What's the Longest Possible Commercial Flight?

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  • Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  5 лет назад +1299

    Got some time to kill on a long flight? Do my work for me and figure out new HAI topics!
    If you submit your ideas for HAI topics and we use yours, we'll send you a free HAI t-shirt for your troubles.
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    • @CancerGaming56
      @CancerGaming56 5 лет назад +20

      Let him figure it out.
      *Cough splutter airplane mode*
      *Cough splutter cheap airline with no wifi*

    • @yonawurzburger5327
      @yonawurzburger5327 5 лет назад +29

      You made a mistake there are non-stop flights from Tel Aviv to Brazil

    • @techhelpportal7778
      @techhelpportal7778 5 лет назад +2

      @@yonawurzburger5327 true

    • @daandanx
      @daandanx 5 лет назад +24

      May i still suggest a real video about bricks?

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 5 лет назад +1

      Do a video on horoscopes and astrology (or on Wendover if you can't think of jokes)

  • @adub1300
    @adub1300 5 лет назад +4201

    “From the best airport in the world to the worst” have my like just for that

    • @ranitidina007
      @ranitidina007 5 лет назад +10

      I guess none of you have been in port prince airport

    • @ChrMuslimThor
      @ChrMuslimThor 5 лет назад +5

      Ever been to Frankfurt Flughäfen?

    • @connectingwings7212
      @connectingwings7212 5 лет назад +15

      @@ChrMuslimThor I've been recently, it's not that bad, however Munich is way better. What's good in Frankfurt is the public transport nearby as well as the long-distance train station for example

    • @cooling9953
      @cooling9953 5 лет назад +3

      ranitidina007
      How ever crazy it might sound Newark airport (one of two airports for New York) has been crowned to be one of the worst if not THE worst airport in the US. Been there myself for quite some hours during a layover and I can vouch for that it is really really bad!

    • @RubenThomas
      @RubenThomas 5 лет назад +5

      Good one. Changi is one hell of a great airport. Never been to Newark-Liberty before though. Flew through LaGuardia in April, and it has improved greatly since I was last there many years ago.

  • @Momsemann
    @Momsemann 5 лет назад +1500

    I feel like he’s pissed about waiting in newark so he made this video just as a rant about it

    • @sion8
      @sion8 5 лет назад +19

      I mean I wouldn't call it a rant.

    • @harper322
      @harper322 4 года назад +22

      newark is literally the worst though

    • @zem6300
      @zem6300 4 года назад +12

      as a new jerseyan who has to leave from newark sometimes. i have no words for how awful it is.

    • @lauraanne7108
      @lauraanne7108 4 года назад +4

      Teqh Zem
      it sucks I was there a few weeks ago and it was my first time there let me just say never again

    • @Cal90208
      @Cal90208 4 года назад +3

      Laura Anne Oh no I’m arriving there next summer save me

  • @CJetsPlanespotting
    @CJetsPlanespotting 5 лет назад +4813

    This video should be titled “Sam Roasts Newark Airport for 6 Minutes”

    • @FLOABName
      @FLOABName 5 лет назад +28

      CJets he could make a series on that

    • @neillenhart6838
      @neillenhart6838 5 лет назад +36

      Kyle A I’d like that. Or just every other airport in the US and why they’re better than Newark.

    • @HaveIGotMuseForYou
      @HaveIGotMuseForYou 5 лет назад +14

      Never been to Newark Airport, but I'm avoiding it after watching this 😆

    • @mr.whitechristmas280
      @mr.whitechristmas280 5 лет назад +9

      @@HaveIGotMuseForYou You're lucky. He isn't exaggerating.

    • @Randelgraft
      @Randelgraft 5 лет назад +13

      Exactly. By the end I was like, show me on the doll where the Newark hurt you.

  • @allana2019
    @allana2019 4 года назад +1712

    As a New Jersey resident, I both feel offended, but also 100% agree with everything said about Newark Airport

    • @Redwan777
      @Redwan777 4 года назад +53

      You should have said
      "NEVeR before have I been so offended with something I 100% agree with"

    • @yourlocalramen1660
      @yourlocalramen1660 4 года назад +29

      As a New Jersey resident also, can 100% confirm what Sam said is true.

    • @allana2019
      @allana2019 4 года назад

      Womp Womp indeed

    • @charlotte_8814
      @charlotte_8814 2 года назад +1

      my condolences for you being a new jersey resident, get well soon

    • @thatsicilian787
      @thatsicilian787 2 года назад +8

      As another New Jersey resident, I can say it’s hard to argue with his assessment…
      But LaGuardia is worse no matter what.

  • @christophersargeant4545
    @christophersargeant4545 4 года назад +439

    Fun fact: The airport code EWR isn't based on those letters existing in the name "Newark". Rather, it's the sound one makes when seeing Newark Airport.

  • @uppercaseseven
    @uppercaseseven 5 лет назад +7390

    I could be wrong, but I think he has something against Newark Airport.

    • @finnrummygaming
      @finnrummygaming 5 лет назад +187

      He shamed Newark in his Northernmost Town vid too

    • @TrimutiusToo
      @TrimutiusToo 5 лет назад +218

      Tobe fair it is pretty terrible

    • @mottyk8491
      @mottyk8491 5 лет назад +121

      No ... its just that bad

    • @sovietmuffin501
      @sovietmuffin501 5 лет назад +87

      UppercaseSeven as a new jersey resident it’s a fair criticism. Our cities are the worst.

    • @TheLiamster
      @TheLiamster 5 лет назад +42

      I love Newark airport. It’s the best airport in the world.

  • @factsonfacts7100
    @factsonfacts7100 5 лет назад +2800

    Does this guy like Newark airport? I honestly can’t tell.

    • @TrimutiusToo
      @TrimutiusToo 5 лет назад +94

      To be fair it is pretty terrible

    • @factsonfacts7100
      @factsonfacts7100 5 лет назад +31

      Timur Sultanov yea I know I live on the island and fly out of there pretty often it’s horrible

    • @gold-818
      @gold-818 5 лет назад +33

      Being from Long Island the only reason to go to Newark Airport is because it has cheep flights and JFK is so God damn expensive.

