QR701 distance and great-circle path
QR701 covers 10,769 km, or 6,692 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 59 by distance.
The plane leaves Doha 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 DOH-JFK route appears on a tracker map.
Why QR701 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 13.8 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 783 km/h. An Airbus A350-1000 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 Airbus A350-1000 comfortably fly QR701?
Not really. It uses about 67% of the Airbus A350-1000's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A350-1000.
What to know about QR701
- Time change: you land 7 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.