Data study — computed from our own files

Longest flights from Jeddah

We measured the great-circle distance from King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) 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 Jeddah to Auckland (AKL) — New Zealand: 15,438 km great-circle, about 18h 45m of estimated flying.

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The 20 farthest destinations in the network

The 20 farthest destinations from Jeddah, descending by direct distance
#	Destination	Distance (km)	Time (est.)	Calculator
1	Auckland (AKL) — New Zealand	15,438	18h 45m	Open calculator
2	Mexico City (MEX) — Mexico	13,571	16h 33m	Open calculator
3	Los Angeles (LAX) — USA	13,390	16h 20m	Open calculator
4	Sydney (SYD) — Australia	13,309	16h 14m	Open calculator
5	Melbourne (MEL) — Australia	12,801	15h 39m	Open calculator
6	Cancun (CUN) — Mexico	12,474	15h 16m	Open calculator
7	Buenos Aires (EZE) — Argentina	12,036	14h 45m	Open calculator
8	Miami (MIA) — USA	11,621	14h 15m	Open calculator
9	Chicago (ORD) — USA	11,092	13h 38m	Open calculator
10	Sao Paulo (GRU) — Brazil	10,530	12h 58m	Open calculator
11	Toronto (YYZ) — Canada	10,444	12h 52m	Open calculator
12	New York (JFK) — USA	10,225	12h 37m	Open calculator
13	Rio de Janeiro (GIG) — Brazil	10,199	12h 35m	Open calculator
14	Montreal (YUL) — Canada	9,945	12h 17m	Open calculator
15	Tokyo (NRT) — Japan	9,567	11h 50m	Open calculator
16	Osaka (KIX) — Japan	9,192	11h 24m	Open calculator
17	Bali (DPS) — Indonesia	8,946	11h 6m	Open calculator
18	Manila (MNL) — Philippines	8,595	10h 42m	Open calculator
19	Seoul (ICN) — South Korea	8,334	10h 23m	Open calculator
20	Taipei (TPE) — Taiwan	8,249	10h 17m	Open calculator

And the 5 shortest hops (for contrast)

The 5 shortest routes from Jeddah by direct distance
#	Destination	Distance (km)	Time (est.)	Calculator
1	Taif (TIF) — Saudi Arabia	145	0h 45m	Open calculator
2	Al Baha (ABT) — Saudi Arabia	300	0h 56m	Open calculator
3	Medina (MED) — Saudi Arabia	324	0h 58m	Open calculator
4	Jazan (GIZ) — Saudi Arabia	641	1h 20m	Open calculator
5	Qassim (ELQ) — Saudi Arabia	696	1h 24m	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 Jeddah on your map?

Auckland (AKL): 15,438 km great-circle distance, roughly 18h 45m of flying under our model (850 km/h cruise + 35 min taxi/climb allowance).

Which network airport is closest to Jeddah?

Taif (TIF): just 145 km, about 0h 45m.

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.