Longest Non Stop Flights

I was reading about some flights, flying, no plans to travel just looking at some numbers. To see the longest non-stop flights in the world I visited this page:

https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2024/08/03/top-15-non-stop-longest-flight-in-the-world/

Here is the list :

Rank	Airport Pair	Route	Distance (Miles)	Duration	Carrier
1	JFK-SIN	New York – Singapore	9,537	18h 40m	Singapore Airlines
2	EWR-SIN	Newark – Singapore	9,535	18h 30m	Singapore Airlines
3	AKL-DOH	Auckland – Doha	9,032	17h 40m	Qatar Airways
4	LHR-PER	London – Perth	9,009	17h 45m	Qantas Airways
5	DFW-MEL	Dallas – Melbourne	8,992	17h 35m	Qantas Airways
6	CDG-PER	Paris – Perth	8,863	17h 15m	Qantas Airways
7	AKL-JFK	Auckland – New York	8,828	16h 15m	Qantas Airways, Air New Zealand
8	AKL-DXB	Auckland – Dubai	8,824	17h 05m	Emirates
9	SZX-MEX	Shenzhen – Mexico City	8,790	17h 30m	China Southern
10	LAX-SIN	Los Angeles – Singapore	8,770	17h 50m	Singapore Airlines
11	BLR-SFO	Bengaluru – San Francisco	8,701	17h 31m	Air India
12	IAH-SYD	Houston – Sydney	8,596	17h 35m	United Airlines
13	SYD-DFW	Sydney – Dallas	8,578	16h 21m	Qantas
14	SIN-SFO	Singapore – San Francisco	8,446	15h 0m	Singapore Airlines, United Airlines
15	ATL-JNB	Atlanta -Johannesburg	8,439	15h 22m	Delta

I knew #1 but got shocked by #2 😄 

There are some surprises there on the list, mostly that they even exist. Paris to Perth? Shenzhen to Mexico? Bengaluru to SFO? It has to be just for business reasons. If this planet was full of decent normal people, I am sure we would have New York to Moscow, etc.

I did not see Anca’s favorite trip from SFO to SYD, but it is only 7417 miles so nothing fancy … and HNL to JFK was only short 4983 miles … 😄

Good day!