FX6049 distance and great-circle path
FX6049 covers 13,158 km, or 8,176 miles. That makes it an ultra-long-range flight, one of the longest commercial sectors flown anywhere. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 15 by distance.
The plane leaves Hong Kong 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 HKG–MEM route appears on a tracker map.
Why FX6049 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 17.5 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 752 km/h. A Boeing 777F 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 777F comfortably fly FX6049?
Yes. The route uses roughly 143% of what a Boeing 777F 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 777F.
What to know about FX6049
- Time change: you land 13 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.
- Crosses the date line: the calendar date changes while you are in the air.
- Flies far north: the real path runs much closer to the pole than a flat map suggests.