    • @uriahlevi8640
      @uriahlevi8640 5 лет назад +4

      Nobody does

    • @TheLiamster
      @TheLiamster 5 лет назад +17

      I love Newark airport. It’s the best airport in the world.

  • @devangliya7131
    @devangliya7131 5 лет назад +3554

    This episode is sponsored by JFK airport

    • @brandenr6073
      @brandenr6073 5 лет назад +56

      Sponsored? They're both operared by the PANYNJ...

    • @mikhail_suslov
      @mikhail_suslov 5 лет назад +46

      @corporate shill woooosh

    • @pegeonpera
      @pegeonpera 5 лет назад +82

      Use the code HAI to get 10% off the next time you visit JFK duty free

    • @yumeretta
      @yumeretta 5 лет назад +39

      JFK airlines
      "Our travels are faster than a speeding bullet"

    • @scj6693
      @scj6693 5 лет назад +18

      ya5u.mid “we fly direct from Dallas to DC”

  • @HairyGhostbear
    @HairyGhostbear 4 года назад +288

    5:02: I like the fact that somewhere between Shanghai and Sao Paulo, the captain is like: 'If you look to your left, you can see the city of Tromso, Norway'

    • @CinemaDemocratica
      @CinemaDemocratica Год назад +8

      One of my favourite cities in the world is Montreal. On the flight between JFK and Taipei, we pass *directly* over it -- which still breaks my brain.

    • @mickimicki
      @mickimicki 10 месяцев назад +2

      I only grasped the geography of that route because of this comment 👍

  • @rahzsen7260
    @rahzsen7260 4 года назад +617

    Just a New Zealander stepping in here: if anyone's curious, the "Wh" in "Whangarei Airport" is actually pronounced like an "F", so it should actually be pronounced "fahng-ah-ray" :)

  • @diecicatorce6259
    @diecicatorce6259 5 лет назад +1506

    I love how Sao Paulo-Tokyo goes through the Pacific Ocean but Sao Paulo-Shanghai goes through the arctic

    • @stoutyyyy
      @stoutyyyy 4 года назад +146

      It’s a great circle, Sao paolo-tokyo was displayed on a Mercator map so it had to be across the Pacific since the projection cuts off the arctic. Sao paolo-Shanghai was displayed on the globe so it didn’t have that restriction. Realistically since the airports are antipodal the great circle could go through any part of the world. It could fly over the North Pole, the South Pole, over London, over New York, although realistically airlines don’t like flying over oceans in case of contingency so it would probably go the arctic route because it flies over the most land

    • @xenomorphbiologist-xx1214
      @xenomorphbiologist-xx1214 4 года назад +91

      I attempted to fly between Tokyo Haneda and São Paulo in Infinite Flight, and it turns out, the fastest way to get there is to go up north over Russia, then down across North America, then the Caribbean and then finally over Brazil. I got about 4/5 of the way there before the app crashed and it took about 14 hours

    • @chuckwhitson654
      @chuckwhitson654 4 года назад +4

      But absolutely no person has crossed or circumnavigated Antarctica........ Hmm

    • @XxAndrewklep9xX
      @XxAndrewklep9xX 4 года назад +28

      Since it's near antipodal, it doesn't make that much of a difference of a route. If you draw a line in any direction originating at some point on a sphere, you'll eventually intersect with the antipode. Probably at most will take another couple of hours if you go the other way.

    • @fakename287
      @fakename287 4 года назад +23

      @@chuckwhitson654 uh, yes they have? It's literally in history books lmao

  • @francoisrd
    @francoisrd 5 лет назад +1689

    HAI: let’s find antipodal airports!
    *Flatearthers have left the chat*

    • @thomaswiltherford9265
      @thomaswiltherford9265 4 года назад +16

      You guys are so small minded. A globe can be FLAT and still have poles!! The nasty gov conceals that esrth is like a coin, but square! There are TWO SIDES, LOSERS! Open up your eyes and SEE THAT THEY LIE!

    • @francoisrd
      @francoisrd 4 года назад +49

      Thomas Wiltherford not sure if this is a parody or sincere, but if it’s the latter, you just said “a globe can be flat”, so......

    • @thomaswiltherford9265
      @thomaswiltherford9265 4 года назад +60

      @Francois Roewer-Despres Lol don't worry, I am sane. The earth is round, the moon is real, and vaccines work. I wanted to see what reaction I would get lol. Good job for being respectful!

    • @AndyHappyGuy
      @AndyHappyGuy 4 года назад +2

      ah sheet, here we go again.

    • @thomaswiltherford9265
      @thomaswiltherford9265 4 года назад +4

      This has been so enlightening.

  • @baedling4297
    @baedling4297 5 лет назад +155

    5:25 "... that makes South America and Asia the only two inhabited continents on earth to not be connected by nonstop flights"
    There are nonstop flights from São Paulo to Doha and Dubai.

    • @felchap1205
      @felchap1205 5 лет назад +17

      Yep, I was looking for this comment. Isn't there an Emirates flight from Rio to Dubai as well?

    • @josuesantanna7290
      @josuesantanna7290 5 лет назад +15

      Yes, and now São Paulo to Tel Aviv too.

    • @sohopedeco
      @sohopedeco 5 лет назад +10

      And São Paulo-Istambul too (although the airport is in the European part, I guess).

    • @sohopedeco
      @sohopedeco 5 лет назад +24

      I hope Sam adresses that in his yearly mistakes video.

    • @odeiraoloap
      @odeiraoloap 5 лет назад +20

      There are people who *still* keep associating Asia with Mumbai (South), Tokyo (East), and Bangkok (Southeast) and not Istanbul or Doha (West) because something, something, geopolitics...

  • @wikiwiki1093
    @wikiwiki1093 4 года назад +509

    Newark airport: **exists**
    HAI: _so you have chosen...death_

    • @parsafarjammusic28
      @parsafarjammusic28 4 года назад +3

      How Da Fuq did you come up with that??

