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A non-stop flight, especially in the aviation industry, refers to any flight by an aircraft which does not involve any intermediate stops. A "direct flight" is not the same as a "non-stop flight". To qualify for this article, an ultra long-haul non-stop flight should be a flight by a commercially operated airliner with:

  • No scheduled intermediate stop of any kind
  • Above about 7,500 miles (12,100 km) in route length

These flights usually follow a great circle route, often passing over polar regions. As of January 2012 the two longest nonstop scheduled airline flights are between Singapore and North America.

Time determinants

Along with the chosen cruising air speed, the time taken by a flight depends on

Records

Starting in 1967-68 Aerolineas Argentinas' timetables showed non stop on their Boeing 707 between Madrid and Buenos Aires, 12 h northbound and 12 h 30 min southbound; if this flight actually was nonstop, it 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 first ultra long-haul passenger flight took off 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[1] to Newark from Singapore Changi Airport (Flight SIA 22). These two flights hold the record for the longest commercial passenger non-stop flights in the world based on both time and distance. 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[2] 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, with five flights operating from its Dubai base to Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, São Paulo, San Francisco.

On 9 November 2005 a Boeing 777-200LR, dubbed the Worldliner, completed the world's longest non-stop passenger flight, traveling 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.[3] 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.

Focke-Wulf FW 200 B Condor of Deutsche Luft Hansa (model).

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 1649A 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.[4] 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.[5][6] 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 two of the top 30 have one terminus in North America.

Currently scheduled (top 31, 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 Newark Singapore Singapore Airlines SQ 21 15,345 (9,535) [8,285] 18 hr 50 min[7]
18 hr 40 min[8]		 Airbus A340-500 29 June 2004[9]
To end by 23 November 2013[10]
2 Los Angeles Singapore Singapore Airlines SQ 37[11] 14,114 (8,770) [7,621] 17 hr 20 min[7]
18 hr 05 min[8]		 Airbus A340-500 3 February 2004[12]
To end by 20 October 2013[10]
3 Sydney Dallas Qantas QF 7 13,804 (8,578) [7,454] 15 hr 25 min Boeing 747-400ER 16 May 2011[13][14]
4 Johannesburg Atlanta Delta Air Lines DL 201 13,582 (8,439) [7,334] 16 hr 55 min Boeing 777-200LR 3 June 2009[15]
5 Dubai Los Angeles Emirates EK 215 13,420 (8,339) [7,246] 16 hr 30 min Boeing 777-200LR
Boeing 777-300ER		 26 October 2008[16]
6 Dallas Brisbane Qantas QF 8 13,363 (8,303) [7,215] 16 hr 00 min Boeing 747-400ER 16 May 2011[17]
7 Manila Toronto Philippine Airlines PR 118 13,230 (8,221) [7,143] 16 hr 05 min Boeing 777-300ER 30 November 2012[18]
