I once flew from Melbourne to Los Angeles and then to Denver. The most interesting part was that I boarded in Melbourne at 7 pm on January 5th and then boarded to Denver at 7 pm on January 5th.
I know you’re joking because no one who flies to Newark Airport is visiting Newark! It’s considered a New York City airport, even though it’s geographically located in New Jersey. (P.S. Cincinnati’s airport is in Covington Kentucky, for another example)
I know this is for commercial airlines, but I have to bet the B-52 holds the record for longest flight. Those planes have stayed in the air over 24 hours. Yes, I know they get refueled in flight, but they didn't land.
Fun fact: The longest flight ever flown by a passenger jet was from Hong Kong to London on a Boeing test flight on November 9, 2005. The aircraft used was a 777-200 LR (LR stands for long range). Now usually this flight goes over Asia and Europe and it is 12 hours and 35 minutes. But in this flight, they decided to fly over the Pacific Ocean, America, and Atlantic Ocean to get to London. It was seen flying over Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City. The flight was a whopping 22 hours and 43 minutes. They had to use 8 pilots for this flight. When they landed, they still had 2 hours worth of fuel left. It was enough to show off how long this plane can fly for.
Fun Fact: SFO to Singapore is the same duration in flight as SFO to Hong Kong but the difference is one takes the equatorial route and the other takes the polar route.
The longest flight in the world was performed by the Rutan Voyager in December of 1986. The aircraft was built for the mission and flew around the world, non-stop, without re-fueling. The flight took nine days and two pilots were on board. They flew 26,366 miles in total, blowing away all other long distance flights. They hold the record to this day, taking off from California heading West, and landing at the same airport nine days later.
They are talking about commercial flights not a special once in a life flight. If they wanted they can remove all the seats and load some extra fuel and run the plane around the world no problem.
@@josels1292 I don't see the reference to commercial flights in the title honestly. I suppose the author intended for their video to be about commercial flights, but, I figured I'd add to the topic in the discussion. But, as the title is written it could be taken in two ways literally: Distance, or time. The distance record I've already mentioned above. The time record is perhaps equally amazing: That record was performed over a period of 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes between December of 1958, and February of 1959 in a Cessna 172. Wrap your mind around the logistics of that flight: Refueling, eating, sleeping, and relieving yourself, showering, changing the oil in the engine while it runs, and so on... Two pilots, John Timm and John Cook hold the title to that record. Your comment about the ability of a commercial airliner to circumnavigate the world if they simply remove seats, add some fuel tanks and see what they can do might not be as simple as you think. Here's the reason: The fuel load on the aircraft is typically already the heaviest thing, aside from the empty weight of the aircraft itself. Cargo jets already have the seats removed, allowing freight to be hauled instead of people. The longest range commercial aircraft is currently the 777X with an 11,500nautical mile range. It takes 21,600 nautical miles to fly around the world in a perfect circle. The 777X weight lifting limitations, would not be able to haul the necessary fuel load to bridge the extra 10,100 nautical miles. Here's a breakdown: To fly 11,500 nautical miles, the jet has to take on a 392,250 pound payload of fuel. Thats an amazing 52,300 gallons! The aircraft's maximum payload capacity thereafter, whether it's seats, or passengers, jello, or freight is an impressive 162,000 pounds. The aircraft requires 34.10 pounds of fuel per mile to fly. To fly an added 10,100 nautical miles, would require an added fuel capacity of 344,410 pounds of fuel, not to mention the weight of the fuel tanks, pumps, and plumbing weight. This would leave the aircraft 182,410 pounds over its maximum takeoff weight limitations, or more than 24,000 gallons of fuel short. The fact that what you claim to be potentially possible has never been done, might shed the best light on the fact that it wouldn't be possible with any modern-day commercial airframe ever invented to date. It lends even more credit to the folks that did perform a full circumnavigation of the world without refueling, on their own accord, and by their own design, in my opinion.
@@josels1292 Imagine if you could learn something on RUclips or share an interesting thought on the topic instead of only using it for snarky and sarcastic commentary. Wouldn't that be a better world? Perhaps you've learned something, perhaps not. But others might like the read, and enjoy it. You're welcome. It was easy.
Qantas (Cwontas) Darwin to London is about 17 hours 40 minutes. Took it 2020. Qantas has announced it will begin operating non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York from 2025. 20hrs+
R u sure about 20+ hours? I’m Australian and back in 2018 I flew melb-Perth then on to London, Perth-London took 13.5 hrs and I’m sure Darwin-Perth couldn’t be longer than 5 hrs
I did Sydney-Dallas-Atlanta and back. The Dallas to Sydney flight was interesting. We took off pretty late at night and the entirety of the 17 hour flight was in darkness. It was also pretty cool knowing we flew over nothing but open ocean for over 13 hours.
If you fly out of the South facing runway (16R) at Sydney & fly straight into San Fransisco, the whole flight is over water. Off the end of the Runway at Sydney & onto the runway in SFO.
I did three around the world trips in one year. Left Nebraska to work in Germany usually Omaha to Chicago to Frankfurt, then off to China thru Singapore then to Shanghai. Then Shanghai to Sydney, Sydney to LAX and then back to Omaha. All in two weeks. Jet lag for a month.
I experienced 1. Brisbane, Aus to Singapore to Frankfurt, Germany. Brisbane to Singapore 8 hours, then Singapore to Frankfurt Germany 13 hours . Only 2 hours stop-over in Singapore. I didn't mind at all because it was Singapore Airlines Business Class. Then Davao City, Phils to Singapore to LA, it was exhausting. I will never do that again, even it was premium seats still to much. Before Covid pandemic NZ Airlines fly Auckland to Beunos Aires non-stop, I can't imagine sitting inside the plane that long specially in economy class wearing mask.