    • @iaminyourwalls107
      @iaminyourwalls107 4 года назад +1

      Ridley Gray he didn’t, it’s a quote from lord of the rings

    • @shehranazim4784
      @shehranazim4784 3 года назад

      Newark airport: **exists**
      Literally everyone: "Please stop"

  • @diogoscf
    @diogoscf 5 лет назад +1342

    Sam: “Newark is the worst airport”
    Beauvais-Tillé Airport: “Tenez ma bière”

    • @warhammer3051
      @warhammer3051 4 года назад +41

      Hold my beer? 😂

    • @lillyie
      @lillyie 4 года назад +35

      NAIA: hawakan mo ang aking alak

    • @lotusamg6997
      @lotusamg6997 4 года назад +76

      Thanks to you I learnt how to say "hold my beer" in french, because of a meme. Now i can go tell my mom internet and memes are educational.

    • @dedlykuin8539
      @dedlykuin8539 4 года назад +8

      Angkasa pura airport management: that's a funny joke

    • @confession25
      @confession25 4 года назад +1

      😂😂

  • @HowsThatApp
    @HowsThatApp 5 лет назад +770

    "Passenger airlines need passengers to make money" Big brain time.

    • @CristianDF
      @CristianDF 5 лет назад +6

      As it turns out!

    • @VintageToiletsRock
      @VintageToiletsRock 5 лет назад +5

      He could get a job with that kind of exclusive knowledge!

    • @itsallsimplefacts
      @itsallsimplefacts 5 лет назад

      And on his other channel it turns out they dont. So which one is it Sam?
      ruclips.net/video/U1a73gdNs0M/видео.html

    • @DevastatingExplosion1989
      @DevastatingExplosion1989 4 года назад

      Only hot takes

  • @Abbyyzz
    @Abbyyzz 5 лет назад +883

    I feel like the script was written at newark airport...

    • @tbird3402
      @tbird3402 5 лет назад +38

      Johan Holst what else is there to do at Newark

    • @itaybron
      @itaybron 5 лет назад +53

      @@tbird3402 fly away from it

    • @sneezyguy793
      @sneezyguy793 5 лет назад

      Nah it was written in the air

    • @gnranger
      @gnranger 5 лет назад +3

      @@sneezyguy793 after departing Newark airport

    • @the.abhiram.r
      @the.abhiram.r 5 лет назад

      t bird look at the ipads

  • @JabobKrauskopf
    @JabobKrauskopf 5 лет назад +594

    Nothing is longer than a flight next to a toddler

    • @ixcapncrunchxi492
      @ixcapncrunchxi492 5 лет назад +17

      Crying baby*

    • @jeremiahtisdell4823
      @jeremiahtisdell4823 5 лет назад +56

      I always tell them to go play outside

    • @iteet1160
      @iteet1160 5 лет назад +2

      @@jeremiahtisdell4823 wow, lol

    • @IchOdaNich
      @IchOdaNich 5 лет назад +2

      How would you even do that? I mean Toddlers can't fly so you'd have to fly in circles around it.

    • @c2lredstone946
      @c2lredstone946 5 лет назад +3

      @@IchOdaNich they can fly, typically the families sit in the bulkhead row where crew can attach a crib after takeoff

  • @kalithp5397
    @kalithp5397 3 года назад +38

    Fun fact, if you want to find the longest flight by flight time you are no longer looking for antipodes. Because flying east is faster than flying west, you are looking for two cities where reaching it by flying in an eastward direction takes exactly as long as reaching it by flying westward. That city will be geographically closer to the west than the east.

    • @jerryli6763
      @jerryli6763 Год назад +4

      The route could fly east both ways as that could be faster if they were true antipodes

  • @fofo4427
    @fofo4427 4 года назад +49

    Ez. Fly from Singapore to Singapore, literally 50 hours around the equator and your done.

  • @blank6521
    @blank6521 5 лет назад +194

    Simple answer: a lot of jokes about Newark airport

  • @neversaynever22ful
    @neversaynever22ful 5 лет назад +303

    title: longest possible commercial flight
    summary: to hell with newark airport
    and honestly, i completely agree. shitty airport

    • @onecoinmidas4541
      @onecoinmidas4541 5 лет назад +6

      Ever heard of LaGuardia?

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 5 лет назад +1

      It's gotten better recently.

    • @thehackerwolf7118
      @thehackerwolf7118 5 лет назад +4

      LaGuardia laughed at this comment

    • @MatanColl
      @MatanColl 4 года назад

      Tbh the inside of the United terminal is geting a lot nicer but the delays only get worse and worse

    • @TacitMoose
      @TacitMoose 4 года назад +2

      Lol yah. I flew out of there last year with Lufthansa and those poor Germans were starting to lose their minds. 😂

  • @3trewpeaceday
    @3trewpeaceday 5 лет назад +644

    Timestamps for everytime Newark airport gets dunked on in the video:
    0:28
    0:34
    0:54
    1:20
    3:50

  • @taylorreinhart5991
    @taylorreinhart5991 4 года назад +12

    I literally never comment on anything, but I've come across your main channel recently and have been binging your videos and I just love how your videos have a certain educational flow to them. Sometimes I'll be watching a video and I'll think of my own question, pause the video, and google it real quick, only to find out that you ask and answer the question moments later, and even if it is not immediately answered, you usually have another video explaining it. All this to say I really like your channel :)

  • @anotidachitando9220
    @anotidachitando9220 5 лет назад +441

    Hey, just saying... Whangarei is pronounced with a "ph" sound. This could be added in your yearly mistakes videos. So like "Phun-ga-rey" that's how you'd pronounce Whangarei. Much love from NZ.

    • @Natika101
      @Natika101 5 лет назад +23

      Was just going to say this, but thought it best to check comments section. 😊

    • @meandmetoo8436
      @meandmetoo8436 5 лет назад +1

      What's a ph sound ?

    • @Natika101
      @Natika101 5 лет назад +20

      Like "phone"

    • @pepbobmc
      @pepbobmc 5 лет назад +3

      Wikipedia lists Wendover's pronunciation as one of the possible two. The other being the one I assume you are defining

    • @reasonnottheneed
      @reasonnottheneed 5 лет назад +4

      Wanfarfei?

  • @nickanand8087
    @nickanand8087 5 лет назад +121

    Wendover: I love making plane videos
    HAI: Hold my poor selection of beer

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 5 лет назад +4

      It's the same guy (you probably know it).

