Longest Flight

frostyj · Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:21 pm

What would be the longest flight you have flown on? I know we have lots of these threads but those were quite a while ago.

For me so far my longest is 3,192 miles from Dublin to EWR which was 6 hours and 40 minutes. I have booked Dublin to Washington this July which is 3,392miles - that will be a LONG flight for me.

Thankfully this is a wide body aircraft so it will be interesting to see what impact that has. I don't think I could cope over 10 hours though so I don't know how people can bear going to Asia.

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TWA772LR · Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:53 pm

SFO-SYD or SYD-LAX. Whichever is longer.

aloges · Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:59 pm

my longest and also farthest flight: FRA-EZE, 14:09 h, 11 516 km, DLH 510, Boeing 747-400 D-ABVM "Hessen"

9w748capt · Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:07 pm

Quoting frostyj (Thread starter):
What would be the longest flight you have flown on?

ORD-HKG and LAX-HKG, both of which took around 16 hours

Quoting frostyj (Thread starter):
I don't think I could cope over 10 hours though so I don't know how people can bear going to Asia.

Try it sometime - you won't regret it. Plus you'll get a bunch of miles out of it too!

flymia · Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:17 pm

Distance SYD-LAX in 2003 747-400ER. Was in economy, enjoyed the flight though. For the time they had a great IFE.

Time: LAX-HKG just about 15 hours and 20 minutes. Was in first class for that flight. By far the best flight I have ever taken in my life. Not only did I get to go to pretty much my top city of my wish list, flying first on a CX 777-300ER was awesome.

frostyj · Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:18 pm

I think I will to be honest. After the five hour mark I usually get very restless, mind i've never flown a two isle plane so it might be different?? Idk

ab486 · Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:57 pm

LHR - BKK for me. About 12 hours or so.

A 10+ hour flight is fine as long as you have good entertainment and a comfortable seat with decent pitch.

citationjet · Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:26 pm

For me it was SFO to HKG on SQ A380 - about 14 hours. My wife a few years ago flew SQ A340 non-stop from LAX to SIN - 18 hours and 15 minutes non-stop in the all business, 100 seat aircraft. It was the second longest commercial flight at the time.

andz · Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:42 pm

My two longest non stop are SYD-JNB and JFK-JNB. The former was a killer, 14 hours daylight over water, grindingly boring in 2001 when IFE was scarce.

29erUSA187 · Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:46 pm

I just flew my longest on Sunday, a BA 777 from LHR-SAN. Just over 11 hours. It was fine for me though, I slept for 10 hours of it, thanks to a group of 3 seats I had to myself. Next longest is SAN-LHR at 9:45.

PlymSpotter · Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:01 pm

Longest for me is DOH-GRU on a Qatar 77L, 7,376 miles and 14h 16m. Very comfy seats even in economy and a ridiculously cheap fare on BCN-DOH-GRU-EZE and return.

Quoting frostyj (Reply 5):
I think I will to be honest. After the five hour mark I usually get very restless, mind i've never flown a two isle plane so it might be different??

To me a seat is a seat, as long as it isn't excessively narrow (10 abreast 77W etc...) I'm fine with it. I've done 7 hours in an A319LR and it was fine.

Dan

frostyj · Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:11 pm

Quoting andz (Reply 8):

4 hours of atlantic is enough ocean for me.

frostyj · Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:13 pm

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 10):

Its not the seat, its my sanity

Yflyer · Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:51 pm

My longest was also LAX-SYD, at 7502 statute miles and 13 hours 39 minutes.

Quoting frostyj (Reply 12):
Its not the seat, its my sanity

The key to maintaining your sanity on a long flight is to compartmentalize your time. Eat your inflight meal, then spend a few hours watching a movie, walk around to stretch your legs, maybe take a nap, read a book or magazine for a while, then play some games on your phone... or whatever helps keep you occupied. Just don't do one thing for the whole flight.

