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JFK New York ⇄ MBJ Montego Bay

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

Distance2,493 km1,549 mi1,346 nautical miles
JFK → MBJ3 h 55 minestimated block time
MBJ → JFK3 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hMontego Bay vs New York, today
Great-circle route from New York (JFK) to Montego Bay (MBJ)JFKNew YorkMBJMontego 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

JFK → MBJ

3 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 190° (S).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Montego Bay Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

MBJ → JFK

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 8° (N).

Leave Montego Bay Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 13:50 local.

The two directions differ by 4 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 distance2,493 km · 1,549 mi · 1,346 nmi
Initial heading190° (S) from JFK; 8° (N) from MBJ
Farthest from the equator40.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip12% 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
MBJAmerica/Jamaica — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMontego Bay is 1 hour behind New York 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 JFK → 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

JFK John F. Kennedy International AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 14,511 ft4,423 m MBJ Sangster International AirportMontego Bay, Jamaica · longest runway 10,039 ft3,060 m

More routes from JFK and MBJ

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 ATLMBJ Atlanta – Montego Bay 1,803 km1,120 mi · 3 h 05 min LHRMBJ London – Montego Bay 7,548 km4,690 mi · 10 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRIST London – Istanbul 2,487 km1,546 mi · 3 h 40 min LAXMEX Los Angeles – Mexico City 2,500 km1,554 mi · 3 h 45 min DUSAYT Düsseldorf – Antalya 2,479 km1,540 mi · 3 h 40 min ADDDXB Addis Ababa – Dubai 2,519 km1,565 mi · 3 h 50 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).