✈ KUL → JFK

KUALA LUMPUR → NEW YORK: 18H 49M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.

Flight time
18h 49m
Distance
9,426 mi
Or
15,169 km
Jet lag
12h

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to New York

From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia  →  JFK (JFK), USA North America

How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to New York?

A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to New York (JFK) takes about 18 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,426 miles (15,169 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

18h 49m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,426 mi

15,169 km · great-circle

Avg speed

807 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

New York timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Time difference

-12h

12 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~8.4d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2245 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2594 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 622 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.