Data study — computed from our own files

Longest flights from Beirut

We measured the great-circle distance from Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY) to every one of the 113 airports in our network and ranked them. Durations are a published geometric estimate — not a schedule.

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The single longest route in this study is Beirut to Auckland (AKL) — New Zealand: 16,337 km great-circle, about 19h 48m of estimated flying.

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The 20 farthest destinations in the network

The 20 farthest destinations from Beirut, descending by direct distance
#	Destination	Distance (km)	Time (est.)	Calculator
1	Auckland (AKL) — New Zealand	16,337	19h 48m	Open calculator
2	Sydney (SYD) — Australia	14,184	17h 16m	Open calculator
3	Melbourne (MEL) — Australia	13,779	16h 48m	Open calculator
4	Buenos Aires (EZE) — Argentina	12,393	15h 10m	Open calculator
5	Mexico City (MEX) — Mexico	12,385	15h 9m	Open calculator
6	Los Angeles (LAX) — USA	12,003	14h 42m	Open calculator
7	Cancun (CUN) — Mexico	11,390	13h 59m	Open calculator
8	Sao Paulo (GRU) — Brazil	10,740	13h 13m	Open calculator
9	Miami (MIA) — USA	10,537	12h 59m	Open calculator
10	Rio de Janeiro (GIG) — Brazil	10,430	12h 51m	Open calculator
11	Chicago (ORD) — USA	9,802	12h 7m	Open calculator
12	Bali (DPS) — Indonesia	9,609	11h 53m	Open calculator
13	Toronto (YYZ) — Canada	9,181	11h 23m	Open calculator
14	Tokyo (NRT) — Japan	9,035	11h 13m	Open calculator
15	New York (JFK) — USA	9,019	11h 12m	Open calculator
16	Osaka (KIX) — Japan	8,734	10h 52m	Open calculator
17	Manila (MNL) — Philippines	8,711	10h 50m	Open calculator
18	Montreal (YUL) — Canada	8,693	10h 49m	Open calculator
19	Jakarta (CGK) — Indonesia	8,677	10h 47m	Open calculator
20	Taipei (TPE) — Taiwan	8,121	10h 8m	Open calculator

And the 5 shortest hops (for contrast)

The 5 shortest routes from Beirut by direct distance
#	Destination	Distance (km)	Time (est.)	Calculator
1	Amman (AMM) — Jordan	238	0h 52m	Open calculator
2	Antalya (AYT) — Turkey	546	1h 14m	Open calculator
3	Cairo (CAI) — Egypt	563	1h 15m	Open calculator
4	Sharm El Sheikh (SSH) — Egypt	658	1h 21m	Open calculator
5	Ankara (ESB) — Turkey	735	1h 27m	Open calculator

Methodology (every figure reproducible)

Inputs: src/data/travel/airports.json (113 airports with lat/lng) + the 14 hub list defined in src/lib/airportData.ts (FLIGHT_HUBS_IATA).
Distance: haversine formula on a 6371 km-radius earth (src/lib/geo.ts — haversineKm), rounded to the nearest km.
Duration: estimateFlightMinutes = (km ÷ 850 km/h) × 60 + a fixed 35-minute taxi/climb allowance. Block-time estimate only — no stops, no delays.
Ranking: descending by distance. Calculator links (flight-time-{hub}-to-{iata}) render only when actually present in catalog/generated/travel.json.

FAQs

What is the farthest destination from Beirut on your map?

Auckland (AKL): 16,337 km great-circle distance, roughly 19h 48m of flying under our model (850 km/h cruise + 35 min taxi/climb allowance).

Which network airport is closest to Beirut?

Amman (AMM): just 238 km, about 0h 52m.

How is the displayed duration computed?

Pure geometry: haversine distance between the two airports' coordinates from our airports.json, then duration = (km ÷ 850 km/h) × 60 + 35 minutes. No schedules, no external sources — the same formula as the site's flight-time calculators.