8 Dubai Houston Emirates EK 211 13,144 (8,168) [7,097] 16 hr 20 min Boeing 777-300ER 3 December 2007[19]
9 Dubai San Francisco Emirates EK 225 13,041 (8,103) [7,041] 16 hr 00 min Boeing 777-300ER 15 December 2008[20]
10 New York Hong Kong Cathay Pacific CX 831
CX 841
CX 845[21]		 12,990 (8,072) [7,014] 16 hr 05 min[7]
15 hr 55 min[8]		 Boeing 777-300ER 1 July 2004[22]
11 Newark Hong Kong United Airlines UA 117 12,980 (8,065) [7,009] 15 hr 50 min Boeing 777-200ER 1 March 2001[23]
12 Doha Houston Qatar Airways QR 77 12,951 (8,047) [6,993] 16 hr 20 min Boeing 777-200LR 31 March 2009[24]
13 Dubai Dallas Emirates EK 221 12,940 (8,040) [6.972] 16 hr 20 min Boeing 777-200LR 2 February 2012[25]
14 Johannesburg New York South African Airways SA 203 12,825 (7,969) [6,925] 16 hr 05 min Airbus A340-600 1 May 2011[26]
15 (tie) Los Angeles Melbourne Qantas QF 94 12,748 (7,921) [6,883] 15 hr 50 min[27] Airbus A380
Boeing 747-400ER		 31 October 1999[28]
15 (tie) Los Angeles Melbourne Virgin Australia VA 24 12,748 (7,921) [6,883] 15 hr 45 min Boeing 777-300ER 1 December 2009[29]
17 (tie) Toronto Hong Kong Cathay Pacific CX 827
CX 829		 12,569 (7,810) [6,787] 15 hr 25 min[7]
15 hr 30 min[8]		 Boeing 777-300ER 1 January 2008[30]
17 (tie) Toronto Hong Kong Air Canada AC 15 12,569 (7,810) [6,787] 15 hr 20 min Boeing 777-200LR 1 August 2004[31]
19 Taipei New York EVA Air BR 32 12,566 (7,808) [6,785] 15 hr 00 min[7]
14 hr 30 min[8]		 Boeing 777-300ER 31 October 2011[32]
20 (tie) Mumbai Newark United Airlines UA 49 12,565 (7,807) [6,784] 16 hr 05 min Boeing 777-200ER 1 October 2007[33]
20 (tie) Mumbai Newark Air India AI 191 12,565 (7,807) [6,784] 15 hr 55 min Boeing 777-200LR 31 October 2010[33]
22 (tie) Chicago Hong Kong United Airlines UA 895 12,542 (7,793) [6,772] 15 hr 25 min Boeing 777-200ER 15 June 1996[34]
22 (tie) Chicago Hong Kong Cathay Pacific CX 807 12,542 (7,793) [6,772] 15 hr 25 min Boeing 777-300ER 1 September 2011[35]
24 Vancouver Sydney Air Canada AC 33
AC 35		 12,484 (7,757) [6,741] 16 hr 35 min Boeing 777-200LR 14 December 2007[36]
25 Dubai Atlanta Delta Air Lines DL 7 12,230 (7,599) [6,604] 15 hr 45 min Boeing 777-200LR 1 June 2007[37]
26 Dubai São Paulo Emirates EK 261 12,217 (7,592) [6,597] 14 hr 55 min Boeing 777-200LR 1 October 2007[38]
27 Tel Aviv Los Angeles El Al LY 5 12,189 (7,556) [6,581] 15 hr 35 min Boeing 777-200ER 23 June 2006[39]
28 Abu Dhabi Sao Paulo Etihad EY 190 12,061 (6508) 15 hr 35 min Airbus A340 1 June2013
29 (tie) 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 (tie) Sydney Abu Dhabi Virgin Australia VA 29 12,057 (7,492) [6,510] 14 hr 35 min Boeing 777-300ER 24 February 2011
31 (tie) Los Angeles Sydney Qantas QF 12
QF 108		 12,051 (7,488) [6,507] 15hr 00min
14hr 50min		 Airbus A380-800
Boeing 747-400		 1995[41]
31 (tie) Los Angeles Sydney United Airlines UA 839 12,051 (7,488) [6,507] 14hr 40min[42]
14hr 45min[43]		 Boeing 747-400 (Date Needed)
31 (tie) Los Angeles Sydney Virgin Australia VA 2 12,051 (7,488) [6,507] 15hr 00min Boeing 777-300ER 15 December 2008[44]
31 (tie) Los Angeles Sydney Delta Air Lines DL 17 12,051 (7,488) [6,507] 15hr 10min Boeing 777-200LR 1 July 2009[45]

