When Does A Flight Officially Become 'Long Haul'?

When traveling, some flights may seem like they never end! And with the incredible range of today's aircraft, some journeys can have mind-boggling flight times. But beyond the fact that even regional flights can seem long and the average traveler may be counting the minutes wishing for arrival, what officially determines whether a flight is technically deemed "long-haul"? Let’s explore this topic for today’s video!
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[@theharper1]

Most of the international flights from Eastern Australia are either long haul or ultra long haul unless they are to Oceania. Ultra long haul flights I've been on: Brisbane to LAX (13+ hours) SFO to Brisbane (13+ hours) Sydney to Dallas (15+ hours) LAX to Sydney (and back, 13+ hours) Singapore to Frankfurt (and back, 14+ hours) KL to London (14+ hours) Paris CDG to Hong Kong (Kai Tak, about 14 hours I think)

[@jokerface20]

flew dallas to sydney last year, 16 hrs and 31 minutes flight time, about 17 hours on the aircraft

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Sydney to Dubai. It felt like forever!

[@tomAkelife-ff9tf]

flying to Sydney from majority of countries takes forever😂

[@Yantrus]

Try Dubai to Auckland. Worst flight of my life.

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

@@Yantrus it would be! I come from Wellington Lol 😂

[@odzergaming]

@@Yantrusbest flight of my life

[@ariainlondon]

3:06 My ultra long haul flights (>12 hours non stop flight time) are: SIN-LHR at 14 hours KUL-LHR 22x at 13 hours and 30 minutes KUL-CDG 2x at 13 hours KUL-AMS at 13 hours BKK-LHR at 13 hours LHR-KUL 24x at 12 hours CDG-KUL at 12 hours AMS-KUL at 12 hours HND-LHR at 12 hours NRT-LHR at 12 hours

[@Adrian-qb1tp]

Regularly fly LHR to SIN to LHR , I've learnt the hard way only to use Singapore Airlines and no other carrier.

[@tristanskipworth4377]

Are they really that much better?

[@felixkrings]

The longest so far was Tokyo Haneda to Frankfurt, which took 13:55h of flying time. The scheduled flying time was even higher. :O

[@LucMeyer-en1pc]

I flew from Johannesburg to Atlanta on delta around 16 hours

[@Star737_yt]

My first ultra long haul flight was the third flight I experienced for my life time, PAL A350 from Manila to New York, 14 hours in Summer of 2021. I'll experience this again at the end of May to Manila and will be my first A380 flight.

[@alvarocolindres4764]

I flew from lax to Dubai over 15 hours of flight ✈️

[@VICTORIAPAVLOVA77]

I’ve flown many long haul flights I’ve been to Canada 3 times and U.S Twice February 2016 Brisbane to Sydney BNE-SYD Sydney Australia to Dallas Texas U.S.A SYD-DFW *18 Hours onboard *16.5 hours NONSTOP AIRTIME FLIGHT gate to gate EPIC FLIGHT DFW-Minneapolis Minneapolis-Iowa by coach Iowa to Minneapolis by coach Minneapolis to DFW DFW-LUBBOCK TEXAS LUBBOCK TEXAS-DFW DFW-SYD DALLAS TEXAS U.S.A -SYDNEY AUSTRALIA *17 HOURS NONSTOP AIRTIME Gate to gate *EPIC FLIGHT SYD-BNE June 2016 Brisbane -Vancouver BNE-YVR 14.5 hours NONSTOP AIRTIME YVR-YUL VANCOUVER-MONTRÉAL QUÉBEC CANADA *5 Hrs-45 mins YUL -YVR MONTREAL -VANCOUVER 5 hrs -45 minutes YVR-BNE Vancouver Canada-BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 15 HOURS NONSTOP AIRTIME *12 days later July 2016 BNE-YVR -YUL Brisbane Australia-Vancouver Canada 14.5 HOURS DIRECT FLIGHT NONSTOP AIRTIME YVR-YUL Vancouver-MONTRÉAL 5 hours 45 minutes Montreal-New York by coach New York -Montreal by coach YUL-YVR-BNE Montréal-Vancouver *5 Hours 45 minutes NONSTOP AIRTIME DIRECT FLIGHT YVR -BNE Vancouver-Brisbane Australia 15 HOURS NONSTOP AIRTIME gate to gate August 2018 BNE-YVR-YUL Brisbane-Vancouver 14.5 HOURS NONSTOP AIRTIME FLIGHT gate to gate YVR-YUL Vancouver-MONTREAL 5 hours 45 minutes Airtime YUL-YVR-BNE Montreal-Vancouver 5 hours 45 minutes Airtime YVR -BNE Vancouver-Brisbane Australia 15 HOURS NONSTOP AIRTIME The last two trips Brisbane Australia to Montreal Quebec Canada via Vancouver have been 22+ hours NONSTOP AIRTIME only on the ground for less than an hour to clear security before boarding a direct flight to MONTREAL So therefore I have flown some EPIC LONG HAUL FLIGHTS & crossed the PACIFIC OCEAN 8 times Aviatrix!! I prefer yo be up there to anywhere!! ❤🔥✈️🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫 BNE-YVR-YUL

[@MG101]

I’ve never flown ultra long haul, the longest flight for me was 11hrs on MEL-HNL

[@spacecadet117]

AKL - DOH (17+ hrs) on Qatar. AKL - DXB (17+ hrs) on Emirates. AKL - JFK (16+ hrs) on Air New Zealand. Conclusion - NZ is isolated!!

