✈ JFK → BER
8H 21M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from New York to Berlin
From JFK (JFK), USA North America → Brandenburg (BER), Germany Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Berlin → New York
How long is the flight from New York to Berlin?
A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to Berlin (BER) 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
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Berlin timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
Eastward — worse
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.
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Long-haul from New York
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Flights to Berlin
Nearest origins
- Prague → Berlin
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- Budapest → Berlin
Long-haul to Berlin
- Auckland → Berlin
- Sydney → Berlin
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- Santiago → Berlin
- Buenos Aires → Berlin
- Bali (Denpasar) → Berlin
- São Paulo → Berlin
- Rio de Janeiro → Berlin
- Singapore → Berlin
- Manila → Berlin