✈ JFK → AKL

17H 40M, 8,833 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
17h 40m
Distance
8,833 mi
Or
14,216 km
Jet lag
16h

Flight from New York to Auckland

From JFK (JFK), USA North America  →  Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania

↔ Flying the other way? Auckland → New York

How long is the flight from New York to Auckland?

A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to Auckland (AKL) takes about 17 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,833 miles (14,216 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

17h 40m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,833 mi

14,216 km · great-circle

Avg speed

804 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

New York timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Auckland timezone

UTC+12

Pacific/Auckland

Time difference

+16h

16 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~16d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2104 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2431 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 583 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.