Flight time calculator: arrival time at your destination

Flight arrival calculator

What time will it be there when you land? Departure city and time plus the flight duration give the arrival on the destination's clock, with the day change marked.

Departure city

New YorkUnited States

Arrival city

LondonUnited Kingdom

Departure date (local)Departure time (local)

HoursMinutes

Use the scheduled departure and the scheduled flight time from your ticket or the airline's site: the duration is the time in the air, gate to gate.

Result

You land in London at 07:00 (+1 day).

Departure

New York

19:00

Sunday, 18 October 2026

EDT · UTC−4

Arrival

London

07:00+1

Monday, 19 October 2026

BST · UTC+1

Flight time: 7 h
Time difference: 5 hours ahead of New York

How it works

How the arrival time is worked out

The calculator turns the departure's local date and time into one exact moment using the time-zone database, adds the flight time, and shows that moment on the clock of the destination city. That makes it right across daylight saving changes and the date line, which simple “add the time difference” rules get wrong.

The day change is the arrival date minus the departure date: +1 means you land the next calendar day. Flying west across the Pacific can even land you on an earlier date than you left. Going the other way, you can reach the next but one day.

Flight time is gate to gate

Airlines publish the scheduled duration of each flight. Use that, or add taxi time to the air time if you only know the latter. Delays, headwinds and routing change real flight times, so check the airline for the flight's actual status before relying on a result.

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Worked examples

New York Mon 2 Nov 19:00, 7 h to London: you land Tue 3 Nov 07:00 (+1 day).
Auckland Tue 10 Nov 18:00, 12 h 30 min to Los Angeles: you land Tue 10 Nov 09:30 (same day).
Los Angeles Tue 10 Nov 22:00, 14 h to Sydney: you land Thu 12 Nov 07:00 (+2 days).
London Sat 28 Mar 22:00, 7 h to New York: you land Sun 29 Mar 01:00 (+1 day).

Questions

Good to know

How do I calculate the arrival time of a flight?

Choose the departure and arrival cities, enter the departure's local date and time and the flight duration. The calculator adds the duration to the departure moment and shows the arrival time on the destination's clock, with +1 when it is the next day.

Why does my flight land before it took off?

Because the clocks of the two places differ by more than the flight takes. Flying from Auckland to Los Angeles can land you on the same date, at an earlier clock time than you left, after more than 12 hours in the air.

Does it take daylight saving time into account?

Yes. Each city's offset is looked up for the exact date and moment from the IANA time-zone database (release 2026e): the clocks in force at departure and at arrival, and any change that happens in between.

Can I work backwards from the landing time?

Yes: choose “I know the arrival”, enter the local landing time and the flight duration, and the calculator gives the departure time and date at the departure city.

Flight arrival calculator

How the arrival time is worked out

Flight time is gate to gate

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