Longest Non-Stop Flights by Duration 2026
About This Dataset
Longest Non-Stop Flights by Duration 2026
The same routes ranked by scheduled block time rather than distance, in hours. The two rankings differ because prevailing winds are not symmetrical: an eastbound flight rides the jet stream and lands sooner than the identical route flown westbound.
Analysis
Newark to Singapore is scheduled at 19.2 hours, the longest on the list, ahead of New York-JFK-Singapore at 18.9. Every route here is scheduled at 17 hours or more. The longest route by distance, New York-JFK-Singapore, is 18.9 hours. The shortest flight on this chart still takes 17.2 hours.
Source:
Wikipedia, Longest flights
Key Findings
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Newark - Singapore leads in Scheduled Duration (hours) with 19.20 in 2026.
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Average Scheduled Duration (hours) in 2026: 18 · median: 18.
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Gap in 2026: Newark - Singapore is 1.1× larger than San Francisco - Singapore (Singapore Airlines).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, Longest flights
- Coverage
- 15 entities · 2026 · 15 observations
- Measure
- Scheduled Duration (hours)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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