Distance from Kuala Lumpur to New York City
Flying the shortest possible route, New York City lies 15,119 km (9,394 miles, 8,164 nautical miles) from Kuala Lumpur — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,119 km · 9,394 mi · 8,164 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → New York City
- 355° (N)
- Initial bearing New York City → Kuala Lumpur
- 6° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 647 min — the sun rises earlier in Kuala Lumpur
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:13 UTC / 11:27 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:00 UTC / 00:05 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.