Discontinued

Route Airline Flight
number		 Distance km (mi) [nm] Scheduled duration Aircraft Type Final flight
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[46]
Mumbai to Atlanta Delta Air Lines DL 185 13,695 (8,510) [7,395] 17 hr 00 min Boeing 777-200LR 23 October 2009[47]
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)
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.[48]
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)[49]
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[50]
Taipei to Newark EVA Air BR 32 12,552 (7,677) [6,777] 14 hr 55 min Boeing 777-300ER 29 October 2011[32]
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[51]
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)[52]
Minneapolis to Hong Kong Northwest Airlines NW 97
 12,073 (7,501) [6,420] 15 hr 10 min Boeing 747-400 28 August 1998[53]
Chicago to New Delhi American Airlines AA 292 12,045 (7,484) [6,504] 15 hr 10 min Boeing 777-200ER 28 February 2012[54]

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 long-haul aircraft.

[55][56]
Aircraft type Route Distance (km) Distance (mi) Scheduled duration Airline Flight number
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 Ulan Bator to Moscow-Sheremetyevo 4,649 2,889 06 hr 40 min Aeroflot SU 331
Airbus A321-200 Philadelphia to San Francisco 4,058 2,521 06 hr 10 min US Airways US 657, 659, 711, 967, 971
Airbus A330-200 Seoul-Incheon to Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta 10,091 6,270 13 hr 40 min Korean Air KE 959
Airbus A330-300 Istanbul to Chicago 8,836 5,490 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 Newark to Singapore 15,345 9,535 18 hr 50 min Singapore Airlines SQ 21
Airbus A340-600 Johannesburg to New York 12,825 7,969 16 hr 05 min South African Airways SA 203
Airbus A380-800 Los Angeles to Melbourne 12,748 7,921 15 hr 50 min Qantas QF 94
ATR 72-200 Copenhagen to Sarajevo 1,372.94 853.29 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 hr min
Boeing 737-300 hr min
Boeing 737-400 Seoul to Bangkok 3,663 2,277 06 hr 15 min Jeju Air 7C 2001
Boeing 737-500 Krasnojarsk to Moscow 3,363 2,090 05 hr 10 min UT-Air UT 582
Boeing 737-600 Calgary to Toronto 3,234 2,009 03 hr 25 min WestJet WS 248
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 50min		 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 Los Angeles 9,343 5,806 11 hr 40 min Lufthansa LH 456
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 15 min United Airlines UA 97
Boeing 757-300 Houston to Anchorage 5,255 3,266 07 hr 13 min United Airlines UA 1423
Boeing 767-200ER Tokyo Narita to Mexico City 11,270 7,003 12 hr 00 min Aeroméxico AM 57
Boeing 767-300ER Tokyo Narita to Mexico City 11,270 7,003 12 hr 00 min Aeroméxico AM 57
Boeing 767-400ER Rio de Janerio to Houston 8,072 5,016 10 hr 35 min United Airlines UA 128
Boeing 777-200 Seattle to Tokyo Narita 7,675 4,769 09 hr 50 min United Airlines UA 875
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 Dubai to Los Angeles 13,420 8,339 16 hr 30 min Emirates EK 215
Boeing 787-8 Washington-Dulles to Addis Ababa 11,548 7,176 13 hr 30 min Ethiopian Airlines ET 501
Bombardier Dash 8 (Q400) Addis Ababa to Dar Es Salaam 1,754 1,090 03 hr 30 min Ethiopian Airlines ET 827
Canadair CRJ-700 Austin to San Francisco 2,419 1,503 03 hr 26 min SkyWest Airlines dba United Express OO 5631, 6476
Cessna B208 Caravan Jonesboro to St. Louis 325 202 01 hr 30 min Air Choice One 3E 300/310
Embraer ERJ 145 Newark to Oklahoma City 2,132 1,325 03 hr 45 min Expressjet dba United Express EV 4204
Embraer E-170 Dallas to New York 2,234 1,389 03 hr 30 min Shuttle America dba Delta Connection S5 6010, 6012
Embraer E-175 Dallas to New York 2,234 1,389 03 hr 30 min Compass Airlines dba Delta Connection CP 5832, 5839
Embraer E-190 Toronto to Portland (OR) 4,084 2,537 05 hr 17 min Air Canada AC 533
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 70 Vienna to Sochi 1,853 1,151 02 hr 55 min Tyrolean Airways VO 615
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 Panama City 8,818 5,479 11 hr 00 min KLM KL 757
Saab 340 Adelaide to Coober Pedy 747 464 02 hr 00 min Regional Express Airlines ZL 4482
Tupolev Tu-204-300 Pyongyang to Kuwait City 7,028 4,367 13 hr 10 min Air Koryo JS 161