Same, recently flew London to Brisbane. First leg London to Amsterdam with British Airways, with an overnight layover. The second leg Singapore Airlines from Amsterdam to Singapore, the final leg Singapore to Brisbane, all in Business Class. Coming back the same route. It was very comfortable and being able to sleep lying down and having the layover in an Amsterdam hotel before finally flying home in the UK was worth it, got barely any jet lag once reached home! The time difference wasn’t bad on either side of the world for me.
20 years ago, the flight from Chicago to Singapore (with a stop at Tokyo Narita) was about 22 hours flying with about 3 hours layover. We left on a Friday afternoon and arrived Sunday morning. The return flight left around noon and arrived the same morning, I think. Those time changes really mess with you!
Imagine complaining about this length of trip to those living around 1890. They'd all laugh and be stunned that we can go essentially half way around the world in a day.
I had a similar experience on my return flight from Tokyo to New York. The flight was 12 hours. We were scheduled to take off and land at the exact same time due to the time difference....but then the plane landed 10 minutes early. That was a mind bender.
Sounds similar to the flights I used to take Auckland to London (via LAX) & return. 11-12 hours to LAX, we had to disembark & be processed by US customs only return to our same seats & continue 10-11 hours to London. I usually spent 4-5 days there for work & flew back home same route. Did that for 5 years 2-3 times a year until Covid. The first year I was just excited to be going to London by year 5 I was over it & its definitely tiring. This year will be the first year since I need to go back & not looking forward to the long flight likely via dubai or Asia since air nz no longer flies to London.
I have taken the Delta flight Johannesburg-Atlanta several times and it's brutal, people need like a week to recover from the jetlag, especially the flight going down there.
I finished up a work assignment in Anchorage, AK and had to go straight to the next assignment in South Africa. I wound up flying Anchorage to Atlanta, about a four hour layover then Atlanta to Joburg. I didn't even know my own name by the time I got there.
I once took a 10-minute flight from Dhahran to Bahrain on a Gulf Air 737-200. There wasn't enough time to show a movie but we were all given a cup of chilled orange juice.
Toronto to Manila 16 hrs plus. Great crew made the flight enjoyable. Food was actually good as well. Flew at night over the North Pole, over Russia and China. This was in February. Second flight to Manila was October and we flew up over the Pacific, over Alaska and Japan down to Manila, same thing great crew on Philippines airlines.
@@Sunoco5383 You really are stupid, arent you. I have seen the curve of the earth, flovn over both poles. No sharp edge cut off explain that you walloper.
Dubai to Buenos Aires, via Sao Paolo on Emirates, over 19 hr! So much fun watching your beard grow, skin drying, getting constipated and totally losing all track of time 😁
True, but it doesn't count as these are nonstop flights. Though weird that they used 2018 to reference 2020 as flights which were added in 2019 (such as Cathay Pacific's Hong Kong-Washington Dulles route (which was dropped in 2020 due to Covid-19)) beat most of this list.
brisbane to sydney - 1 hour and a half. sydney to houston - 15 and a half hours. houston to el salvador - 3 hours. 20 hours of flying. was the hardest trip i've ever done! felt like it was never going to end
Cool. First thing you'll need to know is that you pronounce it "Kwontass". And if the idiot running the company (into the ground) is still there when you grow up, I'd recommend you apply to another airline!
After once done a flight that last total almost a whole day, all these flights aren’t that surprising to me as much. :) I flew from Hanoi to Toronto with transit in China. Practically the same distance with the longest flight here with Hanoi being not far away from Singapore and Newark being close to Toronto. The only good thing is since Toronto is 12hrs behind Hanoi, when you arrived, you have an extra 12hrs whereas if you flight the other way around from the place where time is behind forward, another few or many hours extra would seem to have been taken away when you arrive at your destination.
And that makes all seats way more expensive, and after that there is no demand left. Airlines would sell only business seats if possible. Economy seats are there just to fill the plane.
when we travel to the philippines to visit our family, we go from: alexandria to houston (1 hour) houston to manchester (8 hours) manchester to singapore (12 hours) singapore to manila (3 hours) in total 24 hours
Qantas London to Sydney is the longest flight. Qantas is also looking at a flight from Sydney to New York and has been done before but isn’t available for passengers yet. The London to Sydney one is available, That is the longest flight
@@derricefarmer1775 I believe that person is talking about the single longest flight in a commercial airliner. If I remember correctly, the PIA flight went from HKG to London, but over the Pacific and Atlantic rather than Asia.
@@wannaplaythisdavid I don't know what you are talking about. I've done many times Sydney to Singapore to Manila. Also NY to Singapore to Manila Singapore Airlines.
I flew the Newark-Singapore flight twice in 2010.... The plane was, I believe an A350 four engine Airbus one deck airplane, not the A380. There were only 100 seats/cubicles on the flight. We all had our private spaces with small doors that closed. At bedtime, they gave us a small bag with sleeping apparel. By the time you were done changing in the very large restrooms your bed was made up with mints on the pillows. Yes, it was a long flight but it was first rate with the food, the service and the lovely flight attendants.
It is not pronounced ‘Cantas’! It is pronounced Qantas, like ‘Q’ as in the ‘Queen’. The airline has been around forever & is named after Australian places when it first launched & flew only to those Australian Destinations. ‘QANTAS’ stands for ‘Queensland and Northern Territory Airline Systems’!
Longest flight I’ve been on was from Toronto Pearson to Mumbai back when Air Canada operated a direct flight to Mumbai. I have a hard time sleeping on planes, so I made quick acquaintance with the IFE.
Longest flight I've ever done was Newark to Honolulu. That was 8ish hours. Long enough. I can't imagine being stuck on a plane longer than that. Course at 6'5" air travel really doesn't cater very well to me.
