Delta Air Lines referred to its Boeing 717, MD-88 and MD-90 as short-haul domestic aircraft Boeing 757, Boeing 737, Airbus A319 and A321 as long-haul domestic and its transoceanic Boeing 757, 767, 777 and Airbus A330 as long-haul.Some commercial carriers choose to refer to their aircraft using flight haul type terms, for example: įlight Haul Type terms are sometimes used when referring to commercial aircraft. United Airlines defines short-haul flights as being less than 700 mi (600 nmi 1,100 km) and long-haul flights as being greater than 3,000 mi (2,600 nmi 4,800 km).American Airlines defines short-/medium-haul flights as being less than 3,000 mi (2,600 nmi 4,800 km) and long-haul as either being more than 3,000 mi (2,600 nmi 4,800 km) or being the New York–Los Angeles and New York–San Francisco routes.Air France defines short-haul as domestic, medium-haul as within Europe/North Africa and long haul as the rest of the world.
The now defunct airline Air Berlin defined short- and medium-haul as flights to Europe/North Africa and long-haul as those to the rest of the world.The Association of European Airlines defined Long-haul as flights to Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australasia and medium-haul as flights to North Africa and Middle East.Eurocontrol defines "very short-haul" flights as being less than 500 km (270 nmi), short-haul flights being between 500 and 1,500 km, medium-haul flights being between 1,500 and 4,000 km (800 and 2,200 nmi), and long-haul flights as longer than that.The European Union defines any passenger flight between city pairs separated by a great circle distance less between 1,500 and 3,500 km (800 and 1,900 nmi) to be medium-haul, below as short-haul, and above as long-haul routes.Virgin Australia defines domestic flights as within Australia, short-haul as those to South East Asia/Pacific and long-haul as those to Abu Dhabi or Los Angeles.Qatar Airways defines all flights from Qatar to the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand as Ultra-long-haul, and all other flights as medium or long-haul.Japan Air Lines defines routes to Europe and North America as long-haul and all other flights as short-haul.Hong Kong International Airport considers destinations in North and South Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Southwest Pacific and the Indian Subcontinent long-haul and all others are short-haul.David Crocker defines short-haul flights as shorter than 1,000 km (540 nmi), : 208 and long-haul as the opposite. Wragg classifies air services as medium-haul being between 1,600–4,000 km 900–2,200 nmi short-haul asbeing shorter and long-haul as being longer. Lufthansa defines the Boeing 747-8 as a long-haul airliner.ĭavid W. Time-based definitions Flight haul type definitions Flight haul types can be defined using either flight distance or flight time. Short-haul and long-haul Ī flight's length can also be described using the aviation term of "Flight Haul Type", such as "short-haul" or "long-haul". Flight time can be affected by many things such as wind, traffic, taxiing time, and aircraft used. Flight time is measured in hours and minutes as it is independent of geographic distance travelled. In commercial aviation, this means the time from pushing back at the departure gate to arriving at the destination gate. The related term flight time is defined by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) as "The total time from the moment an aeroplane first moves for the purpose of taking off until the moment it finally comes to rest at the end of the flight", and is referred to colloquially as "blocks to blocks" or " chocks to chocks" time. Aircraft do not necessarily follow the great-circle distance