✈ WAW → JFK
8H 54M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Warsaw to New York
From Chopin (WAW), Poland Europe → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Warsaw
How long is the flight from Warsaw to New York?
A nonstop flight from Warsaw (WAW) to New York (JFK) takes about 8 hours 54 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,255 miles (6,848 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 54m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,255 mi
6,848 km · great-circle
Avg speed
769 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Warsaw timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Warsaw
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 Warsaw
Nearest destinations
- Warsaw → Berlin
- Warsaw → Prague
- Warsaw → Budapest
- Warsaw → Vienna
- Warsaw → Copenhagen
- Warsaw → Munich
- Warsaw → Stockholm
- Warsaw → Frankfurt
- Warsaw → Bucharest
- Warsaw → Helsinki
Long-haul from Warsaw
- Warsaw → Auckland
- Warsaw → Sydney
- Warsaw → Melbourne
- Warsaw → Santiago
- Warsaw → Buenos Aires
- Warsaw → Bali (Denpasar)
- Warsaw → São Paulo
- Warsaw → Rio de Janeiro
- Warsaw → Mexico City
- Warsaw → Los Angeles
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