✈ JFK → BOM

15H 40M, 7,787 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
15h 40m
Distance
7,787 mi
Or
12,532 km
Jet lag
9.5h

Flight from New York to Mumbai

From JFK (JFK), USA North America  →  Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM), India Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Mumbai → New York

How long is the flight from New York to Mumbai?

A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to Mumbai (BOM) takes about 15 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,787 miles (12,532 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 40m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,787 mi

12,532 km · great-circle

Avg speed

800 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

New York timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Mumbai timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Time difference

+9.5h

9h 30m ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~9.5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1855 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2143 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 514 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.