| 1 | Qatar Airways: Auckland (AKL) - Doha (DOH)
Flight time: 18 hours, 20 minutes Distance: 14,532.46 kilometres Aircraft: Boeing 777-200LR |
| 2 | United Airlines: Los Angeles (LAX) - Singapore (SIN)
Flight time: 17 hours, 55 minutes Distance: 14,100.84 kilometres Aircraft: Boeing 787-9 |
| 3 | United Airlines/Singapore Airlines: San Francisco (SFO) - Singapore (SIN)
Flight time: 17 hours, 20 minutes (United), 17 hours, 35 minutes (Singapore Airlines) Distance: 13,580.88 kilometres Aircraft: Boeing 787-9 (United), Airbus A350-900 (Singapore Airlines) |
| 4 | Emirates: Auckland (AKL) - Dubai (DXB)
Flight time: 17 hours, 15 minutes Distance: 14,199.83 miles Aircraft: Airbus A380 |
| 5 | Qantas: Dallas (DFW) - Sydney (SYD)
Flight time: 17 hours, 5 minutes Distance: 13,807.51 kilometres Aircraft: Airbus A380 |
| 6 | Etihad: Abu Dhabi (AUH) - Los Angeles (LAX)
Flight time: 17 hours Distance: 13,482.04 kilometres Aircraft: Boeing 777-200LR |
| 7 | Delta: Johannesburg (JNB) - Atlanta (ATL)
Flight time: 16 hours, 50 minutes Distance: 13,581.93 kilometres Aircraft: Boeing 777-200LR |
| 8 | Saudia: Jeddah (JED) - Los Angeles (LAX)
Flight time: 16 hours, 40 minutes Distance: 13,389.18 kilometres Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER |
| 9 | Qatar Airways: Doha (DOH) - Los Angeles (LAX)
Flight time: 16 hours, 20 minutes Distance: 13,347.34 kilometres Aircraft: Boeing 777-200LR |
| 10 | Emirates: Dubai (DXB) - Los Angeles (LAX)
Flight time: 16 hours, 15 minutes Distance: 13,339.43 kilometres Aircraft: Airbus A380 |
Update on the longest routes in the world – Nov 2017
5 November, 2017
United Airlines launched its new daily Los Angeles-Singapore service on 29-Oct-2017, utilising Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The new route now sits second of the list of world's longest routes and first for routes from the US. Let's take a look at the updated list: