# Longest regular non-stop airplane flight. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 25, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881 "2010-11-25T15:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/101 "2015-09-29T22:21:24Z")
> [@chillihead](#): > > Wikipedia has it as Singapore Airlines SQ21 at an arse numbing 18 hours and 50 mins. Singapore to Newark… The important question, though, is how they find enough people who actually want to go to Newark rather than staying in Singapore. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/102 "2015-10-14T01:36:02Z")
[Singapore Airlines has announced they will resume their nonstop Singapore to Newark/New York flights in 2018](http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/13/singapore-airlines-to-resume-non-stop-us-flights-with-new-airbus-plane.html), using “a new ultra-long distance variant of the Airbus A350.” ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/103 "2015-10-15T15:22:14Z")
Worst I ever did was 14.5 hrs in one leg. LAX to Aukland, NZ. The whole trip was ABQ-PHX-LAX-Aukland-Wellington. I was much younger then. I wouldn’t want to do that at my present age. The final insult was that we got to the Hotel in Wellington about 7AM and we had to wait while they made up some rooms for us. We did get them to open the bar for us! ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/104 "2015-10-15T17:37:17Z")
Kayak has a page where you can look up all the direct flights to/from an airport. [http://www.kayak.com/direct/EWR/2015-10](http://www.kayak.com/direct/EWR/2015-10) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/105 "2016-01-28T13:22:17Z")
New longest flight proposed - an 18.5 hour endurance test from Doha to Aukland > **[Qatar Airways may launch world's longest flight | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/qatar-airways-worlds-longest-direct-flight-feat/index.html)** > > A whopping 18½-hour journey between Doha and Auckland, New Zealand, is poised to become the world's longest direct flight if Qatar Airways follows through with plans for the new route. According to the article, the Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore-NYC is even longer and my resume some time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/106 "2017-08-25T16:41:06Z")
Bumping this once again because QANTAS wants to fly Sydney to London (20 hours and 20 minutes) once the new versions of the Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 come out. [https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/world-longest-flight-coming-215238831.html](https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/world-longest-flight-coming-215238831.html) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/107 "2017-08-25T17:47:10Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Bumping this once again because QANTAS wants to fly Sydney to London (20 hours and 20 minutes) once the new versions of the Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 come out. > > [https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/world-longest-flight-coming-215238831.html](https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/world-longest-flight-coming-215238831.html) I believe that’s the holy grail of long haul airline routes. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/108 "2017-08-26T01:00:42Z")
I’ve done that Newark-Singapore non-stop RT twice. It was loooovely. Executive Economy so more leg room, wider seats but the best part was that it was a smaller plane, fewer passengers and IIRC, had bulkheads every 15 rows or so, so it was much quieter. It didn’t have that depressing huge cabin of coach with all the mess. Now it’s the A380 out of JFK with a stop in Frankfurt so that everyone has to wake up and get off and then queue to reboard the same plane, now with 100% more perky wide-awake German passengers. For another 12-13 hours. It’s 22 hrs more or less. It’s a long haul yeah, but SIA is the best and there are hundreds of movie and tv channels to chose from and the food choices are great. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/109 "2017-08-26T01:07:47Z")
I just can’t imagine what it would be like if someone had brought a baby on board and it cried off and on for 20 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/110 "2017-08-26T04:28:06Z")
I remember doing San Fran to Hong Kong, 17.5 hrs ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/111 "2017-08-26T13:33:17Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > I just can’t imagine what it would be like if someone had brought a baby on board and it cried off and on for 20 hours. I had this on an Auckland to Los Angeles flight about 10 years ago. Baby didn’t cry for the whole flight - but about 6 hours of it. For half that time, the noise was what you’d imagine if someone was sticking red-hot needles into the kid: simply blood-curdling. ---
**Author:** ![SOJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SOJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SOJA)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/112 "2017-08-27T03:34:02Z")
London to Johannesburg? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/113 "2017-08-27T05:57:52Z")
> [@SOJA](#): > > London to Johannesburg? That’s not even close to the longest flight in the world. It’s around 5700 miles. San Francisco to Singapore is over 8000 miles, and even that isn’t the very longest nonstop flight. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/114 "2018-03-26T01:33:54Z")
Well, you can now fly nonstop from Perth to London - [http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/flights/the-long-haul-heres-what-to-expect-on-board-australias-longest-flight/news-story/1b09b307d85bf688b0c378b44941ae07](http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/flights/the-long-haul-heres-what-to-expect-on-board-australias-longest-flight/news-story/1b09b307d85bf688b0c378b44941ae07) 17 hours and 20 minutes, 14,498 KM, second longest in the world. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/115 "2018-03-26T22:38:07Z")
Singapore is rumored to be re-starting its non-stop from Newark again, again with just Business and Executive Economy class, but will keep the JFK-Frankfurt-Singapore route. I did EE a couple times, it was about twice what I pay now, but I enjoyed not having to get up in the middle of the night to disembark in FF for an hour or two and then re-board with a bunch of perky new passengers. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/116 "2018-04-25T14:54:15Z")
> [@toast\_pakora](#): > > Singapore is rumored to be re-starting its non-stop from Newark again, again with just Business and Executive Economy class, but will keep the JFK-Frankfurt-Singapore route. Yup, 20 hours in the air. > **[World’s longest flight readies for takeoff | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/singapore-new-york-worlds-longest-nonstop-flight/index.html)** > > On October 11, 2018, the world’s longest nonstop flight route recommences: 19 hours from Singapore to New York. An Airbus A350-900 ULR will enter service with Singapore Airlines ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/117 "2018-04-26T14:34:33Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > …Was excruciating because I was going to Cleveland, which we flew over with about 2.5 hours left in the flight… And the cabin staff didn’t have the thoughtfulness to offer you a parachute? Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/118 "2018-04-26T14:40:42Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > Wikipedia has an article on it. > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stop\_flight](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stop_flight) > > The longest flight it lists is Newark to Singapore at 15,345km and 18h 50m. My God, upon arrival I wouldn’t even know what day it was much less what time it was. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/119 "2018-04-26T19:10:26Z")
> [@Gray Ghost](#): > > …Until the very long 330 minute allowance for the 777, and I guess 787 too, you simply couldn’t legally fly between a lot of points that you may have had the fuel for. Now, I’m reading that Airbus wants a 350 minute ETOPS for their newest. I always giggle a bit when I see the term ETOPS. Officially, it means ExTended OPerationS, but more informally, the industry defines it as Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881/120 "2018-04-27T10:08:53Z")
I find the synergy between the airlines like QANTAS who will run these ultra-long distance routes and the aircraft manufacturers really interesting. They won’t invest in creating these highly specific aircraft unless there is something resembling a firm commitment by airlines to buy them, and airlines in turn will not make a commitment to offer these runs unless there are planes that can actually do it. Passengers will, as many posts attest be extremely wary of the joys of even more hours in the air, so the planes have to offer better amenity and the airlines need to make more bucks to justify the new service and investment. I’m not sure whether whoever blinks first loses badly or gains an amazing advantage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881.md?page=7)