United Airlines Launches Longest Nonstop Flight From the United States
United Airlines launched the longest nonstop flight to or from the U.S. Friday.
The flight, which was scheduled to run from Los Angeles International Airport to Singapore’s Changi Airport, covers a distance of about 8,700 miles (or about 7,560 nautical miles), according to United. The flight is expected to take between 15 hours and nearly 18 hours.
The airline first announced the flight in June. Roughly a year earlier, United announced the first flight between San Francisco and Singapore. That flight tallied 8,446 miles.