What has been the longest non-stop flight in the world in history?

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¿Cuáhe has been the flight sás throughout the world nonstop history? There are many récord registered by several Aerolídenies, avión u Tipo de operationón, t fenceáthey have been the málong s. Photo Gschmoidy.

Even during the pandemic we have seen planes break réflight cord, but there are several types of «prizes that can be won».

Generally flights máThe longest flights in the world are measured either by flight hours or by the distance traveled from the airport of origin to the final destination., without always being the longest lastingón which más distance traveled.

a few days agoías, the Comlux Public companyó on their social networks thatíhas broken a réworld record for having flown 10.520 miles náutics in 20 hours and 19 minutes from Seúl to Buenos Aires non-stop on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

¿It was the flight más largo?

The answer is no, it all depends on whaté It is what we want to measure and for this reason it is that más of a AvGeek questionó the apparent récord self proclaimed by the company, where the famous and recognized Enrique Piñeuro ATTENDó including as a pilot.

The flights málong s of history

let's go by parts, There are aircraft that have remained in the air for díwhole aces, even balloons for weeks, but we are going to analyze those that maintain the récord, especially in terms of commercial aircraft:

  • A Boeing 777-200LR maintains the record for the m flightás long history of an avión commercial when flying from Hong Kong to London covering 13.433 miles with a durationón of 22 hours and 42 minutes with only 35 passengers to demonstrate the capabilities of the aircraftón.
  • a boeing 787 the comlux flightó for 20 hours and 19 minutes betweenúl and Buenos Aires covering 10.520 nm.
  • Flight TN-064 between Papeete and Paris cubrió 9.765 miles, what turned himó the sun flightéregular aesthetic más throughout the world with 16 flight hours, but by distance it maintains the récord.
  • Sinapore Airlines between Singapore and Newark covers a distance of 9.534 miles with 18 hours and 45 flight minutes, what makes him international commercial flightás throughout the world from the actuality.
  • youth estates on theó the flight Project Sunrise, covering 11.060 miles and 19 hours with 19 minutes, it was not a commercial flight, máYes, it was an operationón to study the effects of long flights on passengers.
  • Qatar Airways operates second commercial flight más around the world flying between Doha and Auckland covering 9.032 miles in 18 hours and 5 minutes.

Other flights with récord

These récord are previous to aviationón modern, so the récord personally, son aún más highlighted:

  • Between 1943 and 1945 Qantas operated the flight «Double Sunrise» between Perth and Sri Lanka, with a durationón average of 28 hours on Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft.
  • The 28 august 1948 a Martin Mars JRM-2 flightó from Hawaii to Chicago non-stop 24 hours and 12 minutes.
  • The 2 October 1957 TWA a flight Starlorureró from London to San Francisco non-stop 23 hours and 19 minutes.
  • On 1967 AerolíArgentine lines maintainía récord for establishing service between Buenos Aires and Madrid on Boeing aircraft 707, covering 6.253 miles in 12 flight hours.
  • The 16 June 1993 an Airbus A340-200 flightó from Paris to Auckland in 21 hours and 46 minutes covering 11.978 miles.

As you can see there is an endless number of récord for flight máthroughout the history of aviationón, but a lot depends on cóhow it is measured or whaté you want to measure to determine the winner, be this distance or durationón.

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