LX14 distance and great-circle path
LX14 covers 6,310 km, or 3,921 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 137 by distance.
The plane leaves Zurich 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 ZRH–JFK route appears on a tracker map.
Why LX14 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 9.1 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 695 km/h. A Boeing 777-300ER 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 Boeing 777-300ER comfortably fly LX14?
Not at all. At roughly 46% of its range, this is an easy trip for a Boeing 777-300ER. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 777-300ER.
What to know about LX14
- Time change: you land 6 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.