What's the Longest Possible Commercial Flight?

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[@halfasinteresting]

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[@CancerGaming56]

Let him figure it out. *Cough splutter airplane mode* *Cough splutter cheap airline with no wifi*

[@yonawurzburger5327]

You made a mistake there are non-stop flights from Tel Aviv to Brazil

[@techhelpportal7778]

@@yonawurzburger5327 true

[@daandanx]

May i still suggest a real video about bricks?

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Do a video on horoscopes and astrology (or on Wendover if you can't think of jokes)

[@CJetsPlanespotting]

This video should be titled “Sam Roasts Newark Airport for 6 Minutes”

[@FLOABName]

CJets he could make a series on that

[@neillenhart6838]

Kyle A I’d like that. Or just every other airport in the US and why they’re better than Newark.

[@HaveIGotMuseForYou]

Never been to Newark Airport, but I'm avoiding it after watching this 😆

[@mr.whitechristmas280]

@@HaveIGotMuseForYou You're lucky. He isn't exaggerating.

[@Randelgraft]

Exactly. By the end I was like, show me on the doll where the Newark hurt you.

[@uppercaseseven729]

I could be wrong, but I think he has something against Newark Airport.

[@finnrummygaming]

He shamed Newark in his Northernmost Town vid too

[@TrimutiusToo]

Tobe fair it is pretty terrible

[@mottyk8491]

No ... its just that bad

[@sovietmuffin501]

UppercaseSeven as a new jersey resident it’s a fair criticism. Our cities are the worst.

[@TheLiamster]

I love Newark airport. It’s the best airport in the world.

[@christophersargeant4545]

Fun fact: The airport code EWR isn't based on those letters existing in the name "Newark". Rather, it's the sound one makes when seeing Newark Airport.

[@monkeybusinessasusuall5467]

Lol

[@superpenguin645]

I have heard this sound many times. I personally don’t make it.

[@TheOne_6]

or, like CGP Grey once said, "Ewark, Ew Jersey"

[@allana2019]

As a New Jersey resident, I both feel offended, but also 100% agree with everything said about Newark Airport

[@Redwan777]

You should have said "NEVeR before have I been so offended with something I 100% agree with"

[@yourlocalramen1660]

As a New Jersey resident also, can 100% confirm what Sam said is true.

[@allana2019]

Womp Womp indeed

[@Harper180]

my condolences for you being a new jersey resident, get well soon

[@thatsicilian787]

As another New Jersey resident, I can say it’s hard to argue with his assessment… But LaGuardia is worse no matter what.

[@devangliya7131]

This episode is sponsored by JFK airport

[@brandenr6073]

Sponsored? They're both operared by the PANYNJ...

[@mikhail_suslov]

@corporate shill woooosh

[@pegeonpera]

Use the code HAI to get 10% off the next time you visit JFK duty free

[@yumeretta]

JFK airlines "Our travels are faster than a speeding bullet"

[@scj6693]

ya5u.mid “we fly direct from Dallas to DC”

[@adub1300]

“From the best airport in the world to the worst” have my like just for that

[@ranitidina007]

I guess none of you have been in port prince airport

[@ChrMuslimThor]

Ever been to Frankfurt Flughäfen?

[@connectingwings7212]

@@ChrMuslimThor I've been recently, it's not that bad, however Munich is way better. What's good in Frankfurt is the public transport nearby as well as the long-distance train station for example

[@cooling9953]

ranitidina007 How ever crazy it might sound Newark airport (one of two airports for New York) has been crowned to be one of the worst if not THE worst airport in the US. Been there myself for quite some hours during a layover and I can vouch for that it is really really bad!

[@RubenThomas]

Good one. Changi is one hell of a great airport. Never been to Newark-Liberty before though. Flew through LaGuardia in April, and it has improved greatly since I was last there many years ago.

[@wikiwiki1093]

Newark airport: **exists** HAI: _so you have chosen...death_

[@parsafarjammusic28]

How Da Fuq did you come up with that??

[@iaminyourwalls107]

Ridley Gray he didn’t, it’s a quote from lord of the rings

[@shehranazim4784]

Newark airport: **exists** Literally everyone: "Please stop"

[@HairyGhostbear]

5:02: I like the fact that somewhere between Shanghai and Sao Paulo, the captain is like: 'If you look to your left, you can see the city of Tromso, Norway'

[@CinemaDemocratica]

One of my favourite cities in the world is Montreal. On the flight between JFK and Taipei, we pass *directly* over it -- which still breaks my brain.

