QR920 distance and great-circle path
QR920 covers 14,534 km, or 9,031 miles. That makes it an ultra-long-range flight, one of the longest commercial sectors flown anywhere. It is the 6th longest route we track.
The plane leaves Doha 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 DOH-AKL route appears on a tracker map.
Why QR920 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 16.3 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 890 km/h. A Boeing 777-200LR cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Flying east, this route usually picks up tailwinds high up. The flight back west normally takes longer, even though the distance is identical. See how high-altitude winds behave in our guide to turbulence and jet streams.
What to know about QR920
- Time change: you land 10 hours ahead of the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.