✈ BRU → JFK
7H 45M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Brussels to New York
From Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Brussels
How long is the flight from Brussels to New York?
A nonstop flight from Brussels (BRU) to New York (JFK) takes about 7 hours 45 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,657 miles (5,885 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
7h 45m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,657 mi
5,885 km · great-circle
Avg speed
759 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Brussels timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Brussels
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 Brussels
Nearest destinations
- Brussels → Amsterdam
- Brussels → Paris
- Brussels → Frankfurt
- Brussels → London
- Brussels → Zurich
- Brussels → Manchester
- Brussels → Munich
- Brussels → Berlin
- Brussels → Milan
- Brussels → Prague
Long-haul from Brussels
- Brussels → Auckland
- Brussels → Sydney
- Brussels → Melbourne
- Brussels → Bali (Denpasar)
- Brussels → Santiago
- Brussels → Buenos Aires
- Brussels → Singapore
- Brussels → Manila
- Brussels → Kuala Lumpur
- Brussels → São Paulo
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