On 10 November 2005 PIA used the Boeing 777-200LR to complete the world's longest nonstop flight by a commercial airliner. This flight lasted 22 hours and 22 minutes on the eastbound route between Hong Kong and London.
Longest I've been on a flight was Santiago Chile to Dallas. Usually a 10.5 hour flight, but icing conditions kept us circling for 3.5 hours in a holding pattern with a touchdown in Austin to refuel. 14 hours I was in that economy seat!
My longest was Delhi to sfo on an air India Boeing 777-200LR. 16 hours and 5 minutes in the air. This was almost 8 years ago. Technically, we spent around 18 hours inside the plane cause of a two-hour delay.
In October 12,2016. I took a 14 hours and 8 minutes flight from Taoyuan, Taiwan to Paris, France by Eva Airlines. I thought it was the longest flight in the world!😁
The longest flight I ever took was in 1976 while in the Navy and flew from Virginia to Pt Mugu, California to Honolulu, Hawaii to American Samoa Pago Pago to Christ Church, New Zealand and finally to McMurdo Station Antarctica and back.
Knew some of the longest flights would be arriving and departing from Australia. We are a long way from most other countries. But that’s the way we like it.
Geometrically, how would the shortest distance be determined? If you can imagine a plane (not airplane) through 3 points: the center of Earth, Point A and Point B, then that plane leaves an intersecting line (circle and line) on the Earth surface joining Point A and Point B. That is the shortest distance between Point A and Point B.
I think now longest is Sydney to London world record . One more flight missing Delhi to san Fransisco 17 hours .. I traveled in 2017 Doha to New York 16 hours ..
Those are major cities. I often take flight from Xinjiang to Québec. Last time I flied, it took me 45 hours on plane (with several tansfers), 7 hours in a car.
I did,, ireland-london-manila, peru-atlanta-japan-manila, manila-thailand-sudan-congo, manila-s. korea-south africa, my longest voyage was philadelphia to south korea via indian ocean for 50 days at sea.
I did Singapore-SFO on Singapore Airlines in Premium Economy. Flying with the jet stream instead of against it made the flight duration about 14-1/2 hours, similar to SFO to Hong Kong. It’s a long flight and not one I’d ever do in cattle class.
i flew sfo to singapore via singapore airlines in coach back in 2020, prior to close down. i was seated at the last left aisle seat. first 3 hours of the flight from sfo was so turbulent. whichever altitude the pilot brings the airplane, all turbulent. after that, it was smooth flying all the way to singapore.
The idea of spending 18 hours continuously, in an aluminium tube, over 000's of miles of water, with no walk-about is as attractive to me as having my lung removed while still breathing!
With the San Francisco to singapore flight The difference in seat size is because the aircraft types are different United uses the 787-9 for the flight Singapore uses an A350-900 The A350 is larger than the 787
It's not the Planes, it's the Airline specific requirement seats that makes the difference. An A320 can have much bigger seat than an A380 does IF that particular airline ordered them to be fitted that way. Blame the Airlines for making seats increasingly small that only fit for kindergarten children.
@@sanjaypurswani3405 Qantas is the national airline of Australia. The name itself is an acronym. The letters stand for Queensland And Northern Territories Air Service.
@@sanjaypurswani3405 Yes, it's not only the National Airline of Australia with the Flying Kangaroo logo on it's tail, it's also the oldest airline in the world!!
You *really* shouldn't use data from 2018 to say what the longest flights in August 2020 are, especially as flights such as Cathay Pacific's Hong Kong-Washington Dulles route which were added in 2019 beat many of these flights (That route has since stopped due to Covid-19, but that was later in the fall).
Singapore airlines is an amazing airline for sure but I’ve taken a flight from Newark to Singapore…. They stopped at Germany for 1 hour to get gas/fuel. I can’t count that as one long flight.
The longest flight I’ve been on was 13 hours. And that reached the limit of my endurance, so I’d never be able to do these nonstops to Australia or Singapore.
this time 1:18 route is from san francisco to singapore (going from right to left) , then I wonder this time 3:54 route newark to singapore (going from left to right) that took so long , what happened if it is travel from right to left? like in the route of 1:18 san francisco to singapore? enlighten us pls.
I flew non-stop LA to Singapore (Singapore Airlines) and San Francisco to Singapore (United) several times. Yes, it's a long flight, but it's not too bad, or maybe because I'm a frequent flier and am used to it :)
It is interesting the longest SINGLE flight but that isn't the whole story. It might be made of multiple legs but having a system where you have to fly one distance, deplane, pass security again, take a long leg over the pacific, deplane, pass security again then another leg makes the total journey time without any effective break much longer than it seems. The first time I travelled from my home in Kyabram Australia to visit my son in Seattle it took 33 hours of travelling and connecting flights. Someone going from Sydney to London takes substantially less time for a similar distance.
LAX to CDG(Air France)...dinner and breakfast...lots of sleep....with a bit of bumpy air for your flying pleasure 😀 On the return trip Istanbul to Paris to LAX 13 hours 55min
Check out 10 Longest Train Journeys In The World:
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Oh thanks. I love trains !
"Qantas" is pronounced "quantas", not "kantas".
Qantas is pronounced 'Quantas', Qantas is abbreviated from Queensland and Northern Territory Airial Service
I once flew from Melbourne to Los Angeles and then to Denver. The most interesting part was that I boarded in Melbourne at 7 pm on January 5th and then boarded to Denver at 7 pm on January 5th.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 so interesting this one!
Ahhh the time zones
Yeah..you fly over the equator and international time zone. Crazy.
Me too it was horrible it took so long even though l flew Qantas😅
Imagine flying from anywhere for 16 hours only to get to Newark.
Haha see now that's funny!
