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However, SQ24 to New York is typically flown a ground distance of around 17,250 km (10,720 mi; 9,310 nmi) [4] over the Pacific Ocean where jet stream winds can assist; while SQ23 back to Singapore sometimes opts, instead of the westward polar route, to fly a ground distance of 16,500 km (10,300 mi; 8,900 nmi) [5] eastward, across the Atlantic ...
As of November 9, 2020, Singapore Airlines Flights 23 and 24 is the world's longest active commercial flight between Singapore and New York–JFK, covering 15,349 km (9,537 mi; 8,288 nmi) in around 18 hours and 40 minutes, operated by an Airbus A350-900ULR.
February 3, 2004 (): Singapore Airlines set a new record using the Airbus A340-500 on a great circle distance of 14,113 kilometres (8,769 mi; 7,620 nmi) from Los Angeles to Singapore in a scheduled time of 18 hours 20 minutes carrying 181 passengers.
In November 2014, with the launching of the Phase 2 expansion and optimization of neighboring air traffic patterns, authorities approved an increase of peak-hour flight volume from 28 flights per hour to 38 flights per hour. [7] With the added capacity, Nanjing Airport has seen rapid increase in both aircraft movement and total passengers.
Singapore Airlines presently operates the longest and second longest flights in the world, non-stop to New York–JFK and Newark respectively, using the Airbus A350-900ULR. Singapore to Newark was the world's longest flight from 2004-2013, and 2018-2021, when they started JFK to Singapore.
The plane originally used for the Singapore–Newark route was an Airbus A340-500. It had 14 cabin crew and six flight deck officers, each working four-hour shifts. [10] The flight required 222,000 litres (49,000 imp gal; 59,000 US gal) of fuel, more than ten times the total weight of all the passengers and crew.
A low-oil-price environment favors the establishment and operation of ultra-long-haul flights. Since 9 November 2020, Singapore Airlines Flights 23 and 24 has been the world's longest active commercial flight, between Singapore and New York JFK airport, covering 15,349 km (9,537 mi; 8,288 nmi) in around 18 hours and 40 minutes, operated by an ...
Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Newark, New Jersey, in a scheduled time of 18 hours 20 minutes covering approximately 16,600 km. It was the longest regularly scheduled commercial flight except until termination on November 23, 2013, and relaunch on October 18, 2018 [55] until being surpassed in 2020. 2019 October 18 to 20, 2019 16,200 km