B747forever · Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:38 pm

My top 3 longest flights

1. SYD-LAX on UA 777-200ER 7488miles
2. SFO-SYD on UA 777-200ER 7417miles
3. AUH-ORD and ORD-AUH on EY 777-300ER 7275 miles

Have 2 ULH coming up

LAX-HKG on CX 777-300ER 7260 miles
HKG-DFW on AA 777-300ER 8123 miles

Surprisingly I dont have a problem with these 15 hours flights. With some sleep and 2-3 movies the flights are over in no time.

mmo · Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:03 pm

For me, SIN-EWR a couple of times and LAX-SIN once. All in a 345...long but not too bad.

frostyj · Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:14 pm

Quoting Yflyer (Reply 13):

Seriously I can't cope with anything longer than 7 hours its too much. I have to be out walking around and moving after that because I get bored and fed up.

I also feel like flight starts to drag.

ab486 · Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:37 pm

Quoting frostyj (Thread starter):
Seriously I can't cope with anything longer than 7 hours its too much. I have to be out walking around and moving after that because I get bored and fed up.

If you can get some sleep, plus having good entertainment (either AVOD or personally owned), these long flights often go by pretty quickly.

ctnyc12 · Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:58 pm

EWR-PVG on a UA 777 is my longest. Didn't sleep a minute since I am 6'4" and in Y. Watched 6 movies though. Was very ready to get off the plane.

Did LHR-SIN-SYD on a BA 744 on the upper deck in J. Even in J it seemed like it took forever

frostyj · Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:59 pm

Quoting ab486 (Reply 17):

I can't sleep hence me booking the daylight flight back to Dublin from JFK.

Ytraveller · Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:56 pm

In terms of distance: HKG - LAX on a CX 77W; 7,256 miles
In terms of duration: DOH - ORD on a QR 77W; 13h 46m

Quoting frostyj (Thread starter):
I don't think I could cope over 10 hours though so I don't know how people can bear going to Asia.

I guess it depends on the airline, but usually it isn't that bad. 2 days ago I flew LHR - LAS on BA, a 10 hour flight, and it just "flew" by. Well, BA does have a great entertainment selection.

Quoting 29erUSA187 (Reply 9):
I just flew my longest on Sunday, a BA 777 from LHR-SAN. Just over 11 hours. It was fine for me though, I slept for 10 hours of it, thanks to a group of 3 seats I had to myself. Next longest is SAN-LHR at 9:45.

So you got the window seat! (re: your other thread) I was eating a sandwich at Pret (in T5-A) when I heard the final boarding call for your flight

- Ytraveller

frostyj · Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:24 pm

I'm not saying I couldn't do 10 hours just that i'd get bored like hell.

Even in First class.

ArmitageShanks · Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:54 pm

Detroit to Tokyo at 6397 miIes. Waking up after painfully nodding off for 6 hours and realizing I still had 5 more hours was just awful.

planeguy727 · Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:55 pm

SIN-EWR on SQ
LAX-SIN on SQ
SYD-LAX on PA
FRA-BKK (and return) on TG
CDG-JNB on AF
CPT-AMS on KL

910A · Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:06 am

SFO-SYD - QF
LAX-TPE - CI
LAX-AKL - QF

frostyj · Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:21 am

Quoting ArmitageShanks (Reply 22):

Wow that must've been a pain!!

AirCanada787 · Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:35 am

YVR-SYD (and then back 5 weeks later) I had done SFO to SYD and back before but from YVR just seemed a bit TOO long towards the end. The flight was only booked about two weeks before and I was in the middle section in the middle seat....

At least I had an isle on the way back.

baldwin471 · Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:15 am

LHR-KUL with MH. the 13 and a half hours absolutely flew by on the A380, especially considering I had all three seats on the left side of the cabin to myself!

ICN-LHR was around 13 hours too, but not quite as pleasant. Mainly because we took off in the morning and then spent the next 12 hours overflying Siberia in the middle of Winter, so it was damn bright snow outside. No chance of sleeping.

Have done LHR-BKK-LHR a few times too, normally around 10-11 hours.

lpdal · Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:33 am

JFK-JNB in Y, December 2004...