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
Aegean Airlines A3 758 Larnaca to London-Heathrow 3,283 2,040 05 hr 00 min Airbus A320-200
Aer Lingus EI 121 Dublin to Orlando 6,553 4,072 09 hr 30 min Airbus A330-300
Aerolíneas Argentinas AR 1180 Buenos Aires to Sydney 11,789 7,326 15 hr 50 min Airbus A340-200
Aeroméxico AM 57 Tokyo-Narita to Mexico City 11,270 7,003 13 hr 00 min Boeing 767-200ER
Boeing 767-300ER
Aeroflot SU 335 Moscow-Sheremetyevo to Cancun 10,013 6,202 14 hr 08 min Airbus A330-200
Aerosvit VV 141 Kiev to Toronto 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
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 9,349 5,823 11 hr 15 min Boeing 777-300ER / 777-200LR
Air Baltic BT 792 Dubai to Riga 4,324 2,687 06 hr 20 min Boeing 757-200
Air Berlin AB 1751 Bangkok to Düsseldorf 9,107 5,640 12 hr 20 min Airbus A330-200
Air Botswana BP 213 Kasane to Johanesburg 971 604 02 hr 20 min ATR 42
Air Busan BX 701 Busan to Taipei 1,342 834 02 hr 20 min Airbus A321-200
Aircalin SB 800 Nouméa to Seoul 7,792 4,841 09 hr 55 min Airbus A330-200
Air Caraïbes TX 570 Paris to Cayenne 7,107 4,401 09 hr 00 min Airbus A330-300
Air Canada AC 15 Toronto to Hong Kong 12,569 7,809 15 hr 25 min Boeing 777-200LR
Air China CA 982/990 New York to Beijing 11,004 6,837 13 hr 40 min Boeing 777-300ER
Air Europa UX 41 Madrid to Buenos Aires 10,062 6,252 13 hr 20 min Airbus A330-200
Air France AF 406 Paris 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 2,886 1,781 04 hr 10 min Boeing 737-800
Air Koryo JS 161/162 Pyongyang to Kuwait City 7,028 4,367 13 hr 10 min Tupolev Tu-204-300
Air Macau NX 828 Macau to Tokyo 3,000 1,864 04 hr 25 min Airbus A321-200
Air Madagascar MD 50 Antananarivo to Paris 8,726 5,422 11 hr 10 min Airbus A340-300
Air Malta KM 572 Malta to Moscow 2,829 1,758 04 hr 05 min Airbus A319-100
Air Mauritius MK 42/46 Mauritius to London 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
ANA Wings EH 159 Osaka to Beijing 1,764 1,096 03 hr 30 min Boeing 737-500
Air Pacific FJ 811 Los Angeles to Nadi 8,881 5,525 10 hr 40 min Boeing 747-400
Air Saint-Pierre PJ 1123 Saint-Pierre to Montreal 1,363 847 03 hr 25 min ATR 42-500
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 9,435 5,863 12 hr 25 min Airbus A340-300
Air Transat TS 200 Istanbul to Toronto 8,220 5,108 11 hr 40 min Airbus A330-200
Air Vanuatu NF 10 Port Vila to Sydney 2,481 1,542 03 hr 45 min Boeing 737-800
Airphil Express 2P 875 Manila to Kuala Lumpur 2,489 1,547 03 hr 45 min Airbus A320-200
Alaska Airlines AS 139 Chicago to Anchorage 4,850 2,846 06 hr 53 min Boeing 737-800
Alitalia AZ 680 Rome to Buenos Aires 11,136 6,919 14 hr 00 min Boeing 777-200ER
All Nippon Airways NH 1 Washington, D.C. to Tokyo 10,868 6,753 14 hr 05 min Boeing 777-300ER
American Airlines AA 289 Chicago-O'Hare to Shanghai-Pudong 11,357 7,057 14 hr 30 min Boeing 777-200ER
Arik Air W3 107 Lagos to New York 8,449 5,250 11 hr 00 min Airbus A340-500
Asiana Airlines OZ 221 New York 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 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 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 to Male 3,168 1,968 04 hr 15 min Airbus A319-100
Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG 16 Manchester to Dhaka 8,088 5,025 10 hr 20 min Boeing 777-300ER
Boliviana de Aviación BA 234 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires 1,998 1,241 03 hr 15 min Boeing 737-300
Business Air 8B 88 Bangkok 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
Blue1 KF 815/807 Kittilä to Paris 2,426 1,508 03 hr 30 min Boeing 717
Blue Air 0B 128 Bucharest to Lisbon 2,978 1,851 04 hr 50 min Boeing 737-400
Blue Panorama Airlines BV 1504 Rome to Managua 9,710 6,400 12 hr 20 min Boeing 767-300ER
British Airways BA 245 London to Buenos Aires 11,111 6,904 13 hr 40 min Boeing 777-200ER
Brussels Airlines SN 359 Brussels to Luanda 6,690 4,160 07 hr 40 min Airbus A330-300
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 45 min Fokker 100
Cathay Pacific CX 831/841/845 New York to Hong Kong 12,990 8,072 16 hr 05 min Boeing 777-300ER
Cayman Airways KX 504 Grand Cayman to Chicago 2,591 1,610 03 hr 55 min Boeing 737-300
Cebu Pacific Air 5J 128 Cebu to Seoul 3,019 1,876 04 hr 30 min Airbus A320-200
China Airlines CI 19 New York to Osaka-Kansai 11,293 7,017 14 hr 40 min Boeing 747-400
China Eastern MU 588 New York to Shanghai 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
City Airline CF 23 Gothenburg to Lyon 1,444 897 02 hr 05 min Embraer ERJ-I45
Condor Airlines DE 6315 Mauritius to Frankfurt 9,178 5,703 11 hr 50 min Boeing 767-300ER
Conviasa V0 3007 Damascus to Caracas 10,597 6,584 14 hr 00 min Airbus A340-200
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 9,427 5,850 11 hr 15 min Boeing 747-400
Croatia Airlines OU 359 Tel Aviv to Zagreb 2,214 1,376 03 hr 30 min Airbus A320-200
Cubana de Aviación CU 444 Havana to Paris 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
