Meta From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 330 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 6638 times:
What would be the longest possible flight in the world. It doesn't have to be flown by an airline and it doesn't matter if there is an aircraft that could do it either. Also traveling from 1 airport around the world to the same airport doesn't count. After using the great circle mapper I found ULN-SCL to be 11425 mi flight. That is a very looooooooong flight. Can anybody find something longer than this?
Transpac787 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3139 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 6586 times:
EZE-PVG is about the longest I can find on GCM: 12176mi
Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6466 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 6515 times:
The maximum possible is 10801 nm, and in other threads people have found airport-pairs within maybe 4 nm of that.
KPWM From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2288 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 6495 times:
Transpac787 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3139 posts, RR: 14 Reply 7, posted (5 years 1 month 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 6407 times:
02hilliert From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2007, 467 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 years 1 month 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 6309 times:
If i remember correctly, the longest ever non-stop commercially-operated service (i.e. someone paid to fly) ever flown was a non-stop charter for Tony Blair BRU-SYD with a British Airways B777-200ER. I make that:
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11118 posts, RR: 63 Reply 11, posted (5 years 1 month 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 6289 times:
These are some of the longest I could find;
WIBB (Pekanbaru, Indonesia) to SEQU (Quito, Ecuador) at 12,407 miles.
LFMT (Montpellier, France) to NZCI (Chatham Islands, New Zealand) at 12,409 miles.
YPXM (Christmas Island) to FKSU (Fundacion, Colombia) at 12,413 miles.
If you keep searching hard enough I'm sure you will hit a pair which are about 12,440 miles apart, I just can't be bothered at the moment!
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11118 posts, RR: 63 Reply 14, posted (5 years 1 month 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 6265 times:
Quoting Meta (Reply 13): I found one where I beat you by two miles. PVG-COC is 12415 mi.
I still think that somewhere you should be able to find a set of airports almost exactly on the opposite side of the world to each other, just takes more time looking than I had earlier
Meta From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 330 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (5 years 1 month 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 6260 times:
Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 14): I still think that somewhere you should be able to find a set of airports almost exactly on the opposite side of the world to each other, just takes more time looking than I had earlier
Actually, just now I found something to make this easier. On the great circle mapper just enter the 3 letter code for any airport and click search. Once its on the map then click the full name that is right under the map. It takes you to a page with info about the airport and when you scroll down it says farthest location! This is how I found that SYX-ARI is 12,430min.
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11118 posts, RR: 63 Reply 16, posted (5 years 1 month 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 6255 times:
Quoting Meta (Reply 15): Actually, just now I found something to make this easier. On the great circle mapper just enter the 3 letter code for any airport and click search. Once its on the map then click the full name that is right under the map. It takes you to a page with info about the airport and when you scroll down it says farthest location! This is how I found that SYX-ARI is 12,430min.
Well now that easier - I was just playing about on Google Earth - something which I do a lot anyway!
UltimateDelta From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 1993 posts, RR: 6 Reply 17, posted (5 years 1 month 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 6254 times:
I suppose you could go JFK-EWR by circumnavigating the globe, but that would just be stupid.
787seattle From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 641 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (5 years 1 month 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 6186 times:
Quoting Meta (Reply 15): Actually, just now I found something to make this easier. On the great circle mapper just enter the 3 letter code for any airport and click search. Once its on the map then click the full name that is right under the map. It takes you to a page with info about the airport and when you scroll down it says farthest location! This is how I found that SYX-ARI is 12,430min.
wow thanks for this info!
another long one i found is from Alert, Canada (northernmost operating airport in the world) to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in antarctica. This one is 10350nm and 11911mi. Not only that, you are flying almost due south as your initial heading.
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