Frankfurt am Main to New York

Frankfurt to New York, the heaviest German transatlantic trunk.

Great-circle distance
6,189 km · 3,846 mi
Typical block time
8h 25m
Timezone difference
6h at the destination
Arrives
Same calendar day

Distance is the great circle between the two airports; block time adds taxi allowances and a climb-and- descent penalty to airborne time at the cruise speed of the aircraft class that usually flies this sector. These are modelled figures for planning, not a timetable — a published schedule is the authority on what any particular flight does.

Arriving in the United States · Required

The strongest statutory case in the dataset — but it applies to the Visa Waiver Program, not to B-1/B-2 visa holders, and not at a land border.

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