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 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 9,618 5,976 11 hr 55 min Airbus A330-200
El Al LY 5 Tel Aviv to Los Angeles 12,189 7,556 15 hr 35 min Boeing 777-200ER
Egypt Air MS 965 Tokyo 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 Boeing 777-300ER
Etihad Airways EY 451/455 Sydney to Abu Dhabi 12,057 7,492 15 hr 00 min Airbus A340-600
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 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 12,565 7,807 15 hr 00 min Boeing 777-300ER
Finnair AY 82 Singapore to Helsinki 9,273 5,762 12 hr 05 min Airbus A340-300
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 980/982 Jakarta to Jeddah 7,974 4,955 09 hr 40 min Boeing 747-400
Germanwings 4U 252 Tenerife-Sur to Cologne 3,224 2,003 04 hr 40 min Airbus A319-100
Gol Linhas Aéreas G3 7640 São Paulo to Bridgetown 4,275 2,656 05 hr 40 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 to Beijing 10,587 6,578 13 hr 00 min Airbus A340-600
Hawaiian Airlines HA 51 New York to Honolulu 9,100 5,654 11 hr 00 min Airbus A330-200
Hong Kong Airlines HX 876 Hong Kong to London-Gatwick 9,650 5,996 12 hr 15 min Airbus A330-200
Hong Kong Express UO 634 Hong Kong to Sapporo 3,429 2,121 04 hr 30 min Boeing 737-800
Horizon Air QX 2603 Los Angeles to La Paz, Mexico 1,342 834 02 hr 52 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
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
Jat Airways JU 132/133 Belgrade to Moscow 1,735 1,074 03 hr 00 min Boeing 737-300
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 7,221 4,487 09 hr 55 min Boeing 777-300ER
Jet2.com LS908 Tel Aviv to Manchester 3,778 2,347 05 hr 55 min Boeing 737-800
Boeing 757-200
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 215 Auckland to Singapore 8,409 5,225 11 hr 15 min Airbus A330-200
Jetstar Asia Airways hr min
Jin Air LJ 701 Seoul to Utapao 3,732 2,319 06 hr 05 min Boeing 737-800
Kenya Airways KQ 860/866 Nairobi to Bangkok 7,230 4,493 09 hr 40 min Boeing 767-300ER
KLM KL 707 Amsterdam to Buenos Aires 11,437 7,107 14 hr 10 min Boeing 777-200ER
Korean Air KE 34/36 Atlanta to Seoul-Incheon 11,477 7,132 14 hr 50 min Boeing 777-200ER
Boeing 777-300ER
Kuwait Airways KU 117 Kuwait to New York 10,222 6,316 12 hr 55 min Boeing 777-200ER
Lao Airlines QV 535 Vientiane to Singapore 1,847 1,147 03 hr 00 min Airbus A320-200
LAN Airlines LA 705 Madrid to Santiago de Chile 10,700 6,647 14 hr 00 min Airbus A340-300
LOT Polish Airlines LO 2 Warsaw to Chicago-O'Hare 7,540 4,685 10 hr 10 min Boeing 767-300ER
Lufthansa LH 510 Frankfurt to Buenos Aires 11,477 7,132 13 hr 45 min Boeing 747-400
Luxair LG 711 Luxembourg to Tenerife 3,081 1,914 04 hr 25 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
Myanmar Airways International 8M 231 Yangon to Singapore 1,920 1,193 02 hr 55 min Airbus A330-200
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 259/265/269 Athens to London-Heathrow 2,434 1,508 04 hr 05 min Airbus A320-200
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
Passaredo Linhas Aéreas Y8 2254 Ribeirão Preto to Recife 1,991 1,237 03 hr 00 min Embraer 145
Pegasus Airlines PC 502 İzmir to London Stansted 2,578 1,392 03 hr 35 min Boeing 737-800
Philippine Airlines PR 118 Manila to Toronto 13,230 8,221 15 hr 05 min Boeing 777-300ER
Porter Airlines PD 701 Toronto to Myrtle Beach 1,105 687 02 hr 20 min Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
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 206 Casablanca to Montreal 5,687 3,534 07 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
Saudi Arabian Airlines SV 33/35 Jeddah to Washington, D.C. 10,610 6,592 13 hr 45 min Boeing 777-200ER
Scandinavian Airlines System SK 935 Copenhagen to San Francisco 8,817 5,478 10 hr 10 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 22 Singapore to Newark 15,345 9,535 18 hr 55 min Airbus A340-500
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 603 Providence to Las Vegas 3,803 2,363 06 hr 15 min Boeing 737-700
Spirit Airlines NK 578 Lima to Ft Lauderdale 4,227 2627 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
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 International TG 948 Bangkok to Madrid 10,206 6,342 12 hr 55 min Boeing 777-200ER
Thai Air Asia FD 3677 Denpasar to Bangkok 2,948 1,832 04 hr 15 min Airbus A320-200
Tiger Airways TR 2717 Singapore to Perth 3,895 2,420 05 hr 15 min Airbus A320-200
Thomas Cook Airlines DK 5914 Oslo to Cancun 9,413 5,863 12 hr 35 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-Domodedovo 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
WestJet WS 3010 Edmonton to Kahului[59] 5,111 3,176 07 hr 19 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 865 Fuzhou to Singapore 3,197 1,986 04 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 740 Dubai to Jakarta 6,230 3,628 08 hr 05 min Airbus A330-300
Zest Air Z2 48 Cebu to Seoul 3,019 1,876 04 hr 20 min Airbus A320-200