[@mickimicki]

I only grasped the geography of that route because of this comment 👍

[@factsonfacts7100]

Does this guy like Newark airport? I honestly can’t tell.

[@TrimutiusToo]

To be fair it is pretty terrible

[@factsonfacts7100]

Timur Sultanov yea I know I live on the island and fly out of there pretty often it’s horrible

[@gold-818]

Being from Long Island the only reason to go to Newark Airport is because it has cheep flights and JFK is so God damn expensive.

[@uriahlevi8640]

Nobody does

[@TheLiamster]

I love Newark airport. It’s the best airport in the world.

[@Momsemann]

I feel like he’s pissed about waiting in newark so he made this video just as a rant about it

[@sion8]

I mean I wouldn't call it a rant.

[@harper322]

newark is literally the worst though

[@zem6300]

as a new jerseyan who has to leave from newark sometimes. i have no words for how awful it is.

[@lauraanne7108]

Teqh Zem it sucks I was there a few weeks ago and it was my first time there let me just say never again

[@Cal90208]

Laura Anne Oh no I’m arriving there next summer save me

[@rahzsen7260]

Just a New Zealander stepping in here: if anyone's curious, the "Wh" in "Whangarei Airport" is actually pronounced like an "F", so it should actually be pronounced "fahng-ah-ray" :)

[@cookedfish4922]

thank you

[@kaneno1560]

Was looking for that coment 😂

[@davidozab2753]

No Whuckingwei!

[@modedesignerx2341]

It triggered me so much when I heard him pronounce it like that

[@joshthekiwi1540]

Finally found this comment hahaha

[@diogoscf]

Sam: “Newark is the worst airport” Beauvais-Tillé Airport: “Tenez ma bière”

[@warhammer3051]

Hold my beer? 😂

[@lillyie]

NAIA: hawakan mo ang aking alak

[@lotusamg6997]

Thanks to you I learnt how to say "hold my beer" in french, because of a meme. Now i can go tell my mom internet and memes are educational.

[@dedlykuin8539]

Angkasa pura airport management: that's a funny joke

[@confession25]

😂😂

[@Abbyyzz]

I feel like the script was written at newark airport...

[@tbird3402]

Johan Holst what else is there to do at Newark

[@itaybron]

@@tbird3402 fly away from it

[@sneezyguy793]

Nah it was written in the air

[@gnranger]

@@sneezyguy793 after departing Newark airport

[@the.abhiram.r]

t bird look at the ipads

[@HowsThatApp]

"Passenger airlines need passengers to make money" Big brain time.

[@CristianDF]

As it turns out!

[@VintageToiletsRock]

He could get a job with that kind of exclusive knowledge!

[@itsallsimplefacts]

And on his other channel it turns out they dont. So which one is it Sam? kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2LEaGadmbOmZq8

[@DevastatingExplosion1989]

Only hot takes

[@fofo4427]

Ez. Fly from Singapore to Singapore, literally 50 hours around the equator and your done.

[@kalithp5397]

Fun fact, if you want to find the longest flight by flight time you are no longer looking for antipodes. Because flying east is faster than flying west, you are looking for two cities where reaching it by flying in an eastward direction takes exactly as long as reaching it by flying westward. That city will be geographically closer to the west than the east.

[@jerryli6763]

The route could fly east both ways as that could be faster if they were true antipodes

[@JabobKrauskopf]

Nothing is longer than a flight next to a toddler

[@ixcapncrunchxi492]

Crying baby*

[@jeremiahtisdell4823]

I always tell them to go play outside

[@iteet1160]

@@jeremiahtisdell4823 wow, lol

[@IchOdaNich]

How would you even do that? I mean Toddlers can't fly so you'd have to fly in circles around it.

[@c2lredstone946]

@@IchOdaNich they can fly, typically the families sit in the bulkhead row where crew can attach a crib after takeoff

[@Miconazole]

2:36 “it turns out that passenger aircraft needs passengers to get money” _Ah yes, the floor is made out of floor_

[@prestonang8216]

Dos Gato II Ah yes, water is wet

[@Garfie489]

To be fair, there have been a history of passenger services which didnt primarily need passengers to make money. Government sometimes subsidises an entire flight in return for keeping any ticket revenue. Similarly sometimes a passenger flight is carrying cargo which makes the flight profitable.

[@JP-pb6hy]

That's the joke..

[@prestonang8216]

kaushik ghosh Rip

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Weird. My floor is made of ground.

