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CX 840Hong Kong to New York

Cathay Pacific🇭🇰HKG🇺🇸JFKHong Kong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
Departs
16:30
local to Hong Kong
Operates
Daily
S26 schedule
Distance
12,970 km
8,059 miles
Typical delay
41 min
30 departures

The route

Great circle, 12,970 km
HKGJFK12,970 km
12,970 km (8,059 miles) great-circle, measured between the two airports' published coordinates. The line is the shortest path over the globe, which on a flat map bows away from a straight line.

What flies it

1 sightings

A35K.

Aircraft types we recorded on this flight. A type is never inferred from the route, so a flight we have not seen closely shows none.

How delayed is CX 840?

Measured over months

This flight leaves Hong Kong International Airport a typical 41 minutes late (likely 30 to 60), across 30 departures we tracked between 2026-03-27 and 2026-08-04.

median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.

Where it goes

HKG → JFKHong Kong to New YorkEvery airline on this routeHKGHong Kong International AirportDeparture airportJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportArrival airport

How these numbers are measured