This is the longest flight in the world — here's how to survive it

A new route just set a sky-high record.

There’s a new record for the world’s longest nonstop flight, knocking Singapore Airlines’ route from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Singapore Changi Airport from the top spot .

As of Oct. 2025, Xiamen Air’s 19-hour, 20-minute flight from JFK to Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC) in southern China is the longest flight, Simple Flying reported . 3

This flight route previously operated between 2017 and 2020 and returned in 2024 — but this appears to be the first time the time block has been that high.

The flight covers 7,0777 miles — or 6,752 nautical miles — each way. 3

However, the reason the long route takes nearly 20 hours is that Xiamen Air does not operate through Russian airspace en route to or from the US, so