Flight distance record


This list of flight distance records contains only those set without any mid-air refueling.

Non-commercial powered aircraft

Commercial aircraft

YearDateDistancePilotAircraftReference
2005November 9, 200521,602.22 kmSuzanna Darcy-Henneman, Asif Abbas Raza, John Cashman, Mohammed Ilyas Malik, Randy Austin, Frank Santoni, Rod SkaarBoeing 777-200LRHong Kong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport the long way round taking 22 hours, 22 minutes
1997April 2, 199720,044 kmBoeing 777-200ERMalaysia Airlines delivery flight from Boeing Field, Seattle to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 21 hours and 23 minutes.
2011December 6, 201119,830 kmBoeing 787-8Boeing Field to Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 21 hours and 43 minutes.
1993June 16 to 18, 199319,277 kmAirbus A340-200Airbus A340 demonstration flight from Paris, France to Auckland International Airport, New Zealand.
2020April 14 to 15, 202018,209 kmBoeing 777-300ERVirgin Australia ferry flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Brisbane Airport in 19 hours and 45 minutes; returning after evacuating French citizens from New Zealand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1989August 16 to 17, 198918,001 kmBoeing 747-400Qantas delivery flight from London Heathrow Airport to Sydney International Airport in 20 hours and 9 minutes.
2019November 14 to 15, 201917,750 kmBoeing 787-9Qantas Between London Heathrow Airport and Sydney International Airport in 19 hours and 19 minutes.
2013June 6, 201317,312 kmAirbus A330-200Delta Air Lines ferry flight between Singapore and Atlanta in 18 hours and 34 minutes; returning from extensive cabin renovations.
2002December 24, 200216,910 kmAirbus A330-200Qantas between Toulouse and Melbourne in 20 hours 4 minutes.
2004June 28, 200416,600 kmAirbus A340-500Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Newark, New Jersey in 18 hours 20 minutes. The longest regularly scheduled commercial flight except between termination on November 23, 2013 and relaunch on October 11, 2018.
2019October 18 to 20, 201916,200 kmBoeing 787-9Qantas between New York and Sydney in 19 hours 16 minutes.
2003November 5, 200315,300 kmBoeing 777-300ERBoeing Company between Sydney and Recife, Brazil in 18 hours 25 minutes. ETOPS test flight.
2017February 5, 201714,535 kmBoeing 777-200LRQatar Airways between Doha and Auckland in 16 hours 10 minutes, formerly the world's longest commercial flight.
2004February 3, 200414,093 kmAirbus A340-500Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Los Angeles in 14 hours 42 minutes.
1988September 17, 198814,042 kmBoeing 767-200ERAir Mauritius between Halifax and Mauritius in 16 hours and 27 minutes.

Shortest distance

The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route and its return flight make up the shortest flight distance for any scheduled air carrier service. The route is 2.8 km, and travel time, including taxi, is usually less than two minutes. The route is served by Loganair airlines' Britten-Norman Islander aircraft. This record was established when service began in 1967, and it remains in effect as of January 2016.

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