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Route · Middle East and the Gulf hubs

DOH Doha ⇄ JFK New York

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

Distance10,770 km6,692 mi5,815 nautical miles
DOH → JFK14 h 15 minestimated block time
JFK → DOH12 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change−7 hNew York vs Doha, today
Great-circle route from Doha (DOH) to New York (JFK)DOHDohaJFKNew 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

DOH → JFK

14 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 321° (NW).

Leave Doha Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 16:15 local.

JFK → DOH

12 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 48° (NE).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Doha Sun 8 Nov, 06:25 local +1 day.

JFK-bound flights are the slower direction by about 110 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance10,770 km · 6,692 mi · 5,815 nmi
Initial heading321° (NW) from DOH; 48° (NE) from JFK
Farthest from the equator55.7°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip54% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DOHAsia/Qatar — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
JFKAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceNew York is 7 hours behind Doha today; −8 h in January and −7 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DOH → JFK. Your body clock has to move 7 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 7 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

DOH Hamad International AirportDoha, Qatar · longest runway 15,912 ft4,850 m JFK John F. Kennedy International AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 14,511 ft4,423 m

More routes from DOH and JFK

DOHDEL Doha – Delhi 2,548 km1,583 mi · 3 h 45 min DOHCDG Doha – Paris 4,969 km3,087 mi · 7 h 10 min DOHLHR Doha – London 5,241 km3,257 mi · 7 h 30 min DOHBKK Doha – Bangkok 5,280 km3,281 mi · 6 h 45 min DOHSYD Doha – Sydney 12,375 km7,689 mi · 14 h 40 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 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

CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min SCLMAD Santiago – Madrid 10,719 km6,661 mi · 12 h 50 min LHRSIN London – Singapore 10,883 km6,762 mi · 12 h 40 min LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 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).