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. Furthermore, a theoretical flight between Honolulu and Johannesburg would travel 19,207 kilometers, and last about 24 hours 30 minutes if nonstop, much longer than the current record-holders.

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.[60]

The Boeing 777-200LR airliner can cover the distance between antipodes when devoid of 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 straight-line distance between London Heathrow Airport and Sydney Airport is 16,995 km.

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) non-stop scheduled passenger routes in distance order, per airline.

Airline Flight Number Route Distance (km) Distance (mi) Scheduled duration Aircraft Type
Aerovías DAP DAP-XXX Punta Arenas to Porvenir 45.5 28.2 12 min Beechcraft King Air
Cessna 402
Aer Arann RE-XXX Connemara to Inismaan 16.8 10.4 06 min Britten-Norman Islander
Bahamasair UP 337 Treasure Cay to Marsh Harbour 40 25 15 min De Havilland Canada Dash 8
Air Berlin AB 4651 Lanzarote to Fuerteventura 60 37 30 min Boeing 737
Air Calédonie 821 Tiga to Lifou 59.3 36.8 25 min DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
Air Madagascar MD 407 Antalaha to Maroantsetra 84.8 52.7 30 min DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
Air New Zealand NZ 2451 Wellington to Blenheim 80.4 50 25 min Beechcraft 1900D
Air Pacific FJ 181 Nadi to Malololailai 24.9 15.5 10 min Britten-Norman Islander
Air Saint-Pierre PJ 830/1600 Saint-Pierre to Miquelon 40 25 15 min Cessna 406
Air Seychelles HM 3124 Praslin to Mahe Island 48.9 30.4 15 min Shorts 360-300
Air Tahiti VT 201 Papeete (Faaa) to Moorea 18.0 11.0 15 min ATR 42
Air Tanzania TC 115 Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam 74.2 46.1 30 min Bombardier Dash 8–300
Air Vanuatu NF 243 Ipota to Dillons Bay 31.3 19.5 10 min Britten-Norman Islander
Airphil Express 2P 230/2 Cebu to Bacolod 121 75 40 min Bombardier Dash 8–400
Alaska Airlines AS 65 Wrangell to Petersburg 52.1 32.4 20 min Boeing 737-400
AmericanConnection RP 5002/5004 Chicago O'Hare to Milwaukee 107 67 40 min Embraer ERJ 140
Arkefly OR 365 Curaçao to Bonaire 74.6 46.4 35 min Boeing 767-300ER
Aurigny GR 202 Guernsey to Alderney 32.0 20 12 min Britten-Norman Trislander
B&H Airlines JA 102 Sarajevo to Mostar 71.3 44.3 30 min ATR 72-212
Bearskin Airlines JV 361 Sioux Lookout to Dryden 76.4 47.5 15 min Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
British Airways BA 125 Bahrain to Doha 146 91 40 min Boeing 777
Bulgaria Air FB 985 Varna to Bourgas 77.2 48 12 min Embraer 190
Canadian North 5T 606/607 Igloolik to Hall Beach 69 43 15 min de Havilland Canada Dash 8
Cape Air 9K 153/167 Hyannis to Martha's Vineyard 41 26 18 min Cessna 402
Caribbean Airlines BW 1502 Trinidad to Tobago 72 45 20 min de Havilland Canada Dash 8, ATR 72-500
Cayman Airways KX 4421 Cayman Brac to Little Cayman 22 14 10 min DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
Cebu Pacific Air 5J 124/126/144 Cebu to Bacolod 121 75 40 min Airbus A319
ATR 72-500
China Southern Airlines CZ 303/663 Guangzhou to Hong Kong 118 73.1 50 min Airbus A320
Boeing 737
Cimber Sterling QI 623 Copenhagen to Rønne 147 91 35-40 min ATR 72, Boeing 737-700
