✈ ICN → JFK
13H 57M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Seoul to New York
From Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Seoul
How long is the flight from Seoul to New York?
A nonstop flight from Seoul (ICN) to New York (JFK) takes about 13 hours 57 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,891 miles (11,090 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 57m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,891 mi
11,090 km · great-circle
Avg speed
795 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-13h
13 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~9.1d
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 Seoul
Nearest destinations
- Seoul → Shanghai
- Seoul → Osaka
- Seoul → Beijing
- Seoul → Tokyo
- Seoul → Taipei
- Seoul → Hong Kong
- Seoul → Manila
- Seoul → Bangkok
- Seoul → Kuala Lumpur
- Seoul → Singapore
Long-haul from Seoul
- Seoul → Buenos Aires
- Seoul → Santiago
- Seoul → São Paulo
- Seoul → Rio de Janeiro
- Seoul → Cape Town
- Seoul → Cancun
- Seoul → Miami
- Seoul → Johannesburg
- Seoul → Mexico City
- Seoul → Atlanta
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