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New York to Singapore flight path

JFK → SINJFKSIN
The shortest path on the sphere. On a flat map it looks curved; on the globe it is a straight line.

Along the shortest route, the flight from New York to Singapore covers 9,530 miles (15,340 km) — about 18 h 10 min with no wind. It passes over or close to the United States, Canada, Russia, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore. It crosses the Hudson Strait, the Baffin Bay and the Melville Bay: 28% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−4 and land on UTC+8.

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From John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) · JFK · SIN

JFKNew York
SINSingapore
Great-circle distance
15,340 km
Duration, no wind
18 h 10 min
Over water
28 %
Time difference today
+12 h

The route drawn is the theoretical one — the shortest path on the sphere. The real aircraft follows airways, avoids storms and closed airspace, and rides the wind: it can be hundreds of kilometres off.

What countries do you fly over from New York to Singapore?

  • United States
  • Canada
  • Russia
  • Mongolia
  • People's Republic of China
  • Vietnam
  • Laos
  • Thailand
  • Cambodia
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • Hudson Strait
  • Baffin Bay
  • Melville Bay
  • Lincoln Sea
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Kara Sea
  • Gulf of Thailand
  • South China Sea

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Mount Gongga

To see Mount Gongga (7,556 m), sit on the right: it lies about 71 km from the route, ≈ 14 h 15 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Montréal ≈ 50 min
  • Wuwei ≈ 13 h 10 min
  • Ya'an ≈ 14 h 15 min
  • Zhaotong ≈ 14 h 35 min
  • Qujing ≈ 14 h 50 min
  • Mengzi ≈ 15 h 05 min
  • Fansipan (3,142 m) ≈ 15 h 10 min
Right window
  • Mönkh Saridag (3,491 m) ≈ 11 h 25 min
  • Ikh Bogd (3,957 m) ≈ 12 h 15 min
  • Xining ≈ 13 h 20 min
  • Mount Gongga (7,556 m) ≈ 14 h 15 min
  • Panzhihua ≈ 14 h 40 min
  • Kunming ≈ 14 h 50 min
  • Phou Bia (2,830 m) ≈ 15 h 40 min
  • Vientiane ≈ 15 h 45 min

Left and right facing forward, on the theoretical route. Times are from take-off, with no wind.

Leg by leg

2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h12 h14 h16 hUTC−3UTC−1UTC+7UTC+8UTC+7UTC+8UTC−4Baffin BayLincoln SeaLong IslandSevernaya ZemlyaEastern Sayan MountainsYunnan-Guizhou PlateauMount Gongga 7,556 m 71 kmIkh Bogd 3,957 m 101 kmMönkh Saridag 3,491 m 16 kmFansipan 3,142 m 78 kmPhou Bia 2,830 m 5 kmQujing 94 kmWuwei 48 kmZhaotong 95 kmJFKSIN▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h12 h14 h16 hUTC−3UTC−1UTC+7UTC+8UTC+7UTC+8Lincoln SeaLong IslandUngava PeninsulaGreenlandSevernaya ZemlyaEastern Sayan MountainsTibetan PlateauMainland Southeast AsiaMontréal16 km off routeWuwei48 km off routeYa'an39 km off routeZhaotong95 km off routeQujing94 km off routeMengzi43 km off routeFansipan3,142 m · 78 kmMönkh Saridag3,491 m · 16 kmIkh Bogd3,957 m · 101 kmXining37 km off routeMount Gongga7,556 m · 71 kmPanzhihua107 km off routeKunming16 km off routePhou Bia2,830 m · 5 kmVientiane67 km off routeJFKSINUTC−4