    • @localidiot5484
      @localidiot5484 5 лет назад +7

      Yeah that Wendover guy is lame, HAI is WAY better am I right?
      *Cough Cough*

  • @Miconazole
    @Miconazole 5 лет назад +308

    2:36 “it turns out that passenger aircraft needs passengers to get money”
    _Ah yes, the floor is made out of floor_

    • @prestonang8216
      @prestonang8216 5 лет назад +4

      Dos Gato II
      Ah yes, water is wet

    • @Garfie489
      @Garfie489 5 лет назад +8

      To be fair, there have been a history of passenger services which didnt primarily need passengers to make money.
      Government sometimes subsidises an entire flight in return for keeping any ticket revenue. Similarly sometimes a passenger flight is carrying cargo which makes the flight profitable.

    • @JP-pb6hy
      @JP-pb6hy 5 лет назад +2

      That's the joke..

    • @prestonang8216
      @prestonang8216 5 лет назад +1

      kaushik ghosh
      Rip

    • @nelsonricardo3729
      @nelsonricardo3729 5 лет назад +3

      Weird. My floor is made of ground.

  • @parsafarjammusic28
    @parsafarjammusic28 4 года назад +81

    2:40 “Passenger Airlines Need Passengers To Make Money” -Half As Interesting

  • @willdonohue8294
    @willdonohue8294 3 года назад +7

    “Although they’re rarer then an on time flight at Newark” 0:55 LMAO

  • @KelsomaticPDX
    @KelsomaticPDX 5 лет назад +224

    I like how "insufficient demand" counts as making a flight impossible but "no passenger plane in production has sufficient range" doesn't.

    • @jasonnelson5745
      @jasonnelson5745 2 года назад +37

      Sam explicitly said he didn't care about range restrictions in the opening minute of the video

    • @CamCamCamCamCamCamCamCamCammmm
      @CamCamCamCamCamCamCamCamCammmm 2 года назад +2

      I thought this too 😂

    • @wta1518
      @wta1518 2 года назад +28

      I think you missed the beginning, this is in a world without range restrictions or Newark Airport.

    • @EdyAlbertoMSGT3
      @EdyAlbertoMSGT3 2 года назад +24

      To be fair, insuficient demand is a much stronger reason than lack of capable aircraft, because demand could cause that aircraft to be made. In theory at least.

    • @captainCaybrew
      @captainCaybrew Год назад +2

      We’ll have aircraft with the kindve ranged mentioned in this video probably within the next 20 to 40 years, however I doubt tangier and that small New Zealand town will ever have demand to support a flight no matter how long we wait

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 лет назад +559

    HAI: Newark is the worst airport
    LaGuardia: Am I a joke to you

    • @gold-818
      @gold-818 5 лет назад +31

      Thank you I've been waiting for someone to say this god I fucking hate that airport.

    • @mt_xing
      @mt_xing 5 лет назад +26

      Yeah LGA is so much worse. At least Newark has a rail link.

    • @dudebop8203
      @dudebop8203 5 лет назад +3

      Facts lol😂

    • @doommagic
      @doommagic 5 лет назад +8

      Guess he's taking the reconstruction of LaGuardia into consideration?

    • @jaredthompson5323
      @jaredthompson5323 5 лет назад +1

      Avery the Cuban-American have you ever been to Lima airport in Peru, it’s shit, worst airport I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to Newark

  • @yousmeel9127
    @yousmeel9127 5 лет назад +34

    As someone who’s main source of airport is Newark, it’s always great when you land since your expectations were already so low form your stay at Newark

  • @goro922_
    @goro922_ 4 года назад +65

    "It turns out that passenger airlines need passengers to makes money"
    everyone: *:o*

    • @grahamjohnson7412
      @grahamjohnson7412 4 года назад +1

      Except that sometimes they don't. Belly cargo can prop up a route. American Airlines makes more money flying cargo to Puerto Rico than it does flying passengers.

  • @krisnathebalinese
    @krisnathebalinese 4 года назад +45

    2:06 When a Balinese Indonesian has actually travelled for longer than 24 hours to Colombia...
    I feel personally attacked

  • @gialourm
    @gialourm 5 лет назад +43

    Sam, firstly, I LOVE all of your videos -- I always look forward to your new episodes. Keeping this short, I wanted to surface that Dubai, Doha, Tel Aviv and Istanbul are all Asian cities --- often overlooked as being Asian as they are not the "Far East", yet categorized as EMEA-- and all 4 have non-stop services to either Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Caracas, Bogota, and Panama City (acknowledging PTY being trivial if considered South America).

    • @wta1518
      @wta1518 2 года назад

      Istanbul is debatable, because there is no defined line between Europe and Asia, but the rest are absolutely on the continent of Asia.

    • @cmhcoder
      @cmhcoder 2 года назад +1

      @@wta1518 Well it depends on what side of the Bosphorus Strait the airport is on (Istanbul's main airport is on the European side, so Istanbul doesn't count

    • @raphaelhamilton3526
      @raphaelhamilton3526 9 месяцев назад

      Good point, but these would be beyond the scope of the video as they are far from antipodal. Only Far Eastern cities meet the criteria of totally antipodal.

  • @VexSG
    @VexSG 5 лет назад +445

    This guy oddly sounds like Wendover Productions

    • @Mercilessonion
      @Mercilessonion 5 лет назад +79

      Ikr... Probably he's been kidnapped by the HAI person at he Newark Airport

    • @zxsddddddddddddd
      @zxsddddddddddddd 5 лет назад +37

      Roshen Thomas r/woosh

    • @Rayuzan_M
      @Rayuzan_M 5 лет назад +12

      @@zxsddddddddddddd Why are you booing him? He's right

    • @rishimanda2191
      @rishimanda2191 5 лет назад +18

      @@Rayuzan_M its not booing. It's used when someone does not get a joke or a reference. It's actually a subreddit from....reddit

    • @Minimo360911
      @Minimo360911 5 лет назад +15

      Rishi Manda I’m sure you’re very fun at parties

  • @chicocabalatungan8831
    @chicocabalatungan8831 5 лет назад +110

    "Because...you know...empire"
    What is this? A Crossover episode?!

