✈ FCO → JFK
8H 55M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Rome to New York
From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Rome
How long is the flight from Rome to New York?
A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to New York (JFK) takes about 8 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,266 miles (6,866 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 55m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,266 mi
6,866 km · great-circle
Avg speed
769 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rome timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
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 Rome
Nearest destinations
- Rome → Milan
- Rome → Zurich
- Rome → Munich
- Rome → Vienna
- Rome → Budapest
- Rome → Barcelona
- Rome → Prague
- Rome → Frankfurt
- Rome → Athens
- Rome → Paris
Long-haul from Rome
- Rome → Auckland
- Rome → Sydney
- Rome → Melbourne
- Rome → Santiago
- Rome → Bali (Denpasar)
- Rome → Buenos Aires
- Rome → Manila
- Rome → Mexico City
- Rome → Los Angeles
- Rome → San Francisco
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