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>But on a 14-hour trans-continental flight Now you've got me wondering if that's even possible. Ankara to Singapore? Durban to Algiers? Edit: to be clear, I w
by stevage 2y ago
>But on a 14-hour trans-continental flight
Now you've got me wondering if that's even possible. Ankara to Singapore? Durban to Algiers?
Edit: to be clear, I was nitpicking "trans continental", ie., flights within the same continent.
- zamadatix 2y agoMuch of Europe to Japan, LAX to China or Australia, NYC to India or Japan (opposite directions). It's really quite common, you can check around by airport using this map with the duration filter set to 14+ https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-new-york-ewr https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-new-york-ewr
- mr_toad 2y agoAuckland to London is about 23 hours.
- stevage 2y agoNot in a single leg though, surely.
- librasteve 2y agotrue … longest non stop is something like london to perth aus at 16 hours
- NIckGeek 2y agoYou typically have to stop in LA, Singapore, or the UAE. The NZ -> Europe flights are brutal, and the trip back is typically even longer.
- sho_hn 2y agoTo add to a sibling comment: Thanks to the Ukraine war and having to fly around both Russia and Ukraine, this is many additional routes from Europe toward East now that used to be shorter.
- ainiriand 2y agoEurope -> South America, the southernmost parts like Montevideo or Buenos Aires. There are direct flights from Madrid that take around 13-14 hours.
- beAbU 2y agoTranscontinental means within a continent. Last time I checked Europe and South America are not the same continent.
- ainiriand 2y agoSorry, brain fart.
- rurban 2y agoThat would be intercontinental. Trans is across, inter is within.
- beAbU 2y agoIntra is within, as in intranet. Inter is accross or between, as in internet. So transcontinental is accross the same continent. Intercontinental is between separate continents.