✈ JFK → BUD

9H 6M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.

Flight time
9h 6m
Distance
4,360 mi
Or
7,016 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from New York to Budapest

From JFK (JFK), USA North America  →  Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe

How long is the flight from New York to Budapest?

A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to Budapest (BUD) takes about 9 hours 6 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,360 miles (7,016 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 6m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,360 mi

7,016 km · great-circle

Avg speed

771 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

New York timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Budapest timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Budapest

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1038 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1200 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 288 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.