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ATL Atlanta ⇄ MBJ Montego Bay

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

Distance1,803 km1,120 mi974 nautical miles
ATL → MBJ3 h 05 minestimated block time
MBJ → ATL3 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hMontego Bay vs Atlanta, today
Great-circle route from Atlanta (ATL) to Montego Bay (MBJ)ATLAtlantaMBJMontego Bay
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 → MBJ

3 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 157° (SSE).

Leave Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Montego Bay Sat 7 Nov, 13:05 local.

MBJ → ATL

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 340° (NNW).

Leave Montego Bay Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

The two directions differ by 6 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,803 km · 1,120 mi · 974 nmi
Initial heading157° (SSE) from ATL; 340° (NNW) from MBJ
Farthest from the equator33.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip9% 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
MBJAmerica/Jamaica — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMontego Bay is 1 hour behind Atlanta today; ±0 h in January and −1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying ATL → MBJ. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. 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 MBJ Sangster International AirportMontego Bay, Jamaica · longest runway 10,039 ft3,060 m

More routes from ATL and MBJ

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 LAXATL Los Angeles – Atlanta 3,126 km1,942 mi · 4 h 15 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 JFKMBJ New York – Montego Bay 2,493 km1,549 mi · 3 h 55 min LHRMBJ London – Montego Bay 7,548 km4,690 mi · 10 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

DFWMIA Dallas–Fort Worth – Miami 1,802 km1,120 mi · 2 h 55 min BOSMCO Boston – Orlando 1,806 km1,122 mi · 3 h 15 min PVGNRT Shanghai – Tokyo 1,796 km1,116 mi · 2 h 55 min SHAHND Shanghai – Tokyo 1,777 km1,104 mi · 2 h 55 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).