Coastal Aviation SC-DAR-ZNZ, SC-ZNZ-DAR Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam 74.2 46.1 20 min Cessna 208
Comores Aviation KR 330 Moheli to Anjouan 74.3 46.2 20 min Let 410
Copenhagen Air Taxi CAT 110 Anholt to Læsø 73 45 20 min Partenavia P.68, Britten Norman Islander
Croatia Airlines OU 632 Zadar to Pula 143 77 35 min Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Daily Air DA 73XX Taitung to Green Island 38.6 24 15 min Dornier Do 228
Dragonair KA 782/786 Hong Kong to Guangzhou 118 73.1 50 min Airbus A320-200
Airbus A330-300
Easyjet U2 636 Isle of Man to Liverpool 143 89 35 min Airbus A319
Era Alaska ZH835 Kenai to Anchorage 95 59 25 min DeHavilland Dash 8 100
Beechcraft 1900D
Finist'Air XXX-XXX Brest to Ouessant 46 28.6 15 min Cessna Caravan
Finncomm Airlines FC 167 Varkaus to Savonlinna 66 41 20 min ATR 42-500
Firefly FY 1010/1016 Penang to Langkawi 129 80 35 min ATR 72-500
First Air 7F 822 Igloolik to Hall Beach 69 43 25 min ATR 42-300
Flybe BE 603 Isle of Man to Liverpool 143 89 40 min Bombardier Q400
Freedom Air (Guam) FP 101 Saipan to Tinian 17.4 10.8 10 min Piper PA-31 Navajo
Garuda Indonesia GA 436 Denpasar, Bali to Mataram 104.59 65 35 min Boeing 737
Gol Transportes Aéreos G3 1679 Campina Grande to Recife 141 87.6 35 min Boeing 737-700
Gulf Air GF 101/103/117 Bahrain to Dammam 97 60 35 min Airbus A320
Hapagfly HF 7102 Boa Vista (C.Verde) to Sal 75.1 46.7 40 min Boeing 737
Hawaiian Air HA 170,150 Kahului Maui to Kona 135 84 32 min Boeing 717
Horizon Air QX2216 Moscow, Idaho to Lewiston ID 40 25 25 min Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Iberia IB 8480/2/6/8 Menorca to Palma Mallorca 130 81 35 min ATR 72, Bombardier Dash 8–300, Bombardier CRJ200
Island Air WP 303 Molokai to Lanai 43 27 10 min de Havilland Canada Dash 8
Jazz Air QK 8259 Vancouver to Nanaimo 54.5 33.9 20 min De Havilland Canada Dash 8
Jet Airways 9W 101 Mumbai to Pune 93 58 30 min Boeing 737
Kan Air KND 741 Chiang Mai to Pai 87 54 30 min Cessna C208 Caravan
Kingfisher Airlines IT2404 Bengaluru to Mysooru 140 86 45 min ATR 72-500
LAN Airlines LA 3246 Bogota to Villavicencio 82 51 60 min De Havilland Canada Dash 8
LIAT LI 368 Antigua to Nevis 86 53 30 min De Havilland Canada Dash 8
Loganair LOG 313 Westray to Papa Westray 2.7 1.7 02 min Britten-Norman Islander
Lufthansa LH 127 Stuttgart to Frankfurt 157 98 50 min Airbus A319-100
Boeing 737-300
Boeing 737-500
Luxair LG 9561/9451/9563 Luxembourg to Saarbrücken 80 50 30 min Bombardier Dash 8–400, ERJ 145
MAS Wings MH 3563 Miri to Marudi 45 28 20 min Twin Otter
Maya Island Air MW 2100 Caye Chapel to Caye Caulker 3.8 2.4 02 min Cessna 208 Caravan
Mesaba Aviation XJ 3156/3272/3273/3278 Escanaba to Iron Mountain 80 50 24 min Saab 340
New England Airlines EJ 123 Block Island to Westerly 28 17 12 min Britten-Norman Islander
NHT Linhas Aéreas NHG 4515 Rio Grande to Pelotas 43.1 26.8 15 min Let 410
Nok Air DD 8202 8208 Chiang Mai to Mae Hong Son 119 74 35 min ATR 72-201
Norlandair FNA 536 Akureyri to Grimsey 100 62 25 min DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
Norwegian Air Shuttle DY 1570 Varna to Bourgas 78.7 48.9 30 min Boeing 737
Olympic Air OA 34 Karpathos to Kasos Island 22 12 15 min De Havilland Canada Dash 8
Pacific Wings LW 270/280/290 Hoolehua to Kalaupapa (MKK-LUP) 14.2 8.8 10 min Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
