✈ BER → JFK
8H 21M. BERLIN TO NEW YORK. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Berlin to New York
From Brandenburg (BER), Germany Europe → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Berlin
How long is the flight from Berlin to New York?
A nonstop flight from Berlin (BER) to New York (JFK) takes about 8 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,971 miles (6,390 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 21m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,971 mi
6,390 km · great-circle
Avg speed
765 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Berlin timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Berlin
Nearest destinations
- Berlin → Prague
- Berlin → Copenhagen
- Berlin → Frankfurt
- Berlin → Munich
- Berlin → Warsaw
- Berlin → Vienna
- Berlin → Amsterdam
- Berlin → Brussels
- Berlin → Zurich
- Berlin → Budapest
Long-haul from Berlin
- Berlin → Auckland
- Berlin → Sydney
- Berlin → Melbourne
- Berlin → Santiago
- Berlin → Buenos Aires
- Berlin → Bali (Denpasar)
- Berlin → São Paulo
- Berlin → Rio de Janeiro
- Berlin → Singapore
- Berlin → Manila
More flights to North America
Flights to New York
Nearest origins
- Boston → New York
- Toronto → New York
- Chicago → New York
- Atlanta → New York
- Miami → New York
- Dallas → New York
- Cancun → New York
- Mexico City → New York
- Las Vegas → New York
- Seattle → New York
Long-haul to New York
- Melbourne → New York
- Bali (Denpasar) → New York
- Sydney → New York
- Singapore → New York
- Kuala Lumpur → New York
- Auckland → New York
- Bangkok → New York
- Manila → New York
- Hong Kong → New York
- Johannesburg → New York