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World's Longest Flight Routes
Top 20 longest real, airline-served city pairs by great-circle distance
These are the longest city pairs in our profiled-hub route network — real, airline-served connections rather than a theoretical antipodal exercise. Each one links to a full route guide with flight time, timezone difference and airline data.
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1Dallas Fort Worth International Airport → Sydney Kingsford Smith International AirportDFW ↔ SYD · Dallas-Fort Worth – Sydney (Mascot)
13,808 km great-circle
2Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport → O.R. Tambo International AirportATL ↔ JNB · Atlanta – Johannesburg
13,583 km great-circle
3Dubai International Airport → Los Angeles International AirportDXB ↔ LAX · Dubai – Los Angeles
13,400 km great-circle
4King Abdulaziz International Airport → Los Angeles International AirportJED ↔ LAX · Jeddah – Los Angeles
13,390 km great-circle
5Brisbane International Airport → Dallas Fort Worth International AirportBNE ↔ DFW · Brisbane – Dallas-Fort Worth
13,365 km great-circle
6Dubai International Airport → George Bush Intercontinental AirportDXB ↔ IAH · Dubai – Houston
13,125 km great-circle
7Dubai International Airport → San Francisco International AirportDXB ↔ SFO · Dubai – San Francisco
13,020 km great-circle
8Hong Kong International Airport → John F. Kennedy International AirportHKG ↔ JFK · Hong Kong – New York
12,970 km great-circle
9Newark Liberty International Airport → Hong Kong International AirportEWR ↔ HKG · Newark – Hong Kong
12,960 km great-circle
10Hamad International Airport → George Bush Intercontinental AirportDOH ↔ IAH · Doha – Houston
12,933 km great-circle
11Dallas Fort Worth International Airport → Dubai International AirportDFW ↔ DXB · Dallas-Fort Worth – Dubai
12,920 km great-circle
12John F. Kennedy International Airport → O.R. Tambo International AirportJFK ↔ JNB · New York – Johannesburg
12,831 km great-circle
13Los Angeles International Airport → Melbourne AirportLAX ↔ MEL · Los Angeles – Melbourne
12,758 km great-circle
14Hong Kong International Airport → Toronto Pearson International AirportHKG ↔ YYZ · Hong Kong – Toronto
12,548 km great-circle
15Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport → Newark Liberty International AirportBOM ↔ EWR · Mumbai – Newark
12,546 km great-circle
16John F. Kennedy International Airport → Taiwan Taoyuan International AirportJFK ↔ TPE · New York – Taoyuan
12,545 km great-circle
17Hong Kong International Airport → Chicago O'Hare International AirportHKG ↔ ORD · Hong Kong – Chicago
12,522 km great-circle
18Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport → Vancouver International AirportSYD ↔ YVR · Sydney (Mascot) – Vancouver
12,501 km great-circle
19Dubai International Airport → São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportDXB ↔ GRU · Dubai – São Paulo
12,217 km great-circle
20Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport → Dubai International AirportATL ↔ DXB · Atlanta – Dubai
12,210 km great-circle
Data note: Rankings are based on the LandingAtlas dataset sourced from OurAirports and OpenFlights. Values reflect records in our dataset and may not represent current operational status. Data sources →