  • @TheLugiaExpert
    @TheLugiaExpert 4 года назад +17

    New drinking game: Take a shot every time he disses Newark Airport

  • @bobby4747
    @bobby4747 4 года назад +92

    There actually is a flight from Asia to South America operated by Emirates who fly from Dubai to Sao Paulo

    • @lheulheulheu
      @lheulheulheu 4 года назад +9

      Nonstop flights / Operating : DXB-GRU, DOH-GRU / Extinct : DXB-GIG, AUH-GRU, TLV-GRU, BEY-GRU, CCS-DAM

    • @crdiasneto
      @crdiasneto 3 года назад

      There are also flights from São Paulo to Doha

    • @sq7238
      @sq7238 2 года назад +2

      Sam considers Asia and the Middle East separate continents, the same way South and North America are.

  • @Avionicx
    @Avionicx 5 лет назад +356

    Newark: *exists*
    Sam: Im about to end this airport's whole career

  • @ErnestJay88
    @ErnestJay88 5 лет назад +203

    The longest non-stop flight that carrying passenger is :
    Apollo 13

    • @casual_moth
      @casual_moth 4 года назад +2

      The challenger thing as well

    • @dolphinreacts532
      @dolphinreacts532 3 года назад +28

      @@casual_moth that was actually the shortest

    • @Mikasks
      @Mikasks 3 года назад +3

      Commercial flight

    • @ftblaze6175
      @ftblaze6175 2 года назад +2

      I am sure, it's fast , and it isn't non stop , non stop would mean it would keep happening

    • @wilyriley_
      @wilyriley_ 2 года назад +4

      @@ftblaze6175 that’s not what non-stop means. All non-stop means is that there are no layovers, or stops, during the flight.

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 5 лет назад +80

    I was on the phone with a Qantas rep booking my flight.
    She asked, "Window or aisle?"
    After a moment, I replied, "Or you'll what?"

    • @jimsvideos7201
      @jimsvideos7201 5 лет назад +4

      You funny fucker, well done.

    • @zoemartin5934
      @zoemartin5934 5 лет назад +1

      Sebastian Elytron i dont get it, im slow

    • @jimsvideos7201
      @jimsvideos7201 5 лет назад

      @@zoemartin5934 It sounds like " Or I'll..."

    • @heisen-bones
      @heisen-bones 5 лет назад

      @@zoemartin5934 say "I'll" in an aussie accent

  • @liamdoinsomething6017
    @liamdoinsomething6017 3 года назад +3

    While São Paulo (which will henceforth be initialised as SP) Shanghai may be the longest route with substantial demand, you can theoretically construct longer routes.
    As mentioned before within the video, SP Shanghai is longer than SP Tokyo, however if you keep moving south within Japan, longer routes can occur:
    SP Osaka is longer than SP Shanghai
    SP Fukuoka is longer than SP Osaka
    SP Kumamoto is longer than SP Fukuoka
    All the way up to SP Okinawa, on the Ryukyu islands, is the theoretical longest reasonable* route between SP and Asia.
    *Whilst you could land a plane in the Philippine Sea, it would likely not be considered reasonable

    • @liliya_aseeva
      @liliya_aseeva 2 года назад

      Route to Fukuoka seems especially legit, this is a fast-growing city with a somewhat big metropolitan area. But of course Osaka should have much more demand.

    • @718Gilbert
      @718Gilbert 2 года назад

      Brasilia to Manila. 18,838 km also pretty reasonable. Long runways and everything

  • @1xatu1
    @1xatu1 4 года назад +10

    I think a flight between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Seoul, South Korea would have lot of demand too, and there is a distance of 19.420km between both cities :)

  • @user-hq2mh4ec6r
    @user-hq2mh4ec6r 5 лет назад +245

    Finally someone acknowledged the existence of Japanese-brazilians like me yay

    • @B3Band
      @B3Band 5 лет назад +5

      Nobody was denying your existence lol, get over yourself

    • @user-hq2mh4ec6r
      @user-hq2mh4ec6r 5 лет назад +32

      @@B3Band most people here in canada are really shocked when I say I'm from Brazil, but oh well

    • @lucasplz2429
      @lucasplz2429 5 лет назад +65

      @@B3Band Why be a dick in here when you can go be a dick in Newark Airport?

    • @moon993
      @moon993 5 лет назад +7

      I heard Brazil is the furthest place possible from Japan

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 5 лет назад +13

      @@user-hq2mh4ec6r So you're a Japanese-Brazilian living in Canada? Usually, there quite a bunch of young adults from Europe visiting Canada before or while studying, so if you find yourself one of these, say of African origin or descent, and the two of you have kids and those kids move to Australia, they would be the most international fellas ever having connections to each inhabited continent in the world. I would suggest they become scientists and visit Antarctica every know and then.

  • @thinkingaboutsomething4765
    @thinkingaboutsomething4765 5 лет назад +50

    2:43 This is the pilot speaking: We're in the middle of a serious bruh moment

  • @vahbiav92ghanekar
    @vahbiav92ghanekar 5 лет назад +105

    Flight 370 is the longest flight ever.

    • @rishimanda2191
      @rishimanda2191 5 лет назад +13

      I feel like slapping myself for laughing at this.

    • @prakharsinha6364
      @prakharsinha6364 5 лет назад +1

      Big oof

    • @tasnim569
      @tasnim569 5 лет назад +4

      well, it’s “true”?

    • @scythal
      @scythal 5 лет назад +10

      Welll, it's been flying for 5 years and we still don't know if it has reached Atlantis yet....

    • @TheEgg185
      @TheEgg185 5 лет назад +1

      lol. 😂 Best comment ever.

  • @bangunalamsyah4985
    @bangunalamsyah4985 4 года назад +72

    "And not having Newark Airport"
    😂😂😂

  • @superpenguin645
    @superpenguin645 9 месяцев назад +2

    As a New Jersey native I would like to point out that you can practically visit every continent from Newark except Antarctica. Newark also has many different food options among their terminals. The only terminal that is bad is terminal B, but C and A are pretty good.

  • @paulinbrooklyn
    @paulinbrooklyn 5 лет назад +163

    Upvoted for “don’t call me Shirley”, one of the all time best lines in movie history.
    And for the general excellence of your content.

