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Two idents. The distance, the track to steer as you leave, the cruise levels the semicircular rule offers, and roughly how long it takes in the sort of aircraft people fly here. No winds, because there is no wind model behind this and pretending otherwise would be worse than saying so. If you would rather be told where to go, say so below and it will pick something.

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EGLLKJFK

London Heathrow Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

Great circle distance
2,991nm
5,540 km
Track on departure
288°
heading west north west
Track on arrival
231°
57° of drift along the way
Cruise levels
FL300
Westbound, so even levels
The solid line is the route. The faint one is the straight line on this projection, which is longer to fly and is what people expect the route to be.

Roughly how long

Still air, plus half an hour for the climb, the descent and the taxi at both ends. A real day is longer or shorter by whatever the wind is doing.

  • Light single120 kt25h 26m
  • Turboprop280 kt11h 11m
  • Narrow body450 kt7h 09m
  • Wide body490 kt6h 36m

Both ends

Halfway is 52.2°N 41.3°W, which on a long leg is further north than the map makes it look.

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