6:48 Avianca AV 110
Airbus A320 Jetliner Bahrain London—Heathrow 5,090 2,748 6:35 to 7:35 Gulf Air GF 3
Airbus A320neo Jetliner Moscow Domodedovo Tenerife–South Airport 5,254 2,837 7:15 to 7:20 S7 Airlines S7 675
Airbus A321 Jetliner Reykjavik—Keflavík Baltimore 4,445 2,400 6:20 WOW air WW 115/117
Airbus A321neo Jetliner Manila Sydney 6,243 3,371 8:35 Philippine Airlines PR 211/213
Airbus A330-200 Jetliner Rome—Fiumicino Buenos Aires 11,147 6,019 14:25 Aerolíneas Argentinas AR1141
Airbus A330-300 Jetliner Shenzhen London-Heathrow 9,595 5,181 13:20 Shenzhen Airlines ZH 9067
Airbus A340-300 Jetliner Los Angeles Manila 11,756 6,348 13:10 to 14:05 Philippine Airlines PR 113
Airbus A340-600 Jetliner Johannesburg New York City—JFK 12,825 6,925 15:40 to 16:05 South African Airways SA 203
Airbus A350-900XWB Jetliner Manila New York–JFK 13,712 7,404 17:10 to 17:30 Philippine Airlines PR 126
Airbus A350-900ULR Jetliner Singapore Newark Liberty 15,345 8,286 17:00 to 17:30 Singapore Airlines SQ 21
Airbus A350-1000 Jetliner Washington, D.C. Hong Kong 13,122 7,085 15:55 Cathay Pacific CX 869
Airbus A380-800 Jetliner Auckland Dubai 14,201 7,668 17:05 to 17:20 Emirates EK 449
ATR 42 & ATR 72 Turboprop Totegegie Papeete 1,655 894 3:45 Air Tahiti VT 951
Boeing 737-200 Jetliner Yellowknife Resolute 1,560 842 2:35 Canadian North (charter) MPE 9201
Boeing 737-300 Jetliner Edmonton Palm Beach 4,047 2,185 5:35 Canadian North (charter) MPE 9750
Boeing 737-400 Jetliner Montréal—Mirabel London—Stansted 5,261 2,841 6:27 Titan Airways (charter) [citation needed]
Boeing 737-500 Jetliner Ottawa Yellowknife 3,108 1,678 4:40 Air North 4N 512
Boeing 737-600 Jetliner Ottawa Vancouver 3,563 1,924 5:13 to 5:15 WestJet WS 143
Boeing 737-700 Jetliner Pune Bucharest 5,282 2,852 7:40 to 7:50 PrivatAir PV 769
Boeing 737-800 Jetliner Montevideo Panama City 5,447 2,941 7:25 to 7:28 Copa Airlines CM 284
Boeing 737-900ER Jetliner Dar es Salaam Istanbul—Atatürk 5,405 2,918 7:05 to 7:35 Turkish Airlines TK 604
Boeing 737 MAX 8 Jetliner Brasília Orlando 6,112 3,300 9:50 Gol Transportes Aéreos G3 7602
Boeing 737 MAX 9 Jetliner Panama City San Francisco 5,342 2,884 7:38 Copa Airlines CM 208
Boeing 747-400 Jetliner San Francisco Sydney 11,937 6,445 14:40 Qantas QF 74 Note 1
Boeing 747-400ER Jetliner Vancouver Sydney 12,484 6,741 15:05 to 15:10 Qantas QF 76
Boeing 747-8 Jetliner Frankfurt Buenos Aires 11,494 6,206 13:45 to 13:50 Lufthansa LH 510
Boeing 757-200 Jetliner Paris—CDG Raleigh/Durham 6,522 3,522 9:12 to 9:42 Delta Air Lines DL 231[c]
Boeing 757-300 Jetliner Reykjavik—Keflavík Chicago–O'Hare 4,738 2,558 6:05 to 6:30 Icelandair FI 853
Boeing 767-300ER Jetliner Barcelona Lima 10,000 5,400 13:15 to 13:25 LATAM Airlines Group LA 2431
Boeing 767-400ER Jetliner Rome—Fiumicino Atlanta 8,105 4,376 11:10 Delta Air Lines DL 63
Boeing 777-200 Jetliner Chicago Honolulu 6,829 3,687 9:20 United Airlines UA 219
Boeing 777-200ER Jetliner Newark Hong Kong 12,979 7,008 16:00 United Airlines UA 179
Boeing 777-200LR Jetliner Auckland Doha 14,535 7,848 17:40 to 18:20 Qatar Airways QR 921
Boeing 777-300ER Jetliner Abu Dhabi Los Angeles 13,503 7,291 16:35 to 17:00 Etihad Airways EY 171
Boeing 787-8 Jetliner Shanghai—Pudong Mexico City 12,917 6,975 14:40 to 16:40 Aeroméxico AM 97/99
Boeing 787-9 Jetliner Perth London—Heathrow 14,497 7,828 17:20 Qantas QF 9
Boeing 787-10 Jetliner Tel Aviv Newark 9,144 5,682 10:50 United Airlines UA 91
Bombardier Dash 8-200 Turboprop Reykjavik—Keflavík Nuuk, Greenland 1,434 774 3:20 Air Iceland NY 407
Embraer E175 Jetliner Madison, Wisconsin San Francisco 2,850 1,539 5:00 United Airlines UA 5780
Embraer E190 Jetliner Toronto—Pearson Portland, Oregon 3,375 1,822 5:08 Air Canada AC 547
Fairchild Dornier 328JET Jetliner Morristown, New Jersey Cincinnati—Lunken 875 472 1:48 Ultimate Air Shuttle P1 433
Fokker 100 Jetliner Adelaide Perth 2,120 1,145 3:25 to 3:30 Virgin Australia VA 715/717/719
Ilyushin Il-96 Jetliner Havana Paris—Orly 7,752 4,186 9:30 to 9:40 Cubana de Aviación CU 444
Saab 2000 Turboprop Anchorage Unalaska, Alaska 1,274 688 2:15 Alaska Airlines AS 3298
Notes