    • @woodonfire7406
      @woodonfire7406 4 года назад +4

      And Newark Airport

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus 4 года назад

      Maybe in a list of Best 1,000 movie lines it's up there, at 998...

  • @tecker7454
    @tecker7454 5 лет назад +23

    Newark airport: exists
    HAI: *It's roasting time!*

  • @SarmonOflynn
    @SarmonOflynn 5 лет назад +83

    I was unreasonably satisfied hearing "are" and "these" before "data."
    What a day!

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 5 лет назад +8

      But then this video is only one datum...

    • @User31129
      @User31129 5 лет назад

      I also was like "Hey good for you Sam"

    • @arshawitoelar7675
      @arshawitoelar7675 5 лет назад

      I dont get it.

    • @pfysche2283
      @pfysche2283 5 лет назад +1

      @@arshawitoelar7675 data is actually plural appearently, datum is the singular.

    • @davidtitanium22
      @davidtitanium22 5 лет назад +1

      @@pfysche2283 what about...
      *datas*

  • @patrickhurst5336
    @patrickhurst5336 5 лет назад +3

    My absolute favorite RUclipsr. His clever wit, combined with fascinating facts, make learning something new a blast!

  • @jvohanian
    @jvohanian 2 года назад +6

    Newark ("NORK") is my "hometown" airport, and I agree with every quip you made about it.

  • @comfydrives
    @comfydrives 5 лет назад +239

    He really doesn’t like Newark 😂😂😂

    • @Tuubesoxx
      @Tuubesoxx 5 лет назад +16

      It's the anus of the us airport system

    • @kshitishsorte2918
      @kshitishsorte2918 5 лет назад +1

      @@Tuubesoxx lol

    • @bluemandude100
      @bluemandude100 5 лет назад +1

      LaGuardia is so much worse

    • @josephg1834
      @josephg1834 5 лет назад +1

      Dylan Budd gotta agree on that all NYC airports really aren’t good. LaGuardia is the worst and JFK and Newark are like tied for second worst

    • @bluemandude100
      @bluemandude100 5 лет назад +1

      @@josephg1834 The only advantage EWR has over the others is that it's sooo much easier to get to. At least for where i live. (Connecticut)

  • @xyzfortest
    @xyzfortest 5 лет назад +194

    "Here's the thing, though: basically nobody wants to travel between Indonesia and Colombia."
    ... nobody except that one boi who caught stealing money in 2011

  • @OriginalSeblakCeker
    @OriginalSeblakCeker 5 лет назад +30

    As an Indonesian, I can confirm Columbia is nowhere in my bucket list
    Also, that Leslie Nielsen reference, he's a legend

    • @sschlappkohl
      @sschlappkohl 4 года назад +5

      R Pahleffi funny as a Colombian Indonesia is not on my bucket list 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @lostchromosomes8227
      @lostchromosomes8227 4 года назад

      As an Indonesian, I'd fly to Colombia just to get laid by a hot latina girl

    • @AndresBastidas97
      @AndresBastidas97 4 года назад +1

      lost chromosomes
      Nobody is getting laid by a hot Latina girl if you can’t figure out the difference between Colombia and Columbia.

    • @lostchromosomes8227
      @lostchromosomes8227 4 года назад

      @@AndresBastidas97 I admit there's a mistake in spelling it, but you do get the point

  • @ItsEnderium
    @ItsEnderium Год назад +2

    Sam: "Newark is the worst airport"
    Luton Airport: Hold my tea and biscuits

  • @appa609
    @appa609 3 года назад +2

    Here's my top performing list:
    Taipei to Asuncion is 19929 km, 4.10 million // Reasonably likely. Paraguay is one of only 14 countries that recognize the ROC as the legitimate government of China.
    Santiago to Xian is 19908 km, 5.04 million
    Wellington to Madrid is 19856 km, 1.65 million
    Cordoba to Wuhan is 19847 km, 2.88 million
    Lima to Phnom Penh is 19815 km, 3.48 million
    Bogota to Jakarta is 19811 km, 12.31 million
    Quito to Singapore is 19745 km, 2.99 million
    Buenos Aires to Shanghai is 19629 km, 15.52 million
    Format:
    [City A] to [City B] is [Distance], [Geometric Mean Metro Population] // comments
    *note: geometric mean m(a,b) = sqrt(ab)

    • @718Gilbert
      @718Gilbert 2 года назад

      Nice list. I really like Buenos Aires to Shanghai

  • @Toasty_-jx6zk
    @Toasty_-jx6zk 5 лет назад +12

    *This episode of Half as Interesting has been sponsored by LaGuardia Airport*

  • @zhuolixie5922
    @zhuolixie5922 5 лет назад +73

    Emirates and Qatar Airways be like: is OUR flights to south america NOT flights to south america?

    • @DerTechnikMann
      @DerTechnikMann 5 лет назад +8

      zhuoli xie Turkish Airways operates to several South American countries as well..

    • @sohopedeco
      @sohopedeco 5 лет назад +7

      And LATAM operates to Tel Aviv too.

    • @zhuolixie5922
      @zhuolixie5922 5 лет назад +9

      Much to my surprise, the flight failed to pop up to my mind, but the point that Asia has nonstop to South America doesn't change

    • @magical_blue
      @magical_blue 5 лет назад +9

      @@zhuolixie5922 am if u haven't noticed Emirates airlines and qatar is located in Asia , west Asia just to be sure

    • @odeiraoloap
      @odeiraoloap 5 лет назад

      Yeah, flying via West Asia (Middle East) from East or Southeast Asia to South America is simply improbable, too long, and too expensive.
      For example, it takes *13 hours* flying from Taipei to Istanbul (Turkish Airlines 25), and then another *13 hours* from Istanbul to GRU (Turkish 15). Add to that the *6+ hours layover* in Istanbul, and you'd be spending about 1.5 days one-way flying. Too damn long and impractical!

  • @sirholycow
    @sirholycow 5 лет назад +14

    Half as Interesting: Here's a new plane video
    Me: _Nice._

  • @ducks7015
    @ducks7015 4 года назад +1

    This channel is my go to for airline related trivia

  • @triplejay7776
    @triplejay7776 4 года назад +7

    The United terminal at Newark is actually pretty decent and I’d say better than most US airports which makes it definitely worth flying out from if you’re in the area

  • @kevins3821
    @kevins3821 5 лет назад +13

    HAI: *travels by plane*
    Newark: *gives bad service*
    HAI viewers: "You fool! You have awoken the sleeping giant!"