I know you’re joking because no one who flies to Newark Airport is visiting Newark! It’s considered a New York City airport, even though it’s geographically located in New Jersey. (P.S. Cincinnati’s airport is in Covington Kentucky, for another example)
Shows just how massive the Pacific is.
I know this is for commercial airlines, but I have to bet the B-52 holds the record for longest flight. Those planes have stayed in the air over 24 hours. Yes, I know they get refueled in flight, but they didn't land.
@@trvman1 yes I think it was during Desert Storm or the Cold War
@@MikeG42 They still do it today. This year one of them I think did a 36 hour flight without landing.
Indian Ocean is bigger.
@@halfvolley11 Sorry nope the Pacific is the largest ocean. Do some more research.
Fun fact: The longest flight ever flown by a passenger jet was from Hong Kong to London on a Boeing test flight on November 9, 2005. The aircraft used was a 777-200 LR (LR stands for long range). Now usually this flight goes over Asia and Europe and it is 12 hours and 35 minutes. But in this flight, they decided to fly over the Pacific Ocean, America, and Atlantic Ocean to get to London. It was seen flying over Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City. The flight was a whopping 22 hours and 43 minutes. They had to use 8 pilots for this flight. When they landed, they still had 2 hours worth of fuel left. It was enough to show off how long this plane can fly for.
They could have easily done a 24-hour flight then.
Fun Fact: SFO to Singapore is the same duration in flight as SFO to Hong Kong but the difference is one takes the equatorial route and the other takes the polar route.
The longest flight in the world was performed by the Rutan Voyager in December of 1986. The aircraft was built for the mission and flew around the world, non-stop, without re-fueling. The flight took nine days and two pilots were on board. They flew 26,366 miles in total, blowing away all other long distance flights. They hold the record to this day, taking off from California heading West, and landing at the same airport nine days later.
They used cyanoacrylates to build the plane.
They are talking about commercial flights not a special once in a life flight. If they wanted they can remove all the seats and load some extra fuel and run the plane around the world no problem.
@@josels1292 I don't see the reference to commercial flights in the title honestly.
I suppose the author intended for their video to be about commercial flights, but, I figured I'd add to the topic in the discussion.
But, as the title is written it could be taken in two ways literally: Distance, or time. The distance record I've already mentioned above.
The time record is perhaps equally amazing: That record was performed over a period of 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes between December of 1958, and February of 1959 in a Cessna 172. Wrap your mind around the logistics of that flight: Refueling, eating, sleeping, and relieving yourself, showering, changing the oil in the engine while it runs, and so on... Two pilots, John Timm and John Cook hold the title to that record.
Your comment about the ability of a commercial airliner to circumnavigate the world if they simply remove seats, add some fuel tanks and see what they can do might not be as simple as you think. Here's the reason: The fuel load on the aircraft is typically already the heaviest thing, aside from the empty weight of the aircraft itself. Cargo jets already have the seats removed, allowing freight to be hauled instead of people. The longest range commercial aircraft is currently the 777X with an 11,500nautical mile range. It takes 21,600 nautical miles to fly around the world in a perfect circle. The 777X weight lifting limitations, would not be able to haul the necessary fuel load to bridge the extra 10,100 nautical miles. Here's a breakdown: To fly 11,500 nautical miles, the jet has to take on a 392,250 pound payload of fuel. Thats an amazing 52,300 gallons! The aircraft's maximum payload capacity thereafter, whether it's seats, or passengers, jello, or freight is an impressive 162,000 pounds. The aircraft requires 34.10 pounds of fuel per mile to fly. To fly an added 10,100 nautical miles, would require an added fuel capacity of 344,410 pounds of fuel, not to mention the weight of the fuel tanks, pumps, and plumbing weight. This would leave the aircraft 182,410 pounds over its maximum takeoff weight limitations, or more than 24,000 gallons of fuel short.
The fact that what you claim to be potentially possible has never been done, might shed the best light on the fact that it wouldn't be possible with any modern-day commercial airframe ever invented to date. It lends even more credit to the folks that did perform a full circumnavigation of the world without refueling, on their own accord, and by their own design, in my opinion.
@@terraholdingco Well thanks for the worlds longest RUclips comment reply.
@@josels1292 Imagine if you could learn something on RUclips or share an interesting thought on the topic instead of only using it for snarky and sarcastic commentary. Wouldn't that be a better world? Perhaps you've learned something, perhaps not. But others might like the read, and enjoy it. You're welcome. It was easy.
Qantas (Cwontas) Darwin to London is about 17 hours 40 minutes. Took it 2020.
Qantas has announced it will begin operating non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York from 2025. 20hrs+
Yes, using the Airbus A350-1000ULR that is being specially built for this flight
R u sure about 20+ hours? I’m Australian and back in 2018 I flew melb-Perth then on to London, Perth-London took 13.5 hrs and I’m sure Darwin-Perth couldn’t be longer than 5 hrs
@@OPPLAYER57_YT Yep. Flew it in April on Qantas
@@ylass8884 jeez that’s long lol
@@OPPLAYER57_YT too long. I prefer kangaroo hop Melb to KL or SIN.an hour or so to walk around airport then to London. NOT WITH QANTAS however.
I did Sydney-Dallas-Atlanta and back. The Dallas to Sydney flight was interesting. We took off pretty late at night and the entirety of the 17 hour flight was in darkness. It was also pretty cool knowing we flew over nothing but open ocean for over 13 hours.
I flew from SF to HI, 6 hrs over nothing but ocean and I was terrified. Also my first time flying, but it was freaky dicky.
If you fly out of the South facing runway (16R) at Sydney & fly straight into San Fransisco, the whole flight is over water. Off the end of the Runway at Sydney & onto the runway in SFO.
