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Singapore to New York flight path

SIN → JFKSINJFK
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 Singapore to New York covers 9,530 miles (15,340 km) — about 18 h 10 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, People's Republic of China, Mongolia, Russia, Canada and the United States. It crosses the South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand and the Kara Sea: 27% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+8 and land on UTC−4.

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

SINSingapore
JFKNew York
Great-circle distance
15,340 km
Duration, no wind
18 h 10 min
Over water
27 %
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 Singapore to New York?

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

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

To see Mount Gongga (7,556 m), sit on the left: it lies about 71 km from the route, ≈ 3 h 50 min into the flight.

Left window
  • Vientiane ≈ 2 h 25 min
  • Phou Bia (2,830 m) ≈ 2 h 30 min
  • Kunming ≈ 3 h 15 min
  • Panzhihua ≈ 3 h 30 min
  • Mount Gongga (7,556 m) ≈ 3 h 50 min
  • Xining ≈ 4 h 45 min
  • Ikh Bogd (3,957 m) ≈ 5 h 50 min
  • Mönkh Saridag (3,491 m) ≈ 6 h 40 min
Right window
  • Fansipan (3,142 m) ≈ 2 h 55 min
  • Mengzi ≈ 3 h 05 min
  • Qujing ≈ 3 h 20 min
  • Zhaotong ≈ 3 h 35 min
  • Ya'an ≈ 3 h 55 min
  • Wuwei ≈ 4 h 55 min
  • Montréal ≈ 17 h 15 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+7UTC+8UTC+7UTC−1UTC−3UTC−4UTC+8Kara SeaMalay PeninsulaAnnamite RangeQilian MountainsCentral Siberian PlateauGreenlandCanadian Arctic ArchipelagoMount 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 kmKunming 16 kmXining 37 kmMontréal 16 kmQujing 94 kmWuwei 48 kmZhaotong 95 kmSINJFK▲ Left window▼ Right window◀ Left windowRight window ▶2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h12 h14 h16 hUTC+7UTC+8UTC+7UTC−1UTC−3UTC−4Kara SeaMalay PeninsulaDângrêk MountainsTibetan PlateauMongolian PlateauCentral Siberian PlateauGreenlandCanadian Arctic ArchipelagoVientiane67 km off routePhou Bia2,830 m · 5 kmKunming16 km off routePanzhihua107 km off routeMount Gongga7,556 m · 71 kmXining37 km off routeIkh Bogd3,957 m · 101 kmMönkh Saridag3,491 m · 16 kmFansipan3,142 m · 78 kmMengzi43 km off routeQujing94 km off routeZhaotong95 km off routeYa'an39 km off routeWuwei48 km off routeMontréal16 km off routeSINJFKUTC+8

