AI101 distance and great-circle path
AI101 covers 11,755 km, or 7,304 miles. That makes it an ultra-long-haul flight, near the limit of what most twinjets can fly non-stop. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 36 by distance.
The plane leaves New Delhi heading north-west. 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 DEL-JFK route appears on a tracker map.
Why AI101 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 15.5 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 758 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 high-altitude winds behave in our guide to turbulence and jet streams.
Can the Boeing 777-300ER comfortably fly AI101?
Yes. The route uses roughly 86% of what a Boeing 777-300ER can fly. On a windy day the airline may carry less cargo to save fuel. Flights this close to the limit are the ones that sometimes make a fuel stop. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 777-300ER.
What to know about AI101
- Time change: you land 10 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.