AA950 distance and great-circle path
AA950 covers 7,664 km, or 4,762 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 147 by distance.
The plane leaves São Paulo heading north. 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 GRU-JFK route appears on a tracker map.
Why AA950 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 8.2 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 929 km/h. A Boeing 777-200ER 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 777-200ER comfortably fly AA950?
Not really. It uses about 59% of the Boeing 777-200ER's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 777-200ER.
What to know about AA950
- Time change: you land 1 hour behind the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.