@@lyss4987 same lol
@@lyss4987 just a different place
Dark for 17 hours sounds a little scary
I did three around the world trips in one year. Left Nebraska to work in Germany usually Omaha to Chicago to Frankfurt, then off to China thru Singapore then to Shanghai. Then Shanghai to Sydney, Sydney to LAX and then back to Omaha. All in two weeks. Jet lag for a month.
I experienced 1. Brisbane, Aus to Singapore to Frankfurt, Germany. Brisbane to Singapore 8 hours, then Singapore to Frankfurt Germany 13 hours . Only 2 hours stop-over in Singapore. I didn't mind at all because it was Singapore Airlines Business Class.
Then Davao City, Phils to Singapore to LA, it was exhausting. I will never do that again, even it was premium seats still to much.
Before Covid pandemic NZ Airlines fly Auckland to Beunos Aires non-stop, I can't imagine sitting inside the plane that long specially in economy class wearing mask.
Same, recently flew London to Brisbane. First leg London to Amsterdam with British Airways, with an overnight layover. The second leg Singapore Airlines from Amsterdam to Singapore, the final leg Singapore to Brisbane, all in Business Class. Coming back the same route. It was very comfortable and being able to sleep lying down and having the layover in an Amsterdam hotel before finally flying home in the UK was worth it, got barely any jet lag once reached home! The time difference wasn’t bad on either side of the world for me.
I did the 16hr 45 minute flight from NYC to Manila, Philippines. That one left at 145am so I was able to sleep early on.
The night flights are the best ones. I flew out to nairobi via JFK and it was amazing.
I was probably the loading supervisor on that flight🤣
@@justinzhou628 It wont be a long time till I go back. I will not wear a mask for 16 hrs in a plane.
@@Batman-jc5uc good luck
i usually connect in detroit then 12+hrs to tokyo before Manila; don't think i could do direct from JFK-MNL
20 years ago, the flight from Chicago to Singapore (with a stop at Tokyo Narita) was about 22 hours flying with about 3 hours layover. We left on a Friday afternoon and arrived Sunday morning.
The return flight left around noon and arrived the same morning, I think. Those time changes really mess with you!
Imagine complaining about this length of trip to those living around 1890. They'd all laugh and be stunned that we can go essentially half way around the world in a day.
I had a similar experience on my return flight from Tokyo to New York. The flight was 12 hours. We were scheduled to take off and land at the exact same time due to the time difference....but then the plane landed 10 minutes early. That was a mind bender.
I went from east coast to LAX to Singapore to Cebu, way back in the mid 90s. It's quite the long journey, but I loved it as an 11-year old.
Yes, I remember wanting to nap for hours in the middle of the day here in the states after returning from Asia as a teen. It's hard. But, so worth it.
Sounds similar to the flights I used to take Auckland to London (via LAX) & return. 11-12 hours to LAX, we had to disembark & be processed by US customs only return to our same seats & continue 10-11 hours to London. I usually spent 4-5 days there for work & flew back home same route. Did that for 5 years 2-3 times a year until Covid. The first year I was just excited to be going to London by year 5 I was over it & its definitely tiring. This year will be the first year since I need to go back & not looking forward to the long flight likely via dubai or Asia since air nz no longer flies to London.
I once flew from Newark to Singapore in the early 2000. I now don’t remember how it felt flying that long of a flight.
I have taken the Delta flight Johannesburg-Atlanta several times and it's brutal, people need like a week to recover from the jetlag, especially the flight going down there.
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JFK to Johannesburg in 2006 on SAA was freezing cold and took forever, took three days for my body to come up to normal temp!
flown that same flight 6 times. You are right, it is brutal.
@Barry Rosenthal good point!
I finished up a work assignment in Anchorage, AK and had to go straight to the next assignment in South Africa. I wound up flying Anchorage to Atlanta, about a four hour layover then Atlanta to Joburg. I didn't even know my own name by the time I got there.
I once took a 10-minute flight from Dhahran to Bahrain on a Gulf Air 737-200. There wasn't enough time to show a movie but we were all given a cup of chilled orange juice.
Toronto to Manila 16 hrs plus. Great crew made the flight enjoyable. Food was actually good as well. Flew at night over the North Pole, over Russia and China. This was in February. Second flight to Manila was October and we flew up over the Pacific, over Alaska and Japan down to Manila, same thing great crew on Philippines airlines.
You realized that the earth is not a sphere... it is flat.
@@Sunoco5383 You really are stupid, arent you. I have seen the curve of the earth, flovn over both poles. No sharp edge cut off explain that you walloper.
@@Sunoco5383 why dont you go up in space and show us proof?
Dubai to Buenos Aires, via Sao Paolo on Emirates, over 19 hr! So much fun watching your beard grow, skin drying, getting constipated and totally losing all track of time 😁
True, but it doesn't count as these are nonstop flights. Though weird that they used 2018 to reference 2020 as flights which were added in 2019 (such as Cathay Pacific's Hong Kong-Washington Dulles route (which was dropped in 2020 due to Covid-19)) beat most of this list.
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I have something for constipation it called reading the newspaper. After reading all that garbage im cleaned out in less then 10 minutes.
@@raphaelszok8561 LOL
These are nonstop routes in this video
Very nice information, thanks a lot.
Back in 2011, I did 16hrs 45min from Johannesburg to New York(JFK) with South African Airways. I thought I was going to die😭😭😭
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brisbane to sydney - 1 hour and a half. sydney to houston - 15 and a half hours. houston to el salvador - 3 hours. 20 hours of flying. was the hardest trip i've ever done! felt like it was never going to end
El Salvador? Why didn't you just get off in Houston?
i flew for 4 hours Greece-Uk and cried the whole way. thank you
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@@jaleel788 I have a huge fear of flying . So
One time, Qantas extended the longest flight to the longest in the world by making a flight from London to Sydney, nonstop
Very true.
Yes, 19 hours.
