Naritaflyer From Japan, joined Apr 2006, 545 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 1 month 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3021 times:
The longest city-pair that I could find is KIX-GRU at 11,666 miles or NRT-GRU at 11,486 miles. Are there any others that are farher apart? Only major cities please.
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7713 posts, RR: 55 Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 month 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3004 times:
Auckland to London is right up there as well, at 11,404 mi (although of course because it has to stop in LA, the actual mileage flown each day is 11,960 mi; or 11,683 mi via Hong Kong).
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He wasn't asking about city-pairs that are actually flown, just hypothetical city pairs. Most of the ones mentioned above are not, in fact, flown, and none of them are non-stop. I guess AKL-LHR is the longest one that is actually flown, although not, of course, non-stop. Keep in mind the longest possible (great circle) route would be something like 12,500 mi or a little bit more, so 11, 404 is pretty close.
Fly2CHC From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (7 years 1 month 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2598 times:
All the city pairs which pretty much link antipodal (opposite) points would be the longest, however air services do not currently operate such sectors. E.g. WLG-MAD (12,335mi), EZE-PVG (12,176mi), etc
Naritaflyer From Japan, joined Apr 2006, 545 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 month 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2515 times:
Well, I was talking about major city-pair distances not necessarily flown. JAL flies NRT-JFK-GRU 5 times a week I believe. I find it interesting that some routes that appear far on a flat map are actually not that far via the great circle route.
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