Travel Time:
14 hr 50 mn
Distance:
7,967 m

Plus we had to stop in Dakar, Senegal for fuel which more or less added three hours travel time each way. That flight probably explains why I never flew in Y once I started buying my own tickets. Shudder shudder. On the other hand, those two flights added two A340-600 regs to my log, I guess...

The whole family pretty much slept for the whole first day we were in Johannesburg.

-LPDAL

seat64k · Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:40 am

Quoting baldwin471 (Reply 27):
LHR-KUL with MH. the 13 and a half hours absolutely flew by on the A380, especially considering I had all three seats on the left side of the cabin to myself!

Same route, same airline, same plane for me

And a pleasure it certainly was, although I didn't have three seats to myself.

As far as I know, this is currently the fourth longest route from LHR after EZE, SIN, and MNL.

777Jet · Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:55 am

Quoting TWA772LR (Reply 1):
SFO-SYD or SYD-LAX. Whichever is longer.

LAX-SYD is longer (in time and distance) and that is my longest flight too! I've done the flights between SYD & LAX / SFO many, many, many times...

IIRC PEK-IAH is #2 on my list...

byronicle6 · Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:17 am

By duration
LAX-BNE 14:05
SYD-LAX 13:50
DXB-SYD 13:45

A330NZ · Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:50 am

I've done the SIN-LHR leg several times (my longest flight by both distance and duration). One time that was particularly memorable was on a BA 77W - due to strong headwind the duration crept up to 14:45

n729pa · Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:13 am

Single sectors it would be ...

1. 7484 DXB-SYD-DXB QF A380 VH-OQE/OQJ/OQK
2. 7242 DXB-MEL-MEL QF A380 VH-OQJ/OQK
3. 6759 SIN-LHR-SIN QF A380 VH-OQE/OQG/OQJ
4. 5993 LHR-HKG QF B747 VH-OJQ/VH-OEH
5. 5355 LHR-SFO PA B747 N729PA

As one through flight it would be

QF2 and QF1 LHR-DXB-SYD/SYD-DXB-LHR at 10899 miles or 21-22 hours plus the stop. Plenty of time to have a drink, sleep, something to eat, watch a film, have something to eat, have a nap, play a game, look out the window, have a sleep, have a drink etc, are we there yet? I'm not sure how this flight would have been in the 1960s or 70s for example when IFE was a book or pack of cards and you stopped three or four times on route.

FlyingHollander · Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:01 am

Longest Flight: 5,264 mi, 10:40 h, London (Heathrow) - Phoenix (Sky Harbor Airport), 23.12.2011
The eastbound flight was almost an hour shorter.

ThrottleHold · Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:30 am

SYD-SWF.
9936nm.
19h 35m.

ams747757 · Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:56 pm

My longest was FCO-PHL about 6 years ago on the now former US Airways A330-300. The flight was a good 9 hours, and seemed even longer since they were having IFE problems and had to reset the whole system. Mine, which had been working fine, never came back on and the FA said there was nothing they could do. This was 1.5 hours into the flight.

Cipango · Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:52 pm

1:
July 4th, 2008
EK 413 SYD-DXB
A340-500 - A6-ERG
7481 Miles
14 Hrs 20 Mins

2:
September 24th, 2014
EK 407 MEL-DXB
A380-800 - A6-EEM
7231 Miles
13 Hrs 25 Mins

3:
September 23rd, 2007
VS 201 HKG-LHR
A340-600 - G-Vxxx
5994 Miles
13 Hours 20 Mins

4:
August 19th, 2006
CX 257 HKG-LHR
A340-600 - B-XXX
5994 Miles
13 Hours 15 Mins

5:
March 23rd, 2015
LX 139 HKG-ZRH
A340-300 - HB-JME
5776 Miles
13 Hours 5 Mins

6:
January 6th, 2015
BA 168 PVG-LHR
B77W - G-STBE
5755 Miles
12 Hours 50 Mins

My longest continuous trip (multiple flights):

LAS-EWR-DUB-DXB-HKG with United and Emirates all in one go - great trip but tiring.