[@UDumFck]

What is interesting about the Newark-Singapore flight is that it goes eastwards both directions. Newark to Singapore goes over Europe and India; Singapore to Newark goes past Japan, Alaska and Canada. So you really do go around the world.

[@northstarjakobs]

I wonder if it has something to do with air currents in the atmosphere, that because each distance is close to the same it makes more sense in terms of time and especially fuel to fly in a way that takes advantage of favorable winds in both directions.

[@mlmielke]

​@@northstarjakobsIt does.

[@3trewpeaceday]

Timestamps for everytime Newark airport gets dunked on in the video: 0:28 0:34 0:54 1:20 3:50

[@Thememermanwhoisafan]

3trewpeaceday he went in!

[@korvangray7107]

Lol

[@mcspider4111]

“What the hell happened here?”

[@adithyaraja6244]

This was helpful

[@Survivor-gu8gc]

I needed this thx

[@diecicatorce6259]

I love how Sao Paulo-Tokyo goes through the Pacific Ocean but Sao Paulo-Shanghai goes through the arctic

[@stoutyyyy]

It’s a great circle, Sao paolo-tokyo was displayed on a Mercator map so it had to be across the Pacific since the projection cuts off the arctic. Sao paolo-Shanghai was displayed on the globe so it didn’t have that restriction. Realistically since the airports are antipodal the great circle could go through any part of the world. It could fly over the North Pole, the South Pole, over London, over New York, although realistically airlines don’t like flying over oceans in case of contingency so it would probably go the arctic route because it flies over the most land

[@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214]

I attempted to fly between Tokyo Haneda and São Paulo in Infinite Flight, and it turns out, the fastest way to get there is to go up north over Russia, then down across North America, then the Caribbean and then finally over Brazil. I got about 4/5 of the way there before the app crashed and it took about 14 hours

[@chuckwhitson654]

But absolutely no person has crossed or circumnavigated Antarctica........ Hmm

[@XxAndrewklep9xX]

Since it's near antipodal, it doesn't make that much of a difference of a route. If you draw a line in any direction originating at some point on a sphere, you'll eventually intersect with the antipode. Probably at most will take another couple of hours if you go the other way.

[@fakename287]

@@chuckwhitson654 uh, yes they have? It's literally in history books lmao

[@francoisrd]

HAI: let’s find antipodal airports! *Flatearthers have left the chat*

[@thomaswiltherford9265]

You guys are so small minded. A globe can be FLAT and still have poles!! The nasty gov conceals that esrth is like a coin, but square! There are TWO SIDES, LOSERS! Open up your eyes and SEE THAT THEY LIE!

[@francoisrd]

Thomas Wiltherford not sure if this is a parody or sincere, but if it’s the latter, you just said “a globe can be flat”, so......

[@thomaswiltherford9265]

@Francois Roewer-Despres Lol don't worry, I am sane. The earth is round, the moon is real, and vaccines work. I wanted to see what reaction I would get lol. Good job for being respectful!

[@AndyHappyGuy]

ah sheet, here we go again.

[@thomaswiltherford9265]

This has been so enlightening.

[@parsafarjammusic28]

2:40 “Passenger Airlines Need Passengers To Make Money” -Half As Interesting

[@brassicaolaraceaolaracea1115]

ah yes the floor is made out of floor 😂

[@andrewjgrimm]

Coronavirus: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@goro922_]

"It turns out that passenger airlines need passengers to makes money" everyone: *:o*

[@grahamjohnson7412]

Except that sometimes they don't. Belly cargo can prop up a route. American Airlines makes more money flying cargo to Puerto Rico than it does flying passengers.

[@baedling4297]

5:25 "... that makes South America and Asia the only two inhabited continents on earth to not be connected by nonstop flights" There are nonstop flights from São Paulo to Doha and Dubai.

[@felchap1205]

Yep, I was looking for this comment. Isn't there an Emirates flight from Rio to Dubai as well?

[@josuesantanna7290]

Yes, and now São Paulo to Tel Aviv too.

[@sohopedeco]

And São Paulo-Istambul too (although the airport is in the European part, I guess).

[@sohopedeco]

I hope Sam adresses that in his yearly mistakes video.

[@odeiraoloap]

There are people who *still* keep associating Asia with Mumbai (South), Tokyo (East), and Bangkok (Southeast) and not Istanbul or Doha (West) because something, something, geopolitics...

