MU777 distance and great-circle path
MU777 covers 7,865 km, or 4,887 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 110 by distance.
The plane leaves Shanghai heading south-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 PVG–SYD route appears on a tracker map.
Why MU777 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 10.2 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 767 km/h. An Airbus A350-900 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 Airbus A350-900 comfortably fly MU777?
Not at all. At roughly 52% of its range, this is an easy trip for an Airbus A350-900. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A350-900.
What to know about MU777
- Time change: you land 2 hours ahead of the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.