Halfway between New York and Tokyo
The midpoint of the shortest route between New York and Tokyo is in the United States.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 69.655° N 153.669° W
- Great-circle distance
- 10,850km
- 6,742 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 13h 16min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 333°
- from New York, true north
- Nearest large city
- Anchorage
- United States · 954 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
3,515km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 3,515 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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