Flight Time Calculator

Calculates the duration of a flight from departure and arrival time and the time zones at start and landing locations. At flight schedules, departure and arrival time often are given in local time without the indication of time zones. Here, those times can be converted to the according time zones and the total time for the flight can be calculated. Departure and arrival time and both time zones have to be entered.

Departure time:		:
Time zone start location:	UTC	:
Arrival time:		:
Time zone landing location:	UTC	:

The time for the flight is 0:00 hours.

For time zone 1, the departure is at 0:00, the landing is at 0:00.

For time zone 2, the departure is at 0:00, the landing is at 0:00.

Example: a flight in winter from Berlin (UTC+1) to New York (UTC-5) starts at 9:40 and lands at 12:30. The flight time then is 8 hours, 50 minutes. For New York time, departure is at 3:40, for Berlin time, arrival is at 18:30.

Jet lag can occur on flights that cover a large east-west distance across several time zones. The reason for this is that although the time has changed, your internal clock, which tells you if it is day or night and when it is time to sleep, has not. This effect occurs in most people when there is a time difference of five hours or more. When you fly east, the time in the time zone is later than your internal clock, so it seems to be earlier than it really is. When you fly west, it is the other way round, so you think it is later than the clock actually says. Flights east are more problematic for most people, causing more severe jet lag; you cannot sleep at night because it is still day for your body. When you fly west, on the other hand, you are more tired than is normal for the local time.