When I grow up I want to be a pilot for Kantas.
Qantas not Kantas
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He still hasn't grown up, apparently.
@@pinayladyoz8044 That's probably the joke. The narrator can't stop saying 'Kantas.'
Cool. First thing you'll need to know is that you pronounce it "Kwontass". And if the idiot running the company (into the ground) is still there when you grow up, I'd recommend you apply to another airline!
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LOL Now that's good career advice! 😅
After once done a flight that last total almost a whole day, all these flights aren’t that surprising to me as much. :)
I flew from Hanoi to Toronto with transit in China. Practically the same distance with the longest flight here with Hanoi being not far away from Singapore and Newark being close to Toronto. The only good thing is since Toronto is 12hrs behind Hanoi, when you arrived, you have an extra 12hrs whereas if you flight the other way around from the place where time is behind forward, another few or many hours extra would seem to have been taken away when you arrive at your destination.
Wow!
Sounds like magic hehe
All flights that run more than 17hrs must cancel economy seats and give flexibility
And that makes all seats way more expensive, and after that there is no demand left. Airlines would sell only business seats if possible. Economy seats are there just to fill the plane.
And pay you to fly :)
Or they could have a self-service beverage and snack bar. JetBlue mint used to do that.
when we travel to the philippines to visit our family, we go from:
alexandria to houston (1 hour)
houston to manchester (8 hours)
manchester to singapore (12 hours)
singapore to manila (3 hours)
in total 24 hours
In 2018 I did JFK-LAX-Brisbane-Sydney and back. Thankfully it was in business class, so I survived.
Qantas London to Sydney is the longest flight. Qantas is also looking at a flight from Sydney to New York and has been done before but isn’t available for passengers yet. The London to Sydney one is available, That is the longest flight
Please update: San Francisco to Bangalore by Air India 16 hours and 39 minutes and 14,003-kilometre
9Nov-2005 Pakistan airline (PIA) hong kong to London 21,602 Kilometer in 22 hours 20minutes 🙂
@@no420me9 Hong Kong to London is not 21k km
@@derricefarmer1775 I believe that person is talking about the single longest flight in a commercial airliner. If I remember correctly, the PIA flight went from HKG to London, but over the Pacific and Atlantic rather than Asia.
@@no420me9 I believe the video is referring to the longest recurring flight currently rather than past flights that happened once.
Is it a direct flight? I believe it stops at Delhi and go SFO from there
Any flight where your knees are touching the seat in front of you is Long AF!
United Airlines no longer flies to Singapore from L.A. The only sole operator for the Singapore-Los Angeles flight is Singapore Airlines
I flew United airlines from Singapore to LA before
We flew UAL from LAX to Singapore back in 1987.
Now, United airlines flies only to San Francisco from Singapore.
I wish American Airlines and delta also flew to Singapore.
Been on the NY to Manila flight many times, its a killer but beats the heck out of stopping in Japan or Taipei & adding 6+ hours to travel time.
You should try NY to Singapore to Manila by Singapore Airlines, only 2 hours lay-over at Singapore Airport.
@@pinayladyoz8044 why would they want to do that if they are going to manila
@@wannaplaythisdavid I don't know what you are talking about. I've done many times Sydney to Singapore to Manila. Also NY to Singapore to Manila Singapore Airlines.
@@pinayladyoz8044 no like couldnt you just do ny to manila straight up?
@@wannaplaythisdavid you can do NY straight to Manila but not with Singapore Airlines. I prefer Singapore airlines due to comfort and best service.
Did the SF to Singapore flight on United .. depending on the wind it’s 17 hrs but only 14 1/2 coming back to the states.
London to Sydney is now the longest non stop flight in the world which showcases 2 sunrises..... Operated by Qantas
Rubbish.....it would take 23 hours......to perth is 18 hours
ponto08 they are also crossing time zones
@@ponto08 it’s true, they are bringing it in by 2025 and it will take 19 hours
Except it hasn’t started yet (July 2022) Qantas hasn’t received the A350s for this route yet.
@@ponto08not really, you would be flying a bit more east than south
I have some very long flights on AM:
Hong Kong-Reclife
Buenos Aires-Denpasar
Buenos Aires-Mumbai
Hong Kong-Cancun
Doubtful that any airline flies HKG-CUN or others.
@@ascotberks2018 Its Airlines Manager lol
I flew the Newark-Singapore flight twice in 2010.... The plane was, I believe an A350 four engine Airbus one deck airplane, not the A380. There were only 100 seats/cubicles on the flight. We all had our private spaces with small doors that closed. At bedtime, they gave us a small bag with sleeping apparel. By the time you were done changing in the very large restrooms your bed was made up with mints on the pillows. Yes, it was a long flight but it was first rate with the food, the service and the lovely flight attendants.
I think you're talking about the A340, as the A350 only has two engines.
Definitely the a340
It used to be operated by the a340-500, but then, the a350lr took over.
Thanks for the video
It is not pronounced ‘Cantas’! It is pronounced Qantas, like ‘Q’ as in the ‘Queen’. The airline has been around forever & is named after Australian places when it first launched & flew only to those Australian Destinations. ‘QANTAS’ stands for ‘Queensland and Northern Territory Airline Systems’!
Close enough to be undistinguishable
@@odzergaming You must be deaf
It’s pronounced Kwantas actually even though it’s called Qantas.
The narrators accent is interesting. Kantas. I love it.
Longest flight I’ve been on was from Toronto Pearson to Mumbai back when Air Canada operated a direct flight to Mumbai. I have a hard time sleeping on planes, so I made quick acquaintance with the IFE.
My longest flight was air India from Delhi to sfo, which is longer than Abu Dhabi to lax.
My Qatar Airways flight from Manila to New York (including a layover of 2 hours in Doha) was 25 hours.
