Distance from Jakarta to New York City
The great-circle distance between Jakarta, Indonesia and New York City, United States is 16,178 km (10,053 mi · 8,735 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,178 km · 10,053 mi · 8,735 nmi
- Initial bearing Jakarta → New York City
- 1° (N)
- Initial bearing New York City → Jakarta
- 359° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Jakarta UTC+07:00 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 722 min — the sun rises earlier in Jakarta
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Jakarta
- -6.2146, 106.8451
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:43 UTC / 10:49 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:45 UTC / 22:53 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.