SQ26 distance and great-circle path
SQ26 covers 6,189 km, or 3,845 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 185 by distance.
The plane leaves Frankfurt 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 FRA-JFK route appears on a tracker map.
Why SQ26 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 23.2 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 266 km/h. An Airbus A380-800 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 timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
Can the Airbus A380-800 comfortably fly SQ26?
Not at all. At roughly 42% of its range, this is an easy trip for an Airbus A380-800. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A380-800.
What to know about SQ26
- Time change: you land 5 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.