10. New York, NY (JFK) – Hong Kong, China
Cathay Pacific 831Aircraft: Boeing 777-300
Duration: 14 hours, 39 minutes
Distance: 8,068mi
Say you’re sick of New York City -- the tall buildings, the foul smells, the wall-to-wall people -- and you want to get as far away as you can without having to change planes. Well, this is your winner. Except once you arrive, you’re in a city full of taller buildings, worse smells, and even more people.
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9. Dubai, UAE – San Francisco, CA
Emirates 225Aircraft: A380-800
Duration: 15 hours, 37 minutes
Distance: 8,099mi
Spending 15 hours on a plane isn’t so bad when you’re on the 4th best airline in the world, the food tastes good (no, really, like it’s won awards), and the flight attendants wear sexy uniforms.
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8. Dallas Ft. Worth, TX – Hong Kong, China
American Airlines 137Aircraft: Boeing 777-300
Duration: 15 hours, 8 minutes
Distance: 8,119mi
If you ever find yourself on a date with a girl who’s not your girlfriend and see a guy who looks a liiiiiittle too much like Joey Greco lurking in the shadows, here’s a tip: Hong Kong is very hard to navigate in a white Econoline van.
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7. Abu Dhabi, UAE – San Francisco, CA
Etihad 183Aircraft: Boeing 777-300
Duration: 15 hours, 13 minutes
Distance: 8,154mi
Since SF isn't really in the oil business, and dudes from the UAE get plenty of sun at home, we're not entirely sure why they need a fast way to get to… ooooooooooh, right. Cable cars, duh.
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6. Dubai, UAE – Houston, TX
Emirates 211Aircraft: A380-800
Duration: 16 hours, 19 minutes
Distance: 8,164mi
Since the inception of this flight, men all over the UAE have strangely started referring to each other as “you bastards!”
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5. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Los Angeles, CA
Saudia 41Aircraft: Boeing 777-300
Duration: 15 hours, 56 minutes
Distance: 8,329mi
For frequent-flier-status-obsessed Saudis, a fun way to make the world's-largest mileage run would be to connect from here to Melbourne.
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4. Dubai, UAE – Los Angeles, CA
Emirates 215Aircraft: A380-800
Duration: 15 hours
Distance: 8,335mi
If you’re hanging around LA on a Friday afternoon and are in the mood for a vacation in the desert, this flight will actually take less time than driving to Vegas.
3. Abu Dhabi, UAE – Los Angeles, CA
Etihad 171Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
Duration: 15 hours, 39 minutes
Distance: 8,387mi
If this flight had existed in the '80s, it would have been way easier for Garfield to get Nermal out of the house.
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2. Johannesburg, South Africa — Atlanta, GA
Delta 201Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
Duration: 16 hours, 35 minutes
Distance: 8,449mi
This is a long flight.
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1. Dallas Ft Worth, TX – Sydney, Australia
Qantas Flight 8Aircraft: A380-800
Duration: 16 Hours
Distance: 8,589mi
Spending 16 hours in a middle seat between a guy with a Texas accent and a guy with an Aussie accent would be the airplane equivalent of listening to a mashup of Mozart at Skrillex.
