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Route · United States and Canada

JFK New York ⇄ DEN Denver

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

Distance2,610 km1,622 mi1,409 nautical miles
JFK → DEN4 h 20 minestimated block time
DEN → JFK3 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change−2 hDenver vs New York, today
Great-circle route from New York (JFK) to Denver (DEN)JFKNew YorkDENDenver
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

JFK → DEN

4 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 278° (W).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Denver Sat 7 Nov, 12:20 local.

DEN → JFK

3 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 78° (ENE).

Leave Denver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 15:45 local.

DEN-bound flights are the slower direction by about 40 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 distance2,610 km · 1,622 mi · 1,409 nmi
Initial heading278° (W) from JFK; 78° (ENE) from DEN
Farthest from the equator41.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip13% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

JFKAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DENAmerica/Denver — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
DifferenceDenver is 2 hours behind New York today.

Jet lag, flying JFK → DEN. Your body clock has to move 2 hours 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

JFK John F. Kennedy International AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 14,511 ft4,423 m DEN Denver International AirportDenver, United States · longest runway 16,000 ft4,877 m

Same cities, other airports

EWRDEN Newark – Denver 2,576 km1,601 mi · 4 h 20 min

More routes from JFK and DEN

JFKBOS New York – Boston 300 km186 mi · 1 h 20 min JFKMEX New York – Mexico City 3,365 km2,091 mi · 5 h 05 min JFKMAD New York – Madrid 5,760 km3,579 mi · 7 h 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 DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min DFWDEN Dallas–Fort Worth – Denver 1,032 km641 mi · 2 h 20 min DENORD Denver – Chicago 1,426 km886 mi · 2 h 30 min SEADEN Seattle – Denver 1,645 km1,022 mi · 2 h 45 min EWRDEN Newark – Denver 2,576 km1,601 mi · 4 h 20 min DENFRA Denver – Frankfurt 8,089 km5,026 mi · 9 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

LGWJTR London – Santorini 2,610 km1,622 mi · 3 h 50 min GRUSCL São Paulo – Santiago 2,615 km1,625 mi · 4 h 15 min YYZCUN Toronto – Cancún 2,605 km1,618 mi · 4 h 05 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 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).