LH716 distance and great-circle path
LH716 covers 9,361 km, or 5,817 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 95 by distance.
The plane leaves Frankfurt 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 FRA-HND route appears on a tracker map.
Why LH716 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 13.8 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 677 km/h. A Boeing 747-8 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 747-8 comfortably fly LH716?
Not really. It uses about 65% of the Boeing 747-8's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 747-8.
What to know about LH716
- Time change: you land 8 hours ahead of the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.
- Flies far north: the real path runs much closer to the pole than a flat map suggests.