✈ KUL → JFK
18H 49M FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO NEW YORK. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Kuala Lumpur to New York
From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Kuala Lumpur
How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to New York?
A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to New York (JFK) takes about 18 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,426 miles (15,169 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
18h 49m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,426 mi
15,169 km · great-circle
Avg speed
807 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Kuala Lumpur timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-12h
12 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~8.4d
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 Kuala Lumpur
Nearest destinations
- Kuala Lumpur → Singapore
- Kuala Lumpur → Bangkok
- Kuala Lumpur → Bali (Denpasar)
- Kuala Lumpur → Manila
- Kuala Lumpur → Hong Kong
- Kuala Lumpur → Taipei
- Kuala Lumpur → Mumbai
- Kuala Lumpur → Shanghai
- Kuala Lumpur → Delhi
- Kuala Lumpur → Beijing
Long-haul from Kuala Lumpur
- Kuala Lumpur → Cancun
- Kuala Lumpur → Miami
- Kuala Lumpur → Mexico City
- Kuala Lumpur → Santiago
- Kuala Lumpur → Atlanta
- Kuala Lumpur → Buenos Aires
- Kuala Lumpur → São Paulo
- Kuala Lumpur → Rio de Janeiro
- Kuala Lumpur → Dallas
- Kuala Lumpur → Chicago
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
- Auckland → New York
- Bangkok → New York
- Manila → New York
- Hong Kong → New York
- Johannesburg → New York
- Cape Town → New York