List of flight distance records

This list of flight distance records contains only those set without any mid-air refueling.

Commercial aircraft

Year	Date	Distance	Pilot	Aircraft	Reference
2005	November 9, 2005	21,601 km	Suzanna Darcy-Henneman, Richard Austin, John Cashman, Mathew Mathew, Frank P. Santoni Jr, Philip Schultz, Rodney Skaar	Boeing 777-200LR	Hong Kong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport the long way round taking 22 hours, 22 minutes
1997	April 2, 1997	20,045 km	Frank P. Santoni Jr, Richard Austin, John Cashman, Charles Hovlano, Joseph McDonald, James McRoberts, Rodney Skaar	Boeing 777-200ER	Malaysia Airlines delivery flight from Boeing Field, Seattle to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 21 hours and 23 minutes.
1993	June 16 to 18, 1993	19,246 km	Pierre Baud, Gérard Guyot, Nicholas "Nick" Warner, Bernard Ziegler	Airbus A340-200	Set two new records as it flew an around the world route. First flying from Paris-Le Bourget Airport to Auckland, New Zealand in 21 hours and 32 minutes. After a 5 hour layover, the flight continued east-bound on a slightly longer route back to Paris-Le Bourget flying, covering a great circle distance of in 21 hours and 46 minutes.
2011	December 6, 2011	19,142 km	Michael Carriker, Chad Lundy, Gregory McCann, William Roberson, Rodney Skaar, Christine Walsh	Boeing 787-8	Boeing Field to Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 21 hours and 43 minutes on a trans-atlantic eastward route.
2020	April 14 to 15, 2020	18,209 km		Boeing 777-300ER	Virgin Australia ferry flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Brisbane Airport in 19 hours and 45 minutes; returning after evacuating French citizens from New Zealand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019	November 14 to 15, 2019	17,750 km		Boeing 787-9	Qantas Between London Heathrow Airport and Sydney International Airport in 19 hours and 19 minutes.
2013	June 6, 2013	17,312 km		Airbus A330-200	Delta Air Lines ferry flight between Singapore and Atlanta in 18 hours and 34 minutes; returning from extensive cabin renovations.
1989	August 16 to 17, 1989	17,039 km	David Massy-Greene	Boeing 747-400	Qantas delivery flight from London Heathrow Airport to Sydney International Airport in 20 hours and 9 minutes.
2002	December 24, 2002	16,901 km	Bruce Simpson, David Collier, Bruce Van Eyle, James Peach	Airbus A330-200	Qantas between Toulouse and Melbourne in 20 hours 4 minutes.
2004	June 28, 2004	16,467 km		Airbus A340-500	Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Newark, New Jersey, in a scheduled time of 18 hours 20 minutes covering approximately 16,600 km. It was the longest regularly scheduled commercial flight except until termination on November 23, 2013, and relaunch on October 18, 2018 until being surpassed in 2020.
2019	October 18 to 20, 2019	16,200 km		Boeing 787-9	Qantas between New York and Sydney in 19 hours 16 minutes.
2003	November 5, 2003	15,300 km		Boeing 777-300ER	Boeing Company between Sydney and Recife, Brazil in 18 hours 25 minutes. ETOPS test flight.
2017	February 5, 2017	14,535 km		Boeing 777-200LR	Qatar Airways between Doha and Auckland in 16 hours 10 minutes, formerly the world's longest commercial flight.
2004	February 3, 2004	14,093 km		Airbus A340-500	Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Los Angeles in 14 hours 42 minutes.
1988	September 17, 1988	14,042 km		Boeing 767-200ER	Air Mauritius between Halifax and Mauritius in 16 hours and 27 minutes.

Shortest distance

The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route and its return flight make up the shortest flight distance for any scheduled air carrier service. The route is 2.8 km, and travel time, including taxi, is usually less than two minutes. The route is served by Loganair airlines' Britten-Norman Islander aircraft and links the island of Westray and the town of Kirkwall, on the Orkney Islands in Scotland. This record was established when service began in 1967, and it remains in effect as of December 2022.