[@sebastianelytron8450]

I was on the phone with a Qantas rep booking my flight. She asked, "Window or aisle?" After a moment, I replied, "Or you'll what?"

[@jimsvideos7201]

You funny fucker, well done.

[@zoemartin5934]

Sebastian Elytron i dont get it, im slow

[@jimsvideos7201]

@@zoemartin5934 It sounds like " Or I'll..."

[@heisen-bones]

@@zoemartin5934 say "I'll" in an aussie accent

[@krisnathebalinese]

2:06 When a Balinese Indonesian has actually travelled for longer than 24 hours to Colombia... I feel personally attacked

[@willdonohue8294]

“Although they’re rarer then an on time flight at Newark” 0:55 LMAO

[@neversaynever22ful]

title: longest possible commercial flight summary: to hell with newark airport and honestly, i completely agree. shitty airport

[@onecoinmidas4541]

Ever heard of LaGuardia?

[@mirzaahmed6589]

It's gotten better recently.

[@thehackerwolf7118]

LaGuardia laughed at this comment

[@MatanColl]

Tbh the inside of the United terminal is geting a lot nicer but the delays only get worse and worse

[@TacitMoose]

Lol yah. I flew out of there last year with Lufthansa and those poor Germans were starting to lose their minds. 😂

[@VexSG]

This guy oddly sounds like Wendover Productions

[@Mercilessonion]

Ikr... Probably he's been kidnapped by the HAI person at he Newark Airport

[@zxsddddddddddddd]

Roshen Thomas r/woosh

[@Rayuzan_M]

@@zxsddddddddddddd Why are you booing him? He's right

[@rishimanda2191]

@@Rayuzan_M its not booing. It's used when someone does not get a joke or a reference. It's actually a subreddit from....reddit

[@Minimo360911]

Rishi Manda I’m sure you’re very fun at parties

[@bobby4747]

There actually is a flight from Asia to South America operated by Emirates who fly from Dubai to Sao Paulo

[@lheulheulheu]

Nonstop flights / Operating : DXB-GRU, DOH-GRU / Extinct : DXB-GIG, AUH-GRU, TLV-GRU, BEY-GRU, CCS-DAM

[@crdiasneto]

There are also flights from São Paulo to Doha

[@sq7238]

Sam considers Asia and the Middle East separate continents, the same way South and North America are.

[@1xatu1]

I think a flight between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Seoul, South Korea would have lot of demand too, and there is a distance of 19.420km between both cities :)

[@blank6521]

Simple answer: a lot of jokes about Newark airport

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

HAI: Newark is the worst airport LaGuardia: Am I a joke to you

[@gold-818]

Thank you I've been waiting for someone to say this god I fucking hate that airport.

[@mt_xing]

Yeah LGA is so much worse. At least Newark has a rail link.

[@dudebop8203]

Facts lol😂

[@doommagic]

Guess he's taking the reconstruction of LaGuardia into consideration?

[@jaredthompson5323]

Avery the Cuban-American have you ever been to Lima airport in Peru, it’s shit, worst airport I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to Newark

[@TheLugiaExpert]

New drinking game: Take a shot every time he disses Newark Airport

[@bangunalamsyah4985]

"And not having Newark Airport" 😂😂😂

[@MrKelsomatic]

I like how "insufficient demand" counts as making a flight impossible but "no passenger plane in production has sufficient range" doesn't.

[@jasonnelson5745]

Sam explicitly said he didn't care about range restrictions in the opening minute of the video

[@CamCamCamCamCamCamCamCamCammmm]

I thought this too 😂

[@wta1518]

I think you missed the beginning, this is in a world without range restrictions or Newark Airport.

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

To be fair, insuficient demand is a much stronger reason than lack of capable aircraft, because demand could cause that aircraft to be made. In theory at least.

[@captainCaybrew]

We’ll have aircraft with the kindve ranged mentioned in this video probably within the next 20 to 40 years, however I doubt tangier and that small New Zealand town will ever have demand to support a flight no matter how long we wait

[@ErnestJay88]

The longest non-stop flight that carrying passenger is : Apollo 13

[@casual_moth]

The challenger thing as well

[@dolphinreacts532]

@@casual_moth that was actually the shortest

[@Mikasks]

Commercial flight

[@ftblaze6175]

I am sure, it's fast , and it isn't non stop , non stop would mean it would keep happening

[@wilyriley_]

@@ftblaze6175 that’s not what non-stop means. All non-stop means is that there are no layovers, or stops, during the flight.

