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JFK New York ⇄ TPE Taipei

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

Distance12,545 km7,795 mi6,774 nautical miles
JFK → TPE15 h 35 minestimated block time
TPE → JFK15 hestimated block time
Clock change+12 hTaipei vs New York, today
Great-circle route from New York (JFK) to Taipei (TPE)JFKNew YorkTPETaipei
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 → TPE

15 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 345° (NNW).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Taipei Sun 8 Nov, 14:35 local +1 day.

TPE → JFK

15 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 12° (NNE).

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

TPE-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 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 distance12,545 km · 7,795 mi · 6,774 nmi
Initial heading345° (NNW) from JFK; 12° (NNE) from TPE
Farthest from the equator78.9°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesthe 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip63% 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
TPEAsia/Taipei — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTaipei is 12 hours ahead of New York today; +13 h in January and +12 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying JFK → TPE. A 12-hour shift turns day into night: the body clock is as far out as it can be, and it makes little difference which way it adjusts. A common rule of thumb is that it adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to a week or more to feel fully normal. 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 TPE Taiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaipei, Taiwan · longest runway 12,008 ft3,660 m

More routes from JFK and TPE

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 DOHJFK Doha – New York 10,770 km6,692 mi · 14 h 15 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min ICNTPE Seoul – Taipei 1,464 km909 mi · 2 h 45 min TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 mi · 3 h 20 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min SFOTPE San Francisco – Taipei 10,391 km6,457 mi · 14 h LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

YYZHKG Toronto – Hong Kong 12,548 km7,797 mi · 15 h 35 min YVRSYD Vancouver – Sydney 12,501 km7,768 mi · 15 h 50 min DOHSYD Doha – Sydney 12,375 km7,689 mi · 14 h 40 min LAXMEL Los Angeles – Melbourne 12,758 km7,928 mi · 16 h 10 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).