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ATL Atlanta ⇄ AMS Amsterdam

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (United States) and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,066 km4,390 mi3,815 nautical miles
ATL → AMS8 h 30 minestimated block time
AMS → ATL9 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+5 hAmsterdam vs Atlanta, today
Great-circle route from Atlanta (ATL) to Amsterdam (AMS)ATLAtlantaAMSAmsterdam
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

ATL → AMS

8 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 43° (NE).

Leave Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Amsterdam Sun 8 Nov, 00:30 local +1 day.

AMS → ATL

9 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 292° (WNW).

Leave Amsterdam Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 13:45 local.

ATL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 75 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 distance7,066 km · 4,390 mi · 3,815 nmi
Initial heading43° (NE) from ATL; 292° (WNW) from AMS
Farthest from the equator55.4°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip35% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ATLAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
AMSEurope/Amsterdam — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAmsterdam is 5 hours ahead of Atlanta today.

Jet lag, flying ATL → AMS. Your body clock has to move 5 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 5 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

ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, United States · longest runway 12,390 ft3,776 m AMS Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam, Netherlands · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from ATL and AMS

ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min ATLORD Atlanta – Chicago 976 km607 mi · 2 h 10 min ATLCUN Atlanta – Cancún 1,421 km883 mi · 2 h 40 min ATLDEN Atlanta – Denver 1,927 km1,197 mi · 3 h 30 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min LHRAMS London – Amsterdam 370 km230 mi · 1 h 25 min AMSBCN Amsterdam – Barcelona 1,241 km771 mi · 2 h 30 min AMSATH Amsterdam – Athens 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min DTWAMS Detroit – Amsterdam 6,324 km3,929 mi · 7 h 45 min SEAAMS Seattle – Amsterdam 7,840 km4,872 mi · 9 h 40 min AMSSIN Amsterdam – Singapore 10,514 km6,533 mi · 12 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

HNLAKL Honolulu – Auckland 7,089 km4,405 mi · 9 h 15 min MIAMAD Miami – Madrid 7,106 km4,415 mi · 8 h 25 min MIALHR Miami – London 7,109 km4,417 mi · 8 h 30 min YYCLHR Calgary – London 7,014 km4,358 mi · 8 h 40 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).