Back in 92 I flew from LA to Aukland. Flight time was around 19 hours total
How is it 19 hours long? Sfo to Sydney only takes 15 hours.
Lovely collection of info! The list might be missing DEL-SFO which I think is amongst the top 5 long distance flights.
Yes! Agree. There are many 16+hours flights which do not find a mention here
Yes. Distance-wise, it is also longer than lax to Abu Dhabi.
Longest flight I've ever done was Newark to Honolulu. That was 8ish hours. Long enough. I can't imagine being stuck on a plane longer than that. Course at 6'5" air travel really doesn't cater very well to me.
On 10 November 2005 PIA used the Boeing 777-200LR to complete the world's longest nonstop flight by a commercial airliner. This flight lasted 22 hours and 22 minutes on the eastbound route between Hong Kong and London.
Qantas is pronounced like ‘k-want-iss’ lol
whatever..
What is the pronounciation of k-want-iss ?
.piglippinos make this clip and narrations..
She said it correct, I'm Austrian
@@mcscootieno she didn’t
This bee does not even know how to pronounce Qantas 😂
Longest I've been on a flight was Santiago Chile to Dallas. Usually a 10.5 hour flight, but icing conditions kept us circling for 3.5 hours in a holding pattern with a touchdown in Austin to refuel. 14 hours I was in that economy seat!
Mine is Dubai to Dublin for 8 1/2 hours. I was sick and threw up twice on the flight lol
@@martinjohnson3914 being sick and flying is horrible!
@@martinjohnson3914I hope you didn’t throw up on the seat
My longest was Delhi to sfo on an air India Boeing 777-200LR. 16 hours and 5 minutes in the air. This was almost 8 years ago. Technically, we spent around 18 hours inside the plane cause of a two-hour delay.
@@SYDAirlineEnthusiast wow! That's a very very long flight!
To allow you to think a destination is further or closer to you
"Philippine airlines"😊
Besides Newark, Singapore Airlines also has nonstop services between Kennedy and Singapore. Daily
And I thought that the frequent 12 to 14 hours flights I used to have between 2010 and 2018 were long. Apparently not that long
They were considered long for a while. It’s hard to believe that 19 years ago New York to Hong Kong was the longest route but now it’s near 30th place
I did a flight trip between Chennai, India and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It took nearly 24 Hours...
please mention PHILIPPINE AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO MANILA !
It’s mentioned as 8th longest flight
I flew from Auckland 🇳🇿 to Dubai 🇦🇪 and it took 17 hours long on Emirates 777 like damn it’s one hell of a long journey
In October 12,2016. I took a 14 hours and 8 minutes flight from Taoyuan, Taiwan to Paris, France by Eva Airlines. I thought it was the longest flight in the world!😁
A month earlier from then, I took my longest, which was a 16 hour and 5 minute flight from Delhi to San Francisco on an air India Boeing 777-200lr.
John Cleese the British comedian was quoted as saying 'i Love Australia and travelling there but its quicker travelling to some planets' haha
UNITED STATES AIRLINES?!?! I've never heard of them. Are they a new airline? *heavy sarcasm implied
I flew from Sydney to Dallas in 2018. We almost missed our connection to LGA.
The longest flight I ever took was in 1976 while in the Navy and flew from Virginia to Pt Mugu, California to Honolulu, Hawaii to American Samoa Pago Pago to Christ Church, New Zealand and finally to McMurdo Station Antarctica and back.
Thanks 4 your services.
Knew some of the longest flights would be arriving and departing from Australia. We are a long way from most other countries. But that’s the way we like it.
Los Angeles - Singapore is operated by Singapore Airlines only at this moment. UA suspended this route quite some time ago already.
Great Job 👍 Travel respect from Detroit
Geometrically, how would the shortest distance be determined? If you can imagine a plane (not airplane) through 3 points: the center of Earth, Point A and Point B, then that plane leaves an intersecting line (circle and line) on the Earth surface joining Point A and Point B. That is the shortest distance between Point A and Point B.
You realized that the earth is not a sphere... it is flat.
I've done Sydney - Dallas Fort Worth, one long flight although I flew Qantas not Kantas....
In 2008, I did 17 hours non-stop from Los Angeles to Bangkok in coach! Never again.
Which airline?
@@awgkiwi Thai Airways on an Airbus A340-500. This route is no longer offered.
Yep, I have done the flight from San Francisco to Singapore 🇸🇬 ❤👏🏻👏🏻… long flight but it’s worth it. Love Singapore
I think now longest is Sydney to London world record . One more flight missing Delhi to san Fransisco 17 hours .. I traveled in 2017 Doha to New York 16 hours ..
Sydney to London was a test flight so its dosnt count but the longest flight ever was the 27 hour flight from Paris to Auckland with no passngers
Those are major cities. I often take flight from Xinjiang to Québec. Last time I flied, it took me 45 hours on plane (with several tansfers), 7 hours in a car.
LONGEST FLIGHT : ''Earth To Mars'' By ELON'S SPACE X 😁
Ya know I'm gonna have to agree w/u on that, it's true.
True
Are those commercial flights available to everyone? No
Longest flight is Voyager 1 wichis flight to interstellar system..about 13.6 Billion km away from the earth...😄
😂
In 2011 I flew non stop on Emirates Air from Dubai to Los Angeles. It was a 19 hour flight.
I spent this kind of time in the car yesterday.
Being in the air seems to be funnier.
I did,, ireland-london-manila, peru-atlanta-japan-manila, manila-thailand-sudan-congo, manila-s. korea-south africa, my longest voyage was philadelphia to south korea via indian ocean for 50 days at sea.
Flight from Sydney to Johannesburg should also be included here.
Longest flight in the world.