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from John F. Kennedy International Airport
  2. Below: Long Island0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
  3. Below: Appalachian Mountains102 km · ≈ 20 min into the flight
  4. Below: Adirondack Mountains307 km · ≈ 35 min into the flight
  5. Montréal, Canada — on the left, 16 km away541 km · ≈ 50 min into the flight
  6. Below: Canadian Shield562 km · ≈ 55 min into the flight
  7. Below: Laurentides614 km · ≈ 55 min into the flight
  8. Below: Ungava Peninsula1,840 km · ≈ 2 h 20 min into the flight
  9. Water starts: Hudson Strait2,300 km · ≈ 2 h 55 min into the flight
  10. Below: Canadian Arctic Archipelago2,450 km · ≈ 3 h 05 min into the flight
  11. Below: Baffin Island2,560 km · ≈ 3 h 10 min into the flight
  12. Land again2,560 km · ≈ 3 h 10 min into the flight
  13. Baffin Bay and Melville Bay — 614 km without land3,370 km · ≈ 4 h 10 min into the flight
  14. Local time below changes: UTC−4 to UTC−33,940 km · ≈ 4 h 45 min into the flight
  15. Below: Greenland3,990 km · ≈ 4 h 50 min into the flight
  16. Land again3,990 km · ≈ 4 h 50 min into the flight
  17. Local time below changes: UTC−3 to UTC−14,140 km · ≈ 5 h 00 min into the flight
  18. Lincoln Sea and Arctic Ocean — 2,300 km without land4,700 km · ≈ 5 h 40 min into the flight
  19. Below: Severnaya Zemlya6,600 km · ≈ 7 h 50 min into the flight
  20. Local time below changes: UTC−1 to UTC+76,600 km · ≈ 7 h 50 min into the flight
  21. Land again7,010 km · ≈ 8 h 20 min into the flight
  22. Below: Central Siberian Plateau7,670 km · ≈ 9 h 05 min into the flight
  23. Local time below changes: UTC+7 to UTC+89,050 km · ≈ 10 h 40 min into the flight
  24. Below: Eastern Sayan Mountains9,560 km · ≈ 11 h 15 min into the flight
  25. Mönkh Saridag, 3,491 m — on the right, 16 km away9,730 km · ≈ 11 h 25 min into the flight
  26. Below: Khangai Mountains10,180 km · ≈ 11 h 55 min into the flight
  27. Ikh Bogd, 3,957 m — on the right, 101 km away10,470 km · ≈ 12 h 15 min into the flight
  28. Below: Mongolian Plateau10,480 km · ≈ 12 h 20 min into the flight
  29. Below: Gobi Desert10,840 km · ≈ 12 h 45 min into the flight
  30. Below: Qilian Mountains11,250 km · ≈ 13 h 10 min into the flight
  31. Wuwei, People's Republic of China — on the left, 48 km away11,270 km · ≈ 13 h 10 min into the flight
  32. Xining, People's Republic of China — on the right, 37 km away11,410 km · ≈ 13 h 20 min into the flight
  33. Below: Tibetan Plateau11,510 km · ≈ 13 h 30 min into the flight
  34. Ya'an, People's Republic of China — on the left, 39 km away12,160 km · ≈ 14 h 15 min into the flight
  35. Mount Gongga, 7,556 m — on the right, 71 km away12,190 km · ≈ 14 h 15 min into the flight
  36. Below: Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau12,270 km · ≈ 14 h 20 min into the flight
  37. Zhaotong, People's Republic of China — on the left, 95 km away12,450 km · ≈ 14 h 35 min into the flight
  38. Panzhihua, People's Republic of China — on the right, 107 km away12,530 km · ≈ 14 h 40 min into the flight
  39. Qujing, People's Republic of China — on the left, 94 km away12,660 km · ≈ 14 h 50 min into the flight
  40. Kunming, People's Republic of China — on the right, 16 km away12,700 km · ≈ 14 h 50 min into the flight
  41. Mengzi, People's Republic of China — on the left, 43 km away12,890 km · ≈ 15 h 05 min into the flight
  42. Below: Mainland Southeast Asia12,940 km · ≈ 15 h 05 min into the flight
  43. Fansipan, 3,142 m — on the left, 78 km away13,010 km · ≈ 15 h 10 min into the flight
  44. Local time below changes: UTC+8 to UTC+713,040 km · ≈ 15 h 15 min into the flight
  45. Below: Annamite Range13,190 km · ≈ 15 h 25 min into the flight
  46. Phou Bia, 2,830 m — on the right, 5 km away13,380 km · ≈ 15 h 40 min into the flight
  47. Vientiane, Laos — on the right, 67 km away13,490 km · ≈ 15 h 45 min into the flight
  48. Below: Khorat Plateau13,500 km · ≈ 15 h 45 min into the flight
  49. Below: Dângrêk Mountains13,860 km · ≈ 16 h 10 min into the flight
  50. Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea — 972 km without land14,270 km · ≈ 16 h 40 min into the flight
  51. Local time below changes: UTC+7 to UTC+814,980 km · ≈ 17 h 30 min into the flight
  52. Below: Malay Peninsula15,240 km · ≈ 17 h 45 min into the flight
  53. Land again15,240 km · ≈ 17 h 45 min into the flight
  54. Landing at Singapore Changi Airport15,340 km · ≈ 17 h 55 min into the flight