[@taylorreinhart5991]

I literally never comment on anything, but I've come across your main channel recently and have been binging your videos and I just love how your videos have a certain educational flow to them. Sometimes I'll be watching a video and I'll think of my own question, pause the video, and google it real quick, only to find out that you ask and answer the question moments later, and even if it is not immediately answered, you usually have another video explaining it. All this to say I really like your channel :)

[@dalriadajohannsen]

I do this too 😁

[@liamdoinsomething6017]

While São Paulo (which will henceforth be initialised as SP) Shanghai may be the longest route with substantial demand, you can theoretically construct longer routes. As mentioned before within the video, SP Shanghai is longer than SP Tokyo, however if you keep moving south within Japan, longer routes can occur: SP Osaka is longer than SP Shanghai SP Fukuoka is longer than SP Osaka SP Kumamoto is longer than SP Fukuoka All the way up to SP Okinawa, on the Ryukyu islands, is the theoretical longest reasonable* route between SP and Asia. *Whilst you could land a plane in the Philippine Sea, it would likely not be considered reasonable

[@user-ft9ul5ul5v]

Route to Fukuoka seems especially legit, this is a fast-growing city with a somewhat big metropolitan area. But of course Osaka should have much more demand.

[@718Gilbert]

Brasilia to Manila. 18,838 km also pretty reasonable. Long runways and everything

[@chicocabalatungan8831]

"Because...you know...empire" What is this? A Crossover episode?!

[@mirzaahmed6589]

CGP doesn't have a trademark on "because empire".

[@chicocabalatungan8831]

@@mirzaahmed6589 its a joke

[@nickanand8087]

Wendover: I love making plane videos HAI: Hold my poor selection of beer

[@mirzaahmed6589]

It's the same guy (you probably know it).

[@localidiot5484]

Yeah that Wendover guy is lame, HAI is WAY better am I right? *Cough Cough*

[@superpenguin645]

As a New Jersey native I would like to point out that you can practically visit every continent from Newark except Antarctica. Newark also has many different food options among their terminals. The only terminal that is bad is terminal B, but C and A are pretty good.

[@jvohanian]

Newark ("NORK") is my "hometown" airport, and I agree with every quip you made about it.

[@yousmeel9127]

As someone who’s main source of airport is Newark, it’s always great when you land since your expectations were already so low form your stay at Newark

[@Avionicx]

Newark: *exists* Sam: Im about to end this airport's whole career

[@Stella-vu4jr]

“Won-ga-ray” ❌ “Fa-nga-ray” ✅ Ng as in sing, ray with a rolled r

[@finlayson]

Both the "F" pronunciation and the "W" are pronunciation are used (though the "F" pronunciation is more common these days)

[@Stella-vu4jr]

Ross Finlayson I mean yeah but “W” is the pakeha way

[@Stella-vu4jr]

asiopdru afiopugiop pronunciation :)

[@thatoneflygon8291]

Idea: the plane goes all the way around the world from an airport to land back at the same airport.

[@thinkingaboutsomething4765]

2:43 This is the pilot speaking: We're in the middle of a serious bruh moment

[@sion8]

Wha…?

[@bunkertons]

Good catch.

[@user-Nerd72ekd82kw]

Did that airplane just lag?

[@anotidachitando9220]

Hey, just saying... Whangarei is pronounced with a "ph" sound. This could be added in your yearly mistakes videos. So like "Phun-ga-rey" that's how you'd pronounce Whangarei. Much love from NZ.

[@Natika101]

Was just going to say this, but thought it best to check comments section. 😊

[@meandmetoo8436]

What's a ph sound ?

[@Natika101]

Like "phone"

[@pepbobmc]

Wikipedia lists Wendover's pronunciation as one of the possible two. The other being the one I assume you are defining

[@reasonnottheneed]

Wanfarfei?

[@noahi.1381]

“Newark Airport sucks.” NAIA Terminals 1 & 2: Am I a joke to you?

[@Locutus]

Yes.

[@frederikheller9174]

It's an absolute certainty that Half As Interesting has never been at Manila Airport😂

[@noahi.1381]

@Frederik Heller keep it that way for his mental health and patience tolerance.

[@zedriclouis87]

tama ka jan! HAHAHAHAHA saan mas papangit pa!

[@alba2172]

TRUE HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@triplejay7776]

The United terminal at Newark is actually pretty decent and I’d say better than most US airports which makes it definitely worth flying out from if you’re in the area

[@vahbiav92ghanekar]

Flight 370 is the longest flight ever.

