TP207 distance and great-circle path
TP207 covers 5,405 km, or 3,358 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 160 by distance.
The plane leaves Lisbon 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 LIS–JFK route appears on a tracker map.
Why TP207 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 7.9 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 683 km/h. An Airbus A330-900 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.
What to know about TP207
- Time change: you land 5 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.