Times assume a typical jet speed, no wind and an on-time departure. Good for orientation, not for your watch.

Which side the sun, sunrise or sunset will be on

Enter the day and take-off time. Your phone does the maths: the sun's position on every leg of the route, relative to the nose of the aircraft.

Take-offLanding

Sky: light is daytime, amber is sunrise or sunset, dark is night. Left and Right show which side the sun is on for each leg.

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Arriving in Singapore

Singapore
Singapore · Photo: Ramir Borja . · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Flight time and distance

About 18 h 10 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.

9,530 miles (15,340 km, 8,280 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

kmTimeZone
0 kmUTC−4New York
3,940 kmUTC−3Thule
4,140 kmUTC−1Nuuk
6,600 kmUTC+7Krasnoyarsk
9,050 kmUTC+8Irkutsk
13,040 kmUTC+7Bangkok
14,980 kmUTC+8Kuala Lumpur

Airspace (FIRs) along the route

Each is a control region: when the aircraft crosses the boundary, the centre talking to the pilot changes. Boundaries are approximate, from the VATSIM data set, not the official ICAO chart.

  • New York
  • Boston
  • Montreal
  • Edmonton
  • Nuuk
  • Peterburg
  • Krasnoyarsk
  • Irkutsk
  • Ulaanbaatar
  • Lanzhou
  • Kunming
  • Ha Noi
  • Vientiane
  • Bangkok
  • Phnom Penh
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Singapore
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Singapore

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from New York to Singapore?

Along the shortest route, the flight from New York to Singapore covers 9,530 miles (15,340 km) — about 18 h 10 min with no wind. It passes over or close to the United States, Canada, Russia, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore. It crosses the Hudson Strait, the Baffin Bay and the Melville Bay: 28% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−4 and land on UTC+8.

What countries do you fly over from New York to Singapore?

It passes over or close to the United States, Canada, Russia, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore, and crosses the Hudson Strait, the Baffin Bay and the Melville Bay. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from New York to Singapore?

About 18 h 10 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.

How far is New York from Singapore by plane?

9,530 miles (15,340 km, 8,280 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

How much of the flight is over water?

28% of the route, about 4,240 km. The longest stretch without land is 2,300 km.

Why doesn't the plane fly in a straight line on the map?

It does fly straight — on a sphere. On a flat map the shortest path looks curved; on the globe on this page it looks like what it is.

Does GPS work in airplane mode?

Yes. GPS is a receiver: it listens to satellites and transmits nothing, so it keeps working in airplane mode. What you won't have is a map unless you downloaded it; Modo Avión carries its own.

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How this was calculated

The route is the great-circle arc between both airports, split into 300 points. At each point a point-in-polygon test runs against 1,102 airspace regions, 418 time zones and 1,338 physical geography regions. Countries are those with a town within 25 km of the route: in empty areas one may be missing. Cities named have over 250,000 people and lie within 110 km.

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