[@justdontworrybehappy]

DXB-BNE felt like ages

[@MaulinAgrawal1217]

[@Hi-11291]

los angeles-melbourne

[@jeffchipps3534]

I flew from LAX to MNL 14 hours 40 minutes August 2022 coming back September 2022 MNL to LAX 13 hours 30 minutes.

[@willpotts1791]

I went from Philadelphia to Orlando and flight was 3 hours and 10 minutes because delay of bad weather rain in Florida. Orlando to Philadelphia was 3 hours and 50 minutes due to the delay in July 2022. It left the airport on time and got delayed to their destination late.

[@paullewis2413]

My usual long haul is around 11hr30m GRU - CDG. Even in Business class, which is very comfortable of course, (I usually manage at least 6hrs sleep) that’s about long enough for me.

[@sandeepreehal1018]

SFO-DXB (and SFO-DOH), 15 hours, once it was 16 because of weather at SFO

[@maxdee1820]

YVR to BKK, 16h35m. Headwinds were stronger than usual.

[@kahnj]

San Francisco to Melbourne. 15+ hours. I was fortunate to have my own row so I could stretch out

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

I haven't flown on any ultra long haul flight. My longest flight must have been CDG to SDQ via PUJ in 2017.

[@Human1773]

I went from Montreal to Doha 13+ hours

[@IheartplanesA320]

My first ultra-longhaul flight is from Auckland - Dubai Emirates A380

[@foochacko]

hi everyone...I flew from Dubai International Airport DXB to JFK airport and from Abu-Dhabi to JFK. that's like 13 hours from dxb to jfk.

[@thespeedypatriot6201]

LAX-SYD (15 hours~) DFW-ICN (13 hours~)

[@williamick2578]

"Flight Length" via Wikipedia says >16 hours is ultra long haul per ICAO, IATA, and CAPA aviation organizations. I am not sure why Simple Flying uses >12 hours for ultra long haul. Anyone know the origin of the >12 hour definition?

[@rosshurst2066]

YVR to BKK on Air Canada. More Than 16 hours.

[@User5777_]

I did two flights to 🇰🇷South Korea & 🇯🇵Japan at separate times JFK to ICN 14:30hrs JFK to HND 13:30hrs

[@benwilson6145]

In Australia pretty much every flight is medium or long haul. You can have over 3 hour flight interstate.

[@AntoinneBarnes]

so does the regulatory requirements change between the different catagories? is there any other major difference in the catagories besides time and the planes used?

[@CommonSense9eleven]

Sydney-SFO, LHR-HKG, FRA-SIN, DXB-SYD, DOH-SYD, SIN-CDG, SIN-MUC

[@Baruuuuuuu]

SIN - LHR with Singapore Airlines and SYD - AUH with Etihad. Both flight was great :)

[@emmlopez]

LAX to SCL. Non-stop. 10.5 Hrs.

[@planeoldsimp272]

longest flights i can remember is ICN to ATL, MSP to ICN, and ZRH to BKK

[@azizanlmanat5142]

Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow

[@Warmachine_23]

Los Angeles to Brisbane in 2007, nearly 15 hours.

[@PakaBubi]

I consider any flights over 3 hrs long haul. Years ago I had to fly from Papeete French Polynesia to Bodrum Turkey, changing flights 3 times. I was getting homicidal by the end of it.

[@MG101]

3 hours isn’t that long.. I would call it early medium haul

[@magical_catgirl]

SYD/MEL-LAX is 14 hours. Has never seemed like "Ultra" long haul to me.

[@ahhyesrs1]

LA to Sydney and San Francisco to Melbourne, 14+ hours each

[@phoay3]

Lagos to Atlanta. 13 hours. Delta.

[@mikeflytr]

cdg-scl, ist-bog, ist-gru and ist-pty

[@rapportbuildingfirst8695]

Ultra long haul flights are part of living in Australia and liking International travel - unless you're going to NZ, South Pacific or South East Asia.

[@AJS_117]

Hong Kong to Manchester nearly 15 hours is horrific especially as I can’t sleep on planes.

[@ceowin]

I rode HKG to SYD. It was 8 hours and considered medium haul 🤔

[@odzergaming]

Only 10+ hours should be considered long haul

[@NigelDMarvin]

I’ve done JFK to HKG, JFK to TPE, LAX to SYD (started from JFK)

[@vweasel143]

LAX to SYD 15hr.