^Note 1 some QF74 flights are run by basic -400, some by -400ER version. Registration aircraft VH-OJS and VH-OJT are basic -400 as can be seen on https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qf74

Records

The table below lists the longest (by great circle distance) ever (Current and Historical) regularly scheduled non-stop revenue flights operated by different types of aircraft.

Note: table does not include special promotional or delivery flights, such as shown above.

Aircraft Type Route Statute miles Kilometers Scheduled duration Airline Flight number
Boeing 737-200 Jetliner Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Beijing Capital 1,385 2,229 03 hr 50 min SAT Airlines HZ 171
Airbus A318 Jetliner New York-JFK to London-City 3,460 5,569 07 hr 30 min British Airways BA 4/2
Airbus A319 Jetliner Düsseldorf to Chicago 4,230 6,808 09 hr 15 min Lufthansa LH 436
Airbus A340-500 Jetliner Newark to Singapore 9,535 15,345 18 hr 50 min Singapore Airlines SQ 21
Airbus A340-600 Jetliner New York to Hong Kong 8,067 12,983 15 hr 20 min Cathay Pacific CX 831
Airbus A350-900 Jetliner San Francisco to Singapore 8,446 13,593 16 hr 55 min Singapore Airlines SQ 31
Airbus A350-1000 Jetliner Washington D.C to Hong Kong 8,154 13,122 15 hr 55 min Cathay Pacific CX 869
Airbus A380-800 Jetliner Auckland to Dubai 8,825 14,203 17 hr 15 min Emirates EK 449
Boeing 737-700 Jetliner Amsterdam to Houston 5,002 8,058 10 hr 40 min KLM KL 663
Boeing 747-400 Jetliner New York to Hong Kong 8,067 12,983 15 hr 50 min United Airlines UA 821
Boeing 747-400ER Jetliner Sydney to Dallas/Fort Worth 8,578 13,804 15 hr 25 min Qantas QF 7
Boeing 757-200 Jetliner Cancún to Buenos Aires 4,269 6,870 Mexicana Airlines MX 1690
Boeing 767-300ER Jetliner Munich to São Paulo/Guarulhos 6,131 9,867 12 hr 40 min Varig RG 743
Boeing 777-200ER Jetliner Newark to Hong Kong 8,065 12,980 15 hr 30 min
15 hr 50 min		 Continental Airlines
United Airlines 		CO 98
UA 179
Boeing 777-200LR Jetliner Auckland to Doha 9,031 14,534 17 hr 40 min Qatar Airways QR 921
Boeing 777-300ER Jetliner Los Angeles to Dubai 8,339 13,420 16 hr 35 min Emirates EK 217
Boeing 787-8 Jetliner Shanghai to Mexico CIty 8,026 12,917 16 hr 40 min Aeromexico AM 97/99
Boeing 787-9 Jetliner Perth to London 8,991 14,470 17 hr 00 min Qantas QF 9
Bombardier CS100 Jetliner Zurich to Manchester 625 1,006 02 hr 00 min Swiss Global Air Lines LX 390
Bombardier CS300 Jetliner Riga to Abu Dhabi 2714 4,368 05 hr 50 min airBaltic BT 797
Consolidated PBY Catalina Seaplane Nedlands to Koggala 3,495 5,625 avg. 28 hr

max. 33 hr

Qantas
Concorde Jetliner Singapore to Bahrain[67] 3,935 6,332 04 hr 25 min Singapore Airlines SQ 301/16
Lockheed Constellation Propliner Paris-Orly to San Francisco[68] 5,593 9,001 22 hr 10 min
21 hr 55 min		 Trans World Airlines TW 871
Tupolev Tu-114 Propliner Murmansk to Havana 5,339 8,592 14–15 hours[69] Aeroflot
Tupolev Tu-204 Jetliner Saint Petersburg to Vladivostok[citation needed] 4,072 6,554 Vladivostok Air
Boeing 737-400 Jetliner Mumbai to Kuala Lumpur 2251 3623 5hrs 20min Malaysia Airlines MH 152

See also

Notes

  1. ^ first flight: November 24, 1994[52]
  2. ^ The direct orthodromic route from New York to Brisbane directly overflies Los Angeles; there is no difference in total difference when adding in the Los Angeles stop.[53][54]
  3. ^ A Boeing 767-300ER serves this route during the summer months while a Boeing 757-200 serves the route during the winter months.

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