AA50 distance and great-circle path
AA50 covers 7,628 km, or 4,740 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 148 by distance.
The plane leaves Dallas - Fort Worth heading north-east. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the DFW-LHR route appears on a tracker map.
Why AA50 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 9.2 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 832 km/h. A Boeing 777-300ER cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
Can the Boeing 777-300ER comfortably fly AA50?
Not really. It uses about 56% of the Boeing 777-300ER's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 777-300ER.
What to know about AA50
- Time change: you land 5 hours ahead of the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.