  • @XSpImmaLion
    @XSpImmaLion 5 лет назад +4

    Heh, interesting.. I'm from Brazil, japanese descendant, and the first thing that came to mind was my trip to Japan, last year.
    I wish I could go more there, but it was my second trip. The first we went through the Pacific, going all the way up to Toronto, passing through Sao Paulo and New York, and then taking a trip from there to Haneda.
    Last year we went the other way, with a midway stop at Qatar, and then Narita.
    It's rough you guys... between packing your bags and getting to the destination it's a full day or more. Usually more because of connections, you have to wait a long time between planes.
    But then, I think about the trip my grand grandparents took on boat of a full month or so, and I really can't complain. xD My father's father was born on route, imagine that.
    The city I live in is almost an antipode to Okinawa.
    Yeah... I spend a whole lot of time researching stuff like that because I plan to live there someday. :P

  • @Kalobi
    @Kalobi 5 лет назад +192

    "Buy your domain..." "20 dollars per year"
    That's... not how *buying* works.

    • @solaribass2491
      @solaribass2491 5 лет назад +25

      There's a word for that called Renting

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 5 лет назад

      Nathan Quigley you have to give renting back right?

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney 4 года назад +3

      It's correct, but shortened. You are buying the rights to use the domain for a year. You purchase, and own the rights for that year.

    • @OLBastholm
      @OLBastholm 4 года назад +2

      @@jasondashney Which is also how renting works.

    • @millsyinnz
      @millsyinnz 4 года назад

      @@OLBastholm If you rent something, whoever you are renting off still have property rights, ie they can terminate the lease if the conditions of use are breached.

  • @thatoneflygon8291
    @thatoneflygon8291 4 года назад +9

    Idea: the plane goes all the way around the world from an airport to land back at the same airport.

  • @ElyasBinYahya
    @ElyasBinYahya Год назад +2

    “South America and Asia, the only two continents on Earth to not be connected by non-stop flights”. WRONG! I flew non-stop from São Paulo to Dubai in 2013!

  • @calliduspenguino773
    @calliduspenguino773 5 лет назад +19

    Bruh, the solution's simple just extend Whangarei's runway through an entire town and into the ocean so big planes can land there. Problem solved.

  • @NandoLorris4
    @NandoLorris4 5 лет назад +40

    Planes exist:
    HAI: it’s free airspace

  • @gutmiko
    @gutmiko 5 лет назад +6

    0:27 Just to be accurate, the plane doesn't take that route shown in the video. It flies north-east from Singapore and approaches Newark from north-west

  • @roseiests
    @roseiests 4 года назад +8

    Newark Airport: *exists*
    HAI: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career

  • @milkchocolateismypassion
    @milkchocolateismypassion 5 лет назад +72

    “Won-ga-ray” ❌
    “Fa-nga-ray” ✅
    Ng as in sing, ray with a rolled r

    • @finlayson
      @finlayson 4 года назад +2

      Both the "F" pronunciation and the "W" are pronunciation are used (though the "F" pronunciation is more common these days)

    • @milkchocolateismypassion
      @milkchocolateismypassion 4 года назад +6

      Ross Finlayson I mean yeah but “W” is the pakeha way

    • @milkchocolateismypassion
      @milkchocolateismypassion 4 года назад

      asiopdru afiopugiop pronunciation :)

  • @AviatorNZ
    @AviatorNZ 5 лет назад +18

    Everyone: **talking about Newark**
    Me: "Whangarei, my home 😊"

  • @Novazon2
    @Novazon2 5 лет назад +16

    "because; you know, empire"
    *my ears perk up*
    You sir. Have my attention.

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 4 года назад +1

      _United Federation of Britain intensifies?_

  • @rafaelcosta1400
    @rafaelcosta1400 5 лет назад +9

    I made this exactly route in march/2019, via Lufthansa, 747-8 (GRU - FRA) and A380 (FRA-PVG). 27 hours (21 flying). I can't wait to do it again!

  • @noahi.1381
    @noahi.1381 4 года назад +24

    “Newark Airport sucks.”
    NAIA Terminals 1 & 2: Am I a joke to you?

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus 4 года назад

      Yes.

    • @frederikheller9174
      @frederikheller9174 4 года назад

      It's an absolute certainty that Half As Interesting has never been at Manila Airport😂

    • @noahi.1381
      @noahi.1381 4 года назад +1

      @Frederik Heller keep it that way for his mental health and patience tolerance.

    • @zedriclouis87
      @zedriclouis87 4 года назад

      tama ka jan! HAHAHAHAHA saan mas papangit pa!

    • @alba2172
      @alba2172 4 года назад

      TRUE HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @Galaxy_NZ
    @Galaxy_NZ 5 лет назад +2

    Loving the pronunciation of Whangarei

  • @jaypark6960
    @jaypark6960 5 лет назад +4

    I was eating lunch and actually choked by the third mention of Newark at 1:23. No ordinary video, HAI.

  • @jayzo
    @jayzo 5 лет назад +6

    I can imagine Sam wrote this video's script while angrily waiting out a delay at Newark.

  • @WParcival
    @WParcival 5 лет назад +6

    hahahahahaha, can't believe that Brazil was part of this video, as a brazilian i really wasn't expecting this.
    the city about 15km away from where i used to live is know to have the biggest concentration of japonese people outside japan, mogi das cruzes is the name of the city.

  • @crusherbmx
    @crusherbmx 4 года назад +1

    Love how you made the "Airplane" reference relevant.

  • @abdullahshah4510
    @abdullahshah4510 7 месяцев назад +2

    The longer POSSIBLE flight is one with turbulence. Maybe 1hr flight but 23hr turbulence.

  • @cedricye1767
    @cedricye1767 5 лет назад +254

    Last time I was this early, Wendover was still making the TWL series

    • @Demonetizedh8re
      @Demonetizedh8re 5 лет назад +8

      Oh I how I miss it...

