Longest Flights in the World

by Cory · Published February 12, 2015 · Updated June 4, 2024

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Recently I flew from Hong Kong to New York on a 16 hour Cathay Pacific flight (and somehow survived). Since then, I’ve been wondering what are the longest flights in the world.

Below, you’ll find the longest flights in the world based on distance. By clicking on a column header, you are able to sort the table based on that column.

Longest Flights in the World
no	Flight Origin	Flight Destination	Flight Number	Scheduled Duration	Distance
1	Jeddah	Los Angeles	SV 41	16h 55m	8,332 miles
2	Dallas/Fort Worth	Sydney	QF 8	16h 55m	8,578 miles
3	Johannesburg	Atlanta	DL 201	16h 40m	8,439 miles
4	Dubai	Los Angeles	EK 215	16h 35m	8,339 miles
5	Abu Dhabi	Los Angeles	EY 171	16h 25m	8,390 miles
6	Dubai	Houston	EK 211	16h 20m	8,168 miles
7	Dallas/Fort Worth	Hong Kong	AA 137	16h 20m	8,123 miles
8	Abu Dhabi	Dallas/Fort Worth	EY 161	16h 20m	8,072 miles
9	Doha	Houston	QR 713	16 h 20m	8,047 miles
10	Dubai	Dallas/Fort Worth	EK 221	16h 20m	8,040 miles
11	Doha	Dallas/Fort Worth	QR 733	16 h 20m	7,931 miles
12	Abu Dhabi	San Francisco	EY 183	16h 15m	8,158 miles
13	New York	Guangzhou	CZ 300	16h 5m	8,002 miles
14	Johannesburg	New York	SA 203	16 h 5m	7,969 miles
15	Mumbai	Newark	UA 49	16h 5m	7,807 miles

Table data courtesy of Wikipedia.com

DFW to SYD Route Map (Courtesy of gcmap.com)

According to the table above, the longest flight in the world for distance and duration goes to Qantas’ Dallas (DFW) to Sydney, Australia (SYD). Clocking in at nearly 17 consecutive hours in the air. I believe that my flight from Hong Kong to JFK was somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 hours and 50 minutes. Unfortunately, I was flying this entire leg of the trip in Economy class in a window seat. I’m not too sure if I would ever want to subject my truest enemy to that torture. However, it is neat knowing that I was on one of the longest flights in the world.

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