PenAir KS 701 Manokotak to Twin Hills 69.8 43.4 10 min Piper PA-31 Navajo
Passaredo Linhas Aéreas Y8 2359 Marilia to Bauru 87 54.1 20 min Embraer 145
Pinnacle Airlines 9E 3970, 9E 4123, 9E 4042, 9E 4269, 9E 3850 Detroit to Flint 90 55 49 min Bombardier CRJ-200
Precision Air PW 450, PW 713, PW 715, PW 730 Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam 74.2 46.1 15 min ATR 42/72
Régional YS 3211/3215 Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon 149 93 40 min Embraer 135
Regional Express ZL 456/464/472/473 Narrandera-Leeton to Griffith 63.5 40 25 min Saab 340
Regional Pacific Airlines QT 120 Warraber Island to Yam Island 34.7 21.6 15 min Britten-Norman Islander
Royal Jordanian RJ 347 Tel Aviv to Amman 112 69.5 45 min Embraer
Ryanair FR 7682 Glasgow-Prestwick to City of Derry 148 92 45 min Boeing 737-800
Sansa RZ 602 San José to Quepos 54.1 33.6 34 min Grand Caravan
SATA SP 1690 Funchal to Porto Santo 58 36 20 min De Havilland Canada Dash 8
Seaborne Airlines BB 164 St Thomas Island to St Croix Island 71.3 44.3 25 min DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
SGA Airlines 5E 941 943 945 947 949 Chiang Mai to Mae Hong Son 119 74 35 min Saab 340
SkyKing RU 8510 Grand Turk to Salt Cay 38.9 24.2 10 min DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
Sun Air LW 2452 Washington (Dulles) to Hagerstown, MD 84.5 53 40 min Piper Navajo
Swiss European Air Lines LX 2990 Zurich to Basel 79 49 35 min Avro RJ100
TAM Airlines JJ 3675 São Paulo-Guarulhos to Campinas-Viracopos 80.6 50.1 20 min Airbus A320
TAME Ecuador EQ 170 Cuenca (Mariscal Lamar) to Guayaquil (Simon Bolivar Int'l 128 80 25 min E170
TEAM Linhas Aéreas TE 6865 Macaé to Campos 86.2 53.6 15 min Let 410
TRIP Linhas Aéreas T4 5404 São Paulo-Guarulhos to Campinas-Viracopos 80.6 50.1 20 min Embraer 190
Tropic Air PM 10/11, PM 20/21, PM 30/31, PM 40/41, PM 50/51, PM 60/61, PM 70/71, PM 80/81, PM 90/91, PM 100/101, PM 110/111 Belize International Airport to San Pedro Airstrip 55 34 15 min Grand Caravan
Tyrolean Airways VO 963 973 977
VO 975		 Vienna to Graz 143 89 35 min De Havilland Canada Dash 8
Fokker 70
Uni Air B7 639 Chiayi to Makung 81.9 50.9 30 min De Havilland Canada Dash 8
United Airlines UA 202 Kahului Maui to Kona 135 84 40 min Boeing 777-200
US Airways US 1516/1189 Baltimore to Philadelphia 145 90 39 min Airbus A319
Boeing 737-300
Widerøe WF 934 Kirkenes to Vadsø 38.6 24 15 min Bombardier Dash 8–100
Winair WM 441 St Maarten to Saba 48 30 12 min DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
Wings of Alaska KS 242 Skagway to Haines 28.6 17.8 15 min Grand Caravan
ZanAir B4 303 Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam 74.2 46.1 20 min Let 410
Zest Air Z2 200 Manila to Marinduque 154 96 50 min Xian MA60
Avianca AVA 9302 Bogota to Rionegro 150 94 50 min Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Airbus A318, Fokker 50
Isles of Scilly Skybus IOS 203/233 Lands End to St Marys 50 31 20 min Britten Norman Islander
British International Helicopters Various Penzance to Tresco 59 37 20 min Sikorsky S-61
Manx2 Various Blackpool to Isle of Man 109 68 40 min Let L-410 Turbolet

See also

References

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