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg
  1. Take-off from Singapore Changi Airport
  2. Below: Malay Peninsula51 km · ≈ 19 min into the flight
  3. South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand — 972 km without land153 km · ≈ 25 min into the flight
  4. Local time below changes: UTC+8 to UTC+7869 km · ≈ 1 h 15 min into the flight
  5. Below: Mainland Southeast Asia1,120 km · ≈ 1 h 35 min into the flight
  6. Below: Dângrêk Mountains1,430 km · ≈ 1 h 55 min into the flight
  7. Below: Khorat Plateau1,590 km · ≈ 2 h 05 min into the flight
  8. Vientiane, Laos — on the left, 67 km away1,850 km · ≈ 2 h 25 min into the flight
  9. Below: Annamite Range1,890 km · ≈ 2 h 25 min into the flight
  10. Phou Bia, 2,830 m — on the left, 5 km away1,960 km · ≈ 2 h 30 min into the flight
  11. Fansipan, 3,142 m — on the right, 78 km away2,330 km · ≈ 2 h 55 min into the flight
  12. Local time below changes: UTC+7 to UTC+82,350 km · ≈ 2 h 55 min into the flight
  13. Mengzi, People's Republic of China — on the right, 43 km away2,450 km · ≈ 3 h 05 min into the flight
  14. Below: Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau2,560 km · ≈ 3 h 10 min into the flight
  15. Kunming, People's Republic of China — on the left, 16 km away2,640 km · ≈ 3 h 15 min into the flight
  16. Qujing, People's Republic of China — on the right, 94 km away2,680 km · ≈ 3 h 20 min into the flight
  17. Panzhihua, People's Republic of China — on the left, 107 km away2,810 km · ≈ 3 h 30 min into the flight
  18. Zhaotong, People's Republic of China — on the right, 95 km away2,890 km · ≈ 3 h 35 min into the flight
  19. Below: Tibetan Plateau3,120 km · ≈ 3 h 50 min into the flight
  20. Mount Gongga, 7,556 m — on the left, 71 km away3,150 km · ≈ 3 h 50 min into the flight
  21. Ya'an, People's Republic of China — on the right, 39 km away3,190 km · ≈ 3 h 55 min into the flight
  22. Below: Qilian Mountains3,890 km · ≈ 4 h 45 min into the flight
  23. Xining, People's Republic of China — on the left, 37 km away3,930 km · ≈ 4 h 45 min into the flight
  24. Wuwei, People's Republic of China — on the right, 48 km away4,070 km · ≈ 4 h 55 min into the flight
  25. Below: Gobi Desert4,140 km · ≈ 5 h 00 min into the flight
  26. Below: Mongolian Plateau4,550 km · ≈ 5 h 30 min into the flight
  27. Ikh Bogd, 3,957 m — on the left, 101 km away4,870 km · ≈ 5 h 50 min into the flight
  28. Below: Khangai Mountains4,960 km · ≈ 5 h 55 min into the flight
  29. Mönkh Saridag, 3,491 m — on the left, 16 km away5,610 km · ≈ 6 h 40 min into the flight
  30. Below: Eastern Sayan Mountains5,620 km · ≈ 6 h 45 min into the flight
  31. Local time below changes: UTC+8 to UTC+76,340 km · ≈ 7 h 30 min into the flight
  32. Below: Central Siberian Plateau6,440 km · ≈ 7 h 40 min into the flight
  33. Kara Sea and Arctic Ocean — 2,300 km without land8,390 km · ≈ 9 h 55 min into the flight
  34. Below: Severnaya Zemlya8,690 km · ≈ 10 h 15 min into the flight
  35. Below: Greenland10,690 km · ≈ 12 h 30 min into the flight
  36. Land again10,690 km · ≈ 12 h 30 min into the flight
  37. Local time below changes: UTC+7 to UTC−110,690 km · ≈ 12 h 30 min into the flight
  38. Local time below changes: UTC−1 to UTC−311,250 km · ≈ 13 h 10 min into the flight
  39. Melville Bay and Baffin Bay — 614 km without land11,400 km · ≈ 13 h 20 min into the flight
  40. Below: Canadian Arctic Archipelago11,910 km · ≈ 13 h 55 min into the flight
  41. Below: Baffin Island12,020 km · ≈ 14 h 05 min into the flight
  42. Land again12,020 km · ≈ 14 h 05 min into the flight
  43. Local time below changes: UTC−3 to UTC−412,020 km · ≈ 14 h 05 min into the flight
  44. Water starts: Hudson Strait12,830 km · ≈ 15 h 00 min into the flight
  45. Below: Ungava Peninsula13,090 km · ≈ 15 h 20 min into the flight
  46. Land again13,090 km · ≈ 15 h 20 min into the flight
  47. Below: Canadian Shield13,550 km · ≈ 15 h 50 min into the flight
  48. Below: Laurentides14,110 km · ≈ 16 h 30 min into the flight
  49. Montréal, Canada — on the right, 16 km away14,800 km · ≈ 17 h 15 min into the flight
  50. Below: Appalachian Mountains14,830 km · ≈ 17 h 20 min into the flight
  51. Below: Adirondack Mountains14,880 km · ≈ 17 h 20 min into the flight
  52. Landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport15,340 km · ≈ 17 h 55 min into the flight
  53. Below: Long Island15,340 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 New York

New York
New York · Photo: Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, 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+8Singapore
869 kmUTC+7Ho Chi Minh
2,350 kmUTC+8Shanghai
6,340 kmUTC+7Krasnoyarsk
10,690 kmUTC−1Nuuk
11,250 kmUTC−3Thule
12,020 kmUTC−4Iqaluit

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.

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

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Singapore to New York?

Along the shortest route, the flight from Singapore to New York covers 9,530 miles (15,340 km) — about 18 h 10 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, People's Republic of China, Mongolia, Russia, Canada and the United States. It crosses the South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand and the Kara Sea: 27% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC+8 and land on UTC−4.

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

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

How long is the flight from Singapore to New York?

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 Singapore from New York 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?

27% of the route, about 4,190 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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