Casablanca to New York (CMN–JFK): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

CMN → JFK

8 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 298° (WNW).

Leave Casablanca Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

JFK → CMN

7 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 75° (ENE).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Casablanca Sat 7 Nov, 23:00 local.

JFK-bound flights are the slower direction by about 80 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 distance	5,795 km · 3,601 mi · 3,129 nmi
Initial heading	298° (WNW) from CMN; 75° (ENE) from JFK
Farthest from the equator	42.7°N
Crosses	neither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip	29% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CMN	Africa/Casablanca — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 all year (no daylight saving time)
JFK	America/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
Difference	New York is 5 hours behind Casablanca today; −6 h in January and −5 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CMN → JFK. Your body clock has to move 5 hours later, like a westward 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 later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CMN Mohammed V International AirportCasablanca, Morocco · longest runway 12,205 ft3,720 m

JFK John F. Kennedy International AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 14,511 ft4,423 m

More routes from CMN and JFK

CDGCMN Paris – Casablanca 1,931 km1,200 mi · 3 h 20 min LHRCMN London – Casablanca 2,094 km1,301 mi · 3 h 30 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 JFKFCO New York – Rome 6,866 km4,267 mi · 8 h 10 min JFKNRT New York – Tokyo 10,830 km6,729 mi · 13 h 50 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

SEAKEF Seattle – Reykjavík 5,811 km3,611 mi · 7 h 25 min DXBSIN Dubai – Singapore 5,846 km3,632 mi · 7 h 30 min EWRCDG Newark – Paris 5,857 km3,640 mi · 7 h 10 min YYZLHR Toronto – London 5,707 km3,546 mi · 7 h 05 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).

CMN Casablanca ⇄ JFK New York