[@rishimanda2191]

I feel like slapping myself for laughing at this.

[@prakharsinha6364]

Big oof

[@tasnim569]

well, it’s “true”?

[@scythal]

Welll, it's been flying for 5 years and we still don't know if it has reached Atlantis yet....

[@TheEgg185]

lol. 😂 Best comment ever.

[@gialourm]

Sam, firstly, I LOVE all of your videos -- I always look forward to your new episodes. Keeping this short, I wanted to surface that Dubai, Doha, Tel Aviv and Istanbul are all Asian cities --- often overlooked as being Asian as they are not the "Far East", yet categorized as EMEA-- and all 4 have non-stop services to either Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Caracas, Bogota, and Panama City (acknowledging PTY being trivial if considered South America).

[@wta1518]

Istanbul is debatable, because there is no defined line between Europe and Asia, but the rest are absolutely on the continent of Asia.

[@cmhcoder]

@@wta1518 Well it depends on what side of the Bosphorus Strait the airport is on (Istanbul's main airport is on the European side, so Istanbul doesn't count

[@raphaelhamilton3526]

Good point, but these would be beyond the scope of the video as they are far from antipodal. Only Far Eastern cities meet the criteria of totally antipodal.

[@xeridea]

I only flew to Newark airport once, and on the way back, was met with a 6 hour delay. Most the time at any other airport, there are no delays at all, and if any, are minor. Also I found it strange that the terminals aren't really connected, so we had the choice of 3-4 restaurants, and no where interesting to walk around to.

[@Arirezz]

Pronouncing Whangerei as "Wongeray" really hurt lol

[@KashimaRowan]

Arirezz pronouncing otahuhu as otahu is the worst.

[@deadlypink7458]

Rowan M that’s how everyone pronounces it tho 😂

[@user-hq2mh4ec6r]

Finally someone acknowledged the existence of Japanese-brazilians like me yay

[@B3Band]

Nobody was denying your existence lol, get over yourself

[@user-hq2mh4ec6r]

@@B3Band most people here in canada are really shocked when I say I'm from Brazil, but oh well

[@lucasplz2429]

@@B3Band Why be a dick in here when you can go be a dick in Newark Airport?

[@moon993]

I heard Brazil is the furthest place possible from Japan

[@lonestarr1490]

@@user-hq2mh4ec6r So you're a Japanese-Brazilian living in Canada? Usually, there quite a bunch of young adults from Europe visiting Canada before or while studying, so if you find yourself one of these, say of African origin or descent, and the two of you have kids and those kids move to Australia, they would be the most international fellas ever having connections to each inhabited continent in the world. I would suggest they become scientists and visit Antarctica every know and then.

[@comfortubisi6278]

He really doesn’t like Newark 😂😂😂

[@Tuubesoxx]

It's the anus of the us airport system

[@kshitishsorte2918]

@@Tuubesoxx lol

[@bluemandude100]

LaGuardia is so much worse

[@josephg1834]

Dylan Budd gotta agree on that all NYC airports really aren’t good. LaGuardia is the worst and JFK and Newark are like tied for second worst

[@bluemandude100]

@@josephg1834 The only advantage EWR has over the others is that it's sooo much easier to get to. At least for where i live. (Connecticut)

[@sorintane]

Newark Airport: *exists* HAI: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career

[@ItsEnderium]

Sam: "Newark is the worst airport" Luton Airport: Hold my tea and biscuits

[@xyzfortest]

"Here's the thing, though: basically nobody wants to travel between Indonesia and Colombia." ... nobody except that one boi who caught stealing money in 2011

[@embahgenduuuut]

Exactly what I thought, lmao

[@ahiruduck89]

Nazarudin?

[@afdhalulakbar5382]

wait,who?

[@cedricye1767]

Last time I was this early, Wendover was still making the TWL series

[@Demonetizedh8re]

Oh I how I miss it...

[@bkkedairy6981]

@@Demonetizedh8re yeah same but this is supposed to replace it

[@casey6556]

@@Demonetizedh8re So do I

[@deep.space.12]

Last time I was this early, Sam was still flying on TWA...

[@RM-bv1xm]

F in the chat to pay respects to TWL

[@EmpireProductions1]

This is exactly what I did when I played Air Tycoon, trying to figure out which flight route would be the longest. He got it right.

[@konradw360]

The longest non-stop flight would have mid-air refuelling, resupply, and repairs. Sold as constantly around the world.

