QR956 distance and great-circle path
QR956 covers 6,894 km, or 4,283 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 375 routes we track, it ranks 156 by distance.
This flight changes hemisphere. Doha sits in the northern half of the world and Jakarta in the southern, so the 6,894 km run south-east lands in the opposite season to the one it left. Watches move 4 hours forward between the two gates. It links Qatar with Indonesia.
Our guide explains how the DOH-CGK route appears on a tracker map.
Can the Airbus A350-900 comfortably fly QR956?
Not at all. At roughly 46% of its range, this is an easy trip for an Airbus A350-900. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A350-900.
What to know about QR956
- Time change: you land 4 hours ahead of the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.