January 15, 2013
UA 1208 LAS-EWR
B737-800 - Nxxxx
2227 Miles
4 Hours 45 Mins

January 15, 2013
UA 22 EWR-DUB
B757-200 - Nxxxx
3193 Miles
5 Hours 45 Mins

January 16, 2013
EK 162 DUB-DXB
B77W - A6-EBZ
3682 Miles
7 Hours 5 Mins

January 17, 2013
EK 380 DXB-HKG
A388 - A6-EEE
3684 Miles
6 Hours 20 Mins

12,787 Miles and 23 Hours 55 Mins total flying time.

777Jet · Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:44 pm

Quoting ThrottleHold (Reply 35):
SYD-SWF.
9936nm.
19h 35m.

If you are serious - Very nice, mate! That's awesome!

May I ask what the equipment was?

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BubbleFrog · Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:19 pm

I suppose it was a BA flight LHR-BKK a very long time ago... It was 1997, I had no idea about these things, but I remember it was about 14 hours. Or maybe the return.

Of what I really remember, probably LHR-SFO or LHR-DFW, I would have to check.

BubbleFrog · Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:22 pm

Quoting ThrottleHold (Reply 35):
SYD-SWF.
9936nm.
19h 35m.

Wow. And I second the question about the plane.

roseflyer · Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:38 pm

Quoting mmo (Reply 15):
For me, SIN-EWR a couple of times and LAX-SIN once. All in a 345...long but not too bad.

I did EWR-SIN trip once. I liked the EWR-SIN flight. 11pm departure and 5am arrival was not that bad in business class. I slept for 11 hours and jetlag was not too much of a problem. The return SIN-EWR 11am-5pm flight was much rougher and jetlag was miserable.

sw733 · Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:27 pm

SYD-DFW (Distance)
DFW-HKG (Time)

Haven't done the DFW-SYD nonstop yet which will become the longest on both counts, but I have three trips scheduled on that between now and November.

redzeppelin · Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:39 pm

LAX-LHR (and return) on NZ 747-400 in 2001. 5456 sm.

Viscount724 · Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:03 pm

My 5 longest nonstops:

YVR-SYD 7,757 mi, 6,741 nm
SYD-LAX 7,488 mi, 6,507 nm
HKG-SFO 6,927 mi, 6,019 nm
YVR-HKG 6,392 mi, 5,555 nm
LHR-BKK 5,958 mi, 5,177 nm

surfpunk · Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:42 pm

My longest non-stop was ANC-DNA (and the reverse route a couple years later) on an FT 742. 4389mi
Second longest was ORD-ORY on an AA 762. 4156mi
Third longest was ORY-RDU on another AA 762. 4052mi
Fourth longest would be CRK-NKW on an HA DC8-Combi. 3645mi. Made the reverse route on this as well, but in a USAF C-142.

That FT flight was a pain, as it was an all-coach config for military charters. Probably 550+ pax on that flight. The NKW-CRK route in the C-142 was worse, as it was bench seating along the inside of the fuselage, and was rather cold in back.

ThrottleHold · Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:17 am

Quoting 777Jet (Reply 38):
If you are serious - Very nice, mate! That's awesome!

May I ask what the equipment was?

Quoting BubbleFrog (Reply 40):

Wow. And I second the question about the plane.

B777-200LRF

aerorobnz · Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:02 am

The top 5.

LAX-SYD
12,073 km
14:55 h
V Australia
Boeing 777-3ZGER

BNE-LAX
11,546 km
13:50 h
V Australia
Boeing 777-3ZGER

LHR-SIN
10,894 km
11:45 h
BOEING 747-412

SIN-CDG
10,736 km
14h30 (headwinds and turbulent)
Singapore Airlines
BOEING 747-412

IST-GRU
10,561 km
12:20 h
Turkish Airlines
Boeing 777-3F2ER

fallap · Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:13 am

LHR - SIN with Qantas

GRJGeorge · Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:35 am

Did JNB-MEL and back with V Australia in 2010 when they briefly operated the route for about a year.
Not sure of the distance because it wasn't the optimum route taken with the 77W, as it couldn't go too far south, routing MEL-PER-MRU-JNB, with the return leg being around 16hours

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