How far is Manhattan from Albany (New York) (2024)

Flying non-stop from Albany (New York) to Manhattan

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in thefastest possible straight line between Albany, New York andManhattan, New York. Because of the curvature of the Earth, theshortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or"as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterativeVincenty formula.

Flight distance: 130 miles or 208 km

Flight time: 33 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 15 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/2th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need toinclude how many minutes to get to your local airport, waitfor security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the otherairport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takesinto account all these factors to get a more accurate estimateof your actual flight time.

Albany (New York) to Manhattan road trip

Albany (New York) to Manhattan airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a privateplane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city.But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline(whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really needto account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport,waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we'veput together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventuallyyou'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airportsand flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected togive you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Albany International Airport (ALB)

Arrival airport: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to andfrom the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 21 minutes

Getting to your destination: 41 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from ALB to JFK and figure out how long it would take to fly includingtake-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time fromAlbany (New York) to Manhattan including time spent getting to/fromthe airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSAsecurity lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 4 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, includingrecommended airports, airline, and route, check outthe flight planner:

Plan a trip to Manhattan

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How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differencesso go ahead and check the reverse directions to get thedistance from Manhattan to Albany (New York), or go to the main pageto calculate the distance between cities.

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