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AKL Auckland ⇄ JFK New York

Auckland International Airport (New Zealand) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance14,215 km8,833 mi7,676 nautical miles
AKL → JFK16 h 30 minestimated block time
JFK → AKL18 hestimated block time
Clock change−17 hNew York vs Auckland, today
Great-circle route from Auckland (AKL) to New York (JFK)AKLAucklandJFKNew York
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

AKL → JFK

16 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 63° (ENE).

Leave Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 08:30 local.

JFK → AKL

18 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 250° (WSW).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Auckland Sun 8 Nov, 22:00 local +1 day.

AKL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 90 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance14,215 km · 8,833 mi · 7,676 nmi
Initial heading63° (ENE) from AKL; 250° (WSW) from JFK
Farthest from the equator40.6°N
Crossesthe equator and the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip71% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

AKLPacific/Auckland — UTC+13 now; UTC+12 standard time, UTC+13 during daylight saving time
JFKAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceNew York is 17 hours behind Auckland today; −18 h in January and −16 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying AKL → JFK. The clock change is 17 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 7 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 7 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 7 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

AKL Auckland International AirportAuckland, New Zealand · longest runway 11,926 ft3,635 m JFK John F. Kennedy International AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 14,511 ft4,423 m

More routes from AKL and JFK

AKLWLG Auckland – Wellington 480 km298 mi · 1 h 35 min AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 min HNLAKL Honolulu – Auckland 7,089 km4,405 mi · 9 h 15 min SFOAKL San Francisco – Auckland 10,510 km6,530 mi · 13 h 25 min DOHAKL Doha – Auckland 14,534 km9,031 mi · 16 h 50 min JFKBOS New York – Boston 300 km186 mi · 1 h 20 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min JFKLHR New York – London 5,540 km3,442 mi · 6 h 50 min JFKMUC New York – Munich 6,481 km4,027 mi · 7 h 50 min DOHJFK Doha – New York 10,770 km6,692 mi · 14 h 15 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min LHRPER London – Perth 14,508 km9,015 mi · 16 h 45 min IAHSYD Houston – Sydney 13,836 km8,597 mi · 17 h 25 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).