Halfway between London and New York
The midpoint of the shortest route between London and New York is over the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 52.369° N 41.296° W
- Great-circle distance
- 5,570km
- 3,461 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 7h 03min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 288°
- from London, true north
- Nearest large city
- Sydney
- Canada · 1,530 km
- Shortest route (great circle)
- Straight line on a flat map
- True midpoint
- Where the flat map puts it
Flat-map illusion
Flat-map error
733km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 733 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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