SU208 distance and great-circle path
SU208 covers 5,796 km, or 3,602 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 198 by distance.
The plane leaves Moscow heading 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 SVO-PEK route appears on a tracker map.
Why SU208 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 7.8 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 740 km/h. An Airbus A330-300 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Flying east, this route usually picks up tailwinds high up. The flight back west normally takes longer, even though the distance is identical. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
Can the Airbus A330-300 comfortably fly SU208?
Not at all. At roughly 49% of its range, this is an easy trip for an Airbus A330-300. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A330-300.
What to know about SU208
- 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.