    • @bkkedairy6981
      @bkkedairy6981 5 лет назад +13

      @@Demonetizedh8re yeah same but this is supposed to replace it

    • @casey6556
      @casey6556 5 лет назад

      @@Demonetizedh8re So do I

    • @deep.space.12
      @deep.space.12 5 лет назад +5

      Last time I was this early, Sam was still flying on TWA...

    • @RM-bv1xm
      @RM-bv1xm 5 лет назад +3

      F in the chat to pay respects to TWL

  • @pwn3dname
    @pwn3dname 5 лет назад +5

    Argentina also has a rapidly growing Chinese community (120,000 strong in 2010, probably far higher now), mostly from Fujian, and the distance from Buenos Aires to Fujian (or Shanghai, for that matter) is about 19,000 kms. Migration patterns might soon make some air routes profitable.

  • @johnrivers5934
    @johnrivers5934 5 лет назад +18

    Someone had to fly through Newark this season...

  • @Robloxgod-np3tp
    @Robloxgod-np3tp 8 месяцев назад +1

    Brazil has a large Chinese ancestral population, but their neighbor Argentina has them too. Because of this, a flight from Buenos Aires Argentina to Shanghai China could have reasonable demand, and the cities airports are a whopping 12,194.36 miles apart. They are so far apart that the antipodal point of Shanghai China is only 233.6 miles away from Buenos Aires.

  • @DaveTexas
    @DaveTexas Год назад +1

    Gee, I thought 16 hours from Sydney to DFW was bad. 22 hours would be torture. I’ve gotten to where I don’t want to be inside a plane for more than about six hours at a time. Even in first class, I just can’t handle long flights anymore. The last time I flew to Paris, I flew from home to New York, NY to London, and London to Paris. It took a lot longer, but it was vastly more tolerable for me. So, no, I won’t be taking any 22-hour non-stop flights.

  • @yonawurzburger5327
    @yonawurzburger5327 5 лет назад +5

    Correction there are non-stop flights from Tel Aviv which is it Asia to Chile via Brasil

    • @sohopedeco
      @sohopedeco 5 лет назад

      There is also Rio-Dubai, São Paulo-Dubai and São Paulo-Istambul. There used to be São Paulo-Doha but now they need to stop in Athens because of the embargo by Saudi Arabia.

  • @julioso011
    @julioso011 5 лет назад +44

    Wow I'm early, the plane hasn't even taken off yet!

    • @toadofsteel
      @toadofsteel 5 лет назад +5

      Flying out of Newark, eh?

    • @MatthewStinar
      @MatthewStinar 5 лет назад +1

      💩 ruclips.net/video/ps6YEbSTUkE/видео.html

  • @gabrielreschreiter4650
    @gabrielreschreiter4650 5 лет назад +8

    Imagine getting stuck in Newark’s long lines.
    *This post was made by JFK gang*

  • @alphaadhito
    @alphaadhito 5 лет назад +3

    If Lion Air would flown the longest flight, it'd be 48 hours. 24 hours flying, 24 hours waiting for the delayed flight

  • @Arirezz
    @Arirezz 4 года назад +18

    Pronouncing Whangerei as "Wongeray" really hurt lol

    • @KashimaRowan
      @KashimaRowan 4 года назад +1

      Arirezz pronouncing otahuhu as otahu is the worst.

    • @deadlypink7458
      @deadlypink7458 4 года назад

      Rowan M that’s how everyone pronounces it tho 😂

  • @TheEgg185
    @TheEgg185 5 лет назад +134

    "This is the longest possible flight.
    No, this is...
    Just joking, it's actually this...
    It's not really that, its this...
    Blah blah blah squarespace/brilliant/audible/skillshare"

    • @roxlovesfearless
      @roxlovesfearless 5 лет назад +2

      The Egg and Dashlane!

    • @meandmetoo8436
      @meandmetoo8436 5 лет назад

      Dislike left.

    • @orvvro
      @orvvro 4 года назад +2

      😂😂😂😂😂 didn't watch the video but, this killed me. Hahahahah

    • @lotusamg6997
      @lotusamg6997 4 года назад +7

      That's completely wrong and untrue. It's more like:
      "this is the longest possi... *Newark Airport joke* ble flight"
      *Newark Airport joke* "No, this is"
      "No, actually this is the longest possible flight *Newark Airport joke* in the world"
      "Hover bla bla"
      Please dont spread nonsenese. Thank you.

  • @dorianw8443
    @dorianw8443 5 лет назад +65

    Cape Town Internaional to Honolulu Internaional is 11,535 Miles

    • @bobbezos4344
      @bobbezos4344 5 лет назад +20

      Dorian W “Until some youtube commenter tells me I’m wrong”

    • @Athenyx
      @Athenyx 4 года назад +19

      Málaga - Auckland (12390 mi)
      Gibraltar - Auckland (You know, empire) (12377 mi)

    • @LordOfBrownies
      @LordOfBrownies 4 года назад +2

      @@Athenyx Málaga - Auckland (You know... empires crossover?)

    • @scythal
      @scythal 4 года назад +2

      @@Athenyx Málaga to Auckland would be a dream for British tourists who want to go from Mediterranean seaside vacation to NZ mountainous LOTR-esque holiday

    • @buffalome1543
      @buffalome1543 4 года назад +1

      Dorian W The people who fly to Honolulu are mainly tourists. Since non-stop flights cost more, and tourists are price sensitive, there are few non-stop flights to Honolulu. It seems you didn’t watch the video on the main channel titled “The Rise of 20-Hour Long Flights.”
      ruclips.net/video/TNUomfuWuA8/видео.html

  • @isnitjustkit
    @isnitjustkit 5 лет назад +35

    Wendover be like: *_PlAnE_*

  • @Thanos_Kyriakopoulos
    @Thanos_Kyriakopoulos Год назад +2

    You could also use Buenos Aires and Beijing. They are both capital cities of big countries and almost antipodal. Also big candidates would be Madrid Spain and Wellington New Zealand, Bangkok Thailand and Lima Peru, Jakarta Indonesia and Caracas Venezuela, but I don't know how popular they could be 😉😊

  • @nexus9876
    @nexus9876 4 года назад +3

    “ And now we have 4 minutes to talk about the sponsor, but wait, there’s a problem”
    Had us in the first half ngl