LA8180 distance and great-circle path
LA8180 covers 7,664 km, or 4,762 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 114 by distance.
The plane leaves São Paulo 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 GRU–JFK route appears on a tracker map.
Why LA8180 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 9.8 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 786 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 timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
Can the Boeing 777-300ER comfortably fly LA8180?
Not really. It uses about 56% of the Boeing 777-300ER's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 777-300ER.
What to know about LA8180
- Time change: you land 1 hour behind the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.