[@Napoleonvanderbilt]

Maybe, but the only route I can think of that could sustain such a route is Los Angeles New York London Dubai Tokyo Singapore Los Angeles Repeat, maybe with a stop in Sydney once in a while.

[@tecker7454]

Newark airport: exists HAI: *It's roasting time!*

[@zhuolixie5922]

Emirates and Qatar Airways be like: is OUR flights to south america NOT flights to south america?

[@DerTechnikMann]

zhuoli xie Turkish Airways operates to several South American countries as well..

[@sohopedeco]

And LATAM operates to Tel Aviv too.

[@zhuolixie5922]

Much to my surprise, the flight failed to pop up to my mind, but the point that Asia has nonstop to South America doesn't change

[@magical_blue]

@@zhuolixie5922 am if u haven't noticed Emirates airlines and qatar is located in Asia , west Asia just to be sure

[@odeiraoloap]

Yeah, flying via West Asia (Middle East) from East or Southeast Asia to South America is simply improbable, too long, and too expensive. For example, it takes *13 hours* flying from Taipei to Istanbul (Turkish Airlines 25), and then another *13 hours* from Istanbul to GRU (Turkish 15). Add to that the *6+ hours layover* in Istanbul, and you'd be spending about 1.5 days one-way flying. Too damn long and impractical!

[@alphaadhito]

If Lion Air would flown the longest flight, it'd be 48 hours. 24 hours flying, 24 hours waiting for the delayed flight

[@GreenDuck34]

I think the longest feasible one, assuming like 1 flight a week lol for like 30K travelers each year, is Auckland to Madrid, roughly 12100 miles :)

[@Kalobi]

"Buy your domain..." "20 dollars per year" That's... not how *buying* works.

[@solaribass2491]

There's a word for that called Renting

[@alexwang982]

Nathan Quigley you have to give renting back right?

[@jasondashney]

It's correct, but shortened. You are buying the rights to use the domain for a year. You purchase, and own the rights for that year.

[@OLBastholm]

@@jasondashney Which is also how renting works.

[@millsyinnz]

@@OLBastholm If you rent something, whoever you are renting off still have property rights, ie they can terminate the lease if the conditions of use are breached.

[@18bdd]

In 2021, there was a commercial (chartered) flight between Seoul Incheon and Buenos Aires which are 12106 miles apart. So with boosted tourism, this can become a scheduled flight too. Korean culture is becoming popular across South and Central America.

[@BackslideDan]

I want to see the video where you break down the circumstances in which Guy Fieri becomes the King of England.

[@calliduspenguino773]

Bruh, the solution's simple just extend Whangarei's runway through an entire town and into the ocean so big planes can land there. Problem solved.

[@SarmonOflynn]

I was unreasonably satisfied hearing "are" and "these" before "data." What a day!

[@rosiefay7283]

But then this video is only one datum...

[@User31129]

I also was like "Hey good for you Sam"

[@arshawitoelar7675]

I dont get it.

[@pfysche2283]

@@arshawitoelar7675 data is actually plural appearently, datum is the singular.

[@davidtitanium22]

@@pfysche2283 what about... *datas*

[@patrickhurst5336]

My absolute favorite KZbinr. His clever wit, combined with fascinating facts, make learning something new a blast!

[@Drakrau_TheDerg]

Sam must hate Newark Liberty International Airport, he keeps roasting the heck out of it. XD

[@AviatorNZ]

Everyone: **talking about Newark** Me: "Whangarei, my home 😊"

[@kevins3821]

HAI: *travels by plane* Newark: *gives bad service* HAI viewers: "You fool! You have awoken the sleeping giant!"

[@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos]

You could also use Buenos Aires and Beijing. They are both capital cities of big countries and almost antipodal. Also big candidates would be Madrid Spain and Wellington New Zealand, Bangkok Thailand and Lima Peru, Jakarta Indonesia and Caracas Venezuela, but I don't know how popular they could be 😉😊

[@tylermmxtcp]

2:42 airplane having a stroke ip in here

[@gutmiko]

0:27 Just to be accurate, the plane doesn't take that route shown in the video. It flies north-east from Singapore and approaches Newark from north-west

[@Toasty_-jx6zk]

*This episode of Half as Interesting has been sponsored by LaGuardia Airport*

[@nexus9876]

“ And now we have 4 minutes to talk about the sponsor, but wait, there’s a problem” Had us in the first half ngl

[@abdullahshah4510]

The longer POSSIBLE flight is one with turbulence. Maybe 1hr flight but 23hr turbulence.

