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.
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.
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.
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 the flight has to maneuver around it.
Other airlines don’t necessarily avoid Russia, so their block times will be lower than Xiamen Air’s.