Yes, I thought I 'd die when flying there for the World Cup 2010
London’s airports combined deal with 125-130 million people each year busiest in world
I did Singapore-SFO on Singapore Airlines in Premium Economy. Flying with the jet stream instead of against it made the flight duration about 14-1/2 hours, similar to SFO to Hong Kong. It’s a long flight and not one I’d ever do in cattle class.
exactly, I flew Brisbane, Australia to LA direct flights business class Virgin Atlantic, I don't think I can do it in economy.
Any flight over 4 hours in the back is too long
i flew sfo to singapore via singapore airlines in coach back in 2020, prior to close down. i was seated at the last left aisle seat. first 3 hours of the flight from sfo was so turbulent. whichever altitude the pilot brings the airplane, all turbulent. after that, it was smooth flying all the way to singapore.
SFO-Hong Kong is my third longest flight after SFO-Delhi (second longest), and Delhi-SFO (longest).
SFO-Hong Kong is 13 hours long.
The idea of spending 18 hours continuously, in an aluminium tube, over 000's of miles of water, with no walk-about is as attractive to me as having my lung removed while still breathing!
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
With the San Francisco to singapore flight
The difference in seat size is because the aircraft types are different
United uses the 787-9 for the flight
Singapore uses an A350-900
The A350 is larger than the 787
the A -350 is a marvel;
@@giancarlocerza9159 i agree
I think all planes are marvels in different ways
@@danieldrayet2364 than you Daniel
Thank you
It's not the Planes, it's the Airline specific requirement seats that makes the difference. An A320 can have much bigger seat than an A380 does IF that particular airline ordered them to be fitted that way. Blame the Airlines for making seats increasingly small that only fit for kindergarten children.
I can't take this seriously when Qantas is pronounced cantus
It's NOT pronounced "CANTAS"!!! The national airline of Australia is pronounced kwantas!
Qantas is offcl airlines ?
@@sanjaypurswani3405 Qantas is the national airline of Australia. The name itself is an acronym. The letters stand for Queensland And Northern Territories Air Service.
@@sanjaypurswani3405 Yes, it's not only the National Airline of Australia with the Flying Kangaroo logo on it's tail, it's also the oldest airline in the world!!
Yes, presumably the narrator did not realise that it is an acronym and the Q is from Queensland.
@@cbisme6414 Qantas airlines commenced it's operations from Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Trivandrum, Vijayawada airports of India .
Nice video
You *really* shouldn't use data from 2018 to say what the longest flights in August 2020 are, especially as flights such as Cathay Pacific's Hong Kong-Washington Dulles route which were added in 2019 beat many of these flights (That route has since stopped due to Covid-19, but that was later in the fall).
I believe that as of 2023, Sydney to New York in 22 hrs is now the longest.
never heard QANTAS pronounced like that before, what a HOOT. (should be said like Kwantas)
Yea i was thinking same thing. Not even close. Had me confused at first
You never realize how slow 500 mph is until you’re flying over the ocean. It’s sloooooooow!
Singapore airlines is an amazing airline for sure but I’ve taken a flight from Newark to Singapore…. They stopped at Germany for 1 hour to get gas/fuel. I can’t count that as one long flight.
Thanks for information
They just released their non-stop flight not very long ago. You must have been on it before where yes, they did stop
@@eclipsisolis I went summer of 2019 before lockdown
Singapore airlines uses the A380 from jfk to Singapore with a stop in Frankfurt.
@@SYDAirlineEnthusiast that’s what I had lol.
The longest flight I’ve been on was 13 hours. And that reached the limit of my endurance, so I’d never be able to do these nonstops to Australia or Singapore.
New airline called Kantas. 😂
back in 2014 I took the Sydney to Dallas flight and i think at that time it was the longest flight in the world, just over 16 hours
Air India
Hyderabad to Chicago
Bangalore to San Francisco
wouldn't want to fly air india
Anyone know why isn't there more maldives non stop flights, ?,, as its a dream holiday destination........
We're waiting for the Boom Overture SST.
Hurry up!
this time 1:18 route is from san francisco to singapore (going from right to left) , then I wonder this time 3:54 route newark to singapore (going from left to right) that took so long , what happened if it is travel from right to left? like in the route of 1:18 san francisco to singapore? enlighten us pls.
Been waiting for three 2020 version
Nice information
I flew non-stop LA to Singapore (Singapore Airlines) and San Francisco to Singapore (United) several times. Yes, it's a long flight, but it's not too bad, or maybe because I'm a frequent flier and am used to it :)
It is interesting the longest SINGLE flight but that isn't the whole story. It might be made of multiple legs but having a system where you have to fly one distance, deplane, pass security again, take a long leg over the pacific, deplane, pass security again then another leg makes the total journey time without any effective break much longer than it seems.
The first time I travelled from my home in Kyabram Australia to visit my son in Seattle it took 33 hours of travelling and connecting flights. Someone going from Sydney to London takes substantially less time for a similar distance.
N° 1 : French Bee Tahiti - Paris 10 022 mi. (16 129 km). 20 h 20 min. May 15 2020. Airbus A350-900.
C pas un A350-900 ULR qui fait ce trajet
@@IE-Emperor_X98642 no because it is not a direct flight
@@jean-mariecosquer4011 dans l'avenir oui car c le seul avion qui pourra faire ce trajet de 16 129 km et l'A350-900ulr a 18 000 km d'autonomie
LAX to CDG(Air France)...dinner and breakfast...lots of sleep....with a bit of bumpy air for your flying pleasure 😀 On the return trip Istanbul to Paris to LAX 13 hours 55min
Yep. I've done these same flights. Missed connection to Cairo, put up near CDG overnight.
@@claudiahansen4938 That's awesome 😎 I had never been so sore in my life lol. Too much sitting down for me 😉😊
@@d.t.5400 i can relate!
@@claudiahansen4938 😅😅😅