SK909 distance and great-circle path
SK909 covers 6,207 km, or 3,857 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 184 by distance.
The plane leaves Copenhagen 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 CPH-EWR route appears on a tracker map.
Why SK909 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 8.8 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 703 km/h. An Airbus A330-300 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Flying west, this route pushes against the wind. The trip back east is usually shorter, even though the distance is the same. See how high-altitude winds behave in our guide to turbulence and jet streams.
Can the Airbus A330-300 comfortably fly SK909?
Not at all. At roughly 53% of its range, this is an easy trip for an Airbus A330-300. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A330-300.
What to know about SK909
- Time change: you land 5 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.