[@yonawurzburger5327]

Correction there are non-stop flights from Tel Aviv which is it Asia to Chile via Brasil

[@sohopedeco]

There is also Rio-Dubai, São Paulo-Dubai and São Paulo-Istambul. There used to be São Paulo-Doha but now they need to stop in Athens because of the embargo by Saudi Arabia.

[@paulinbrooklyn]

Upvoted for “don’t call me Shirley”, one of the all time best lines in movie history. And for the general excellence of your content.

[@woodonfire7406]

And Newark Airport

[@Locutus]

Maybe in a list of Best 1,000 movie lines it's up there, at 998...

[@toffeeoliver]

Also: I would imagine that if we're talking about the longest possible commercial flight, that would allow for changes in demand? Would love to see a video explaining what hypothetically might need to happen for direct Colombia-Indonesia flights.

[@Ken11235813]

The word “antipodes” is pronounced with four syllables (not three), accented on the second (not the first). That. Is, an-TI-pö-dēz (rather than AN-ti-pōdz).

[@LebowskiSucks]

an-TI-pö-dēz nutz

[@Ken11235813]

@@LebowskiSucks I know this only because of Ogden Nash: The wombat lives across the seas, Among the far Antipodes. He may exist on nuts and berries, Or then again, on missionaries; His distant habitat precludes Conclusive knowledge of his moods, But I would not engage the wombat In any form of mortal combat.

[@sirholycow]

Half as Interesting: Here's a new plane video Me: _Nice._

[@XSpImmaLion]

Heh, interesting.. I'm from Brazil, japanese descendant, and the first thing that came to mind was my trip to Japan, last year. I wish I could go more there, but it was my second trip. The first we went through the Pacific, going all the way up to Toronto, passing through Sao Paulo and New York, and then taking a trip from there to Haneda. Last year we went the other way, with a midway stop at Qatar, and then Narita. It's rough you guys... between packing your bags and getting to the destination it's a full day or more. Usually more because of connections, you have to wait a long time between planes. But then, I think about the trip my grand grandparents took on boat of a full month or so, and I really can't complain. xD My father's father was born on route, imagine that. The city I live in is almost an antipode to Okinawa. Yeah... I spend a whole lot of time researching stuff like that because I plan to live there someday. :P

[@mohammeds5339]

“Passenger airlines need passengers to make money.” Damn I never knew this before

[@syph3r_63]

This whole video this literally just Half as Interesting talking about airports and roasting Newark Airport while doing so. LOL

[@rafaelcosta1400]

I made this exactly route in march/2019, via Lufthansa, 747-8 (GRU - FRA) and A380 (FRA-PVG). 27 hours (21 flying). I can't wait to do it again!

[@OriginalSeblakCeker]

As an Indonesian, I can confirm Columbia is nowhere in my bucket list Also, that Leslie Nielsen reference, he's a legend

[@sschlappkohl]

R Pahleffi funny as a Colombian Indonesia is not on my bucket list 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@lostchromosomes8227]

As an Indonesian, I'd fly to Colombia just to get laid by a hot latina girl

[@AndresBastidas97]

lost chromosomes Nobody is getting laid by a hot Latina girl if you can’t figure out the difference between Colombia and Columbia.

[@lostchromosomes8227]

@@AndresBastidas97 I admit there's a mistake in spelling it, but you do get the point

[@ElyasBinYahya]

“South America and Asia, the only two continents on Earth to not be connected by non-stop flights”. WRONG! I flew non-stop from São Paulo to Dubai in 2013!

[@meganathan98]

Yes there are nonstop flights between Brazil and Asia. Latam operates a flight from Sao Paulo to Tel Aviv for instance

[@Novazon2]

"because; you know, empire" *my ears perk up* You sir. Have my attention.

[@lzh4950]

_United Federation of Britain intensifies?_

[@willianwillian20032]

hahahahahaha, can't believe that Brazil was part of this video, as a brazilian i really wasn't expecting this. the city about 15km away from where i used to live is know to have the biggest concentration of japonese people outside japan, mogi das cruzes is the name of the city.

[@nishanthb5093]

5:14 , THERE IS!! DXB-GRU on Emirates.

[@lowellfinn]

There is actually already flight from Dubai to Sao Paulo.

[@lowellfinn]

But going in the west direction not east.

[@gene7511]

1:14 when the play time is so perfectly synced