**12 of the longest flight routes in the world**
1.Emirates flies 8,324 miles from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Los Angeles, California, in 16 hours and 17 minutes.
2.Delta's 8,434-mile flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Johannesburg, South Africa, lasts approximately 16 hours and 50 minutes.
3.United and Singapore Airlines teamed up in 2016 to offer direct flights from San Francisco, California, to...
more... Singapore, covering 8,447 miles in 15 hours and 30 minutes.
4.Philippine Airlines flies 8,520 miles between Manila and New York's JFK Airport in 16 hours and 35 minutes.
5.Qantas' nonstop, 8,578-mile flight from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, to Sydney takes around 17 hours and 10 minutes.
6.United flies from Houston, Texas, to Sydney in 17 hours and 30 minutes — a distance of 8,596 miles.
7.Singapore Airlines' flight from Singapore to Los Angeles lasts around 17 hours and 50 minutes and spans 8,770 miles.
8.Emirates flies 8,820 miles from Auckland, New Zealand, to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in around 17 hours and 10 minutes.
9.Qantas' route from Perth, Australia, to London stretches 9,009 miles and lasts around 17 hours and 25 minutes.
10.Qatar Airways flies from Auckland, New Zealand, to Doha, Qatar, in around 17 hours and 50 minutes and covers 9,032 miles.
11.Singapore Airlines' direct flight from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, is currently the longest flight in the world, lasting around 18 hours and 30 minutes and traveling 9,534 miles.
12.Qantas is testing nonstop flights between New York and Sydney and London and Sydney, but they're not commercially available yet. _ If Qantas' Project Sunrise flights become available to the public, they'll be the longest nonstop commercial flights in the world. Business Insider's David Slotnick was on a test flight between New York and Sydney that lasted 19 hours and 16 minutes and covered around 9,900 miles.
^^The data upto _ Mar 11, 2020, 12:45 AM