[@benwilson6145]

Flew Mount Pleasant to Stansted, 16 hours

[@힐만94]

my longest flight is jakarta (cgk) - seoul (icn) vv.. took 7 hours, and there's not much to do, but thanks to ife/avod, at least it's quite managable... i can only imagine back then when there's no entertainment onboard long haul flight, and you could only count on inflight magazine or inflight movie... 😅

[@odzergaming]

Damn that’s short

[@siddhanthsunil2480]

AUH - YYZ. 14 hours non stop. 😵‍💫

[@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke]

DFW to Hong Kong ~ 16.5 hours

[@LoFIJak]

DBX to AKL is my semi regular ulta long haul route

[@Yantrus]

I flew that last year in economy. Would never do it again.

[@Eruma_27]

JAL47/48 I’m between Tokyo and Helsinki after sanctions (around 14h instead of the 9h it was pre sanctions which makes it ultra long haul)

[@purplerabbit638]

SIN to JFK in business lol. Loved it

[@dragonfly-7]

SFO to AKL on an triple-7 of Air Newzealand. Roughly 13 hrs in total with 12.5 hrs over water. You simply need to be prepared: Sufficient reading stuff, pillow, neck support. Even possible in coach class. Just let it happen ... ;-)

[@sSSspidermanNNn]

The only problem I have is that this video was not posted by the long haul channel.

[@robertthomson1587]

I live in Australia. I've flown on many, many ultra-haul flights.

[@andrewjackson5945]

Doha-Philadelphia AA121 14:35

[@GarlandTexasSpotter2024]

My longest flight was Air India’s 777-200LR from New York to Mumbai. It felt like forever!

[@wheresrain]

I'm flying Ultra-Long Haul soon _Vancouver to Bangkok_ Across the Pacific *15 1/2 Hours!* Any other great ULH examples?

[@stephanguitar9778]

30 return flights from London to Melbourne in the last 20 years in every type of aircraft and airline on the route. Last week flew the last leg of the flight from Singapore to London on SIA A380, took just under 15 hours because of the strong head winds.

[@syahrulmufidho]

Not yet for ultra long haul direct flight. But long haul twice time Jakarta Jeddah with Saudi airlines

[@vicmonlugerrdelizo5502]

KL807 AMS-TPE-MNL 12 hours 45 mins + 2 hours 15 mins totalling to 15 hours flying time 😅

[@metropolitantrainspotting1993]

Hong kong to London Heathrow

[@cabottaxi]

Longest flight I have done is BA flight from London Gatwick to Mauritius which took 12 hours . No fun.

[@anotherledfreak8649]

Never done short haul. Only ever do long or ultra long. London to Hong Kong, London to Singapore, or London to Dubai. Going to do my first short haul this year (4hrs). I'M DREADING IT! 😂

[@shuttleman27c]

I've never been on long haul. Longest flight I've been on is about 6 hrs

[@igglye6805]

TLDR: 6+ hours

[@remihabscanucks]

NRT-YYZ, or YVR-TPI

[@kevintunnicliffe2181]

Dubai - Sydney several times, Dubai direct to Auckland, Doha to Sydney.

[@ultralegendarybeast101]

When will you guys talk about Etihad Airways?

[@ili1942]

LAX-SVO for example

[@anthcellini2328]

Melbourne to Abu Dhabi 13+ hours

[@johnjames8707]

Minneapolis to San Diego 3 hours 50 min Minneapolis MN to Columbus Ohio 1 HOUR 54 MIN

[@Blackoutprodutions]

NRT to AMS going the wrong way round the world, over canada. Yeah that took forever, like well over 13,5 hours.

[@two6520]

Yes, I fly long haul and my arms get very very tired.

[@anderskeiding9718]

ICN to HEL, 13 hours 50 min over the north pole on A350, very nice plane Next time I Will choose business

[@jsjn7]

JFK DEL 15 hrs

[@tommysmith1384]

Johannesburg to Atlanta 16 hours

[@matthewbarber9846]

PVG-LHR 14hrs 25 mins 😮

[@georgydabbadie2194]

Dubai to Auckland

[@irvingcordova1085]

My longest flight was JFK to MSY

[@AtomicBuffalo]

What is the POINT of these labels? This video doesn’t mention.

[@evadestudiosuk]

It’s was 14 hours and 35 minutes

[@eamonahern7495]

I've flown short haul, 40min to 2hrs and long haul, 8 to 10hrs, but never medium or ultra long haul.

[@flyingdentist]

Dubai to Brisbane Emirates A380 14hours

[@christopherwillis5014]

Dfw to ist 11 hours on turkish airlines 787

[@ArchimedesDaVinci]

Does Russia still allow US, Canadian, and other NATO member countries to overfly it's territory via the northern route traversing over the Arctic, when flying to or returning from East Asia do the economic sanctions imposed on it by western nations ?

[@odzergaming]

Russia still allows, countries choose not to so they wont give russia money with the expansive overflight fees

[@Patrickair4444]

yes id id from yyz to LHR

[@georgydabbadie2194]

Johannesburg to New York

[@hanj31]

under 3 hours is short haul up to 8 is medium haul over 8 hours is long haul over 14 hours both ways is ultra long haul.

[@AlfCalson]

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[@theaviation12]

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