✈ JFK → LIS

7H 11M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
7h 11m
Distance
3,358 mi
Or
5,404 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from New York to Lisbon

From JFK (JFK), USA North America  →  Humberto Delgado (LIS), Portugal Europe

How long is the flight from New York to Lisbon?

A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to Lisbon (LIS) takes about 7 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,358 miles (5,404 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

7h 11m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

3,358 mi

5,404 km · great-circle

Avg speed

752 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

New York timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Lisbon timezone

UTC+1

Europe/Lisbon

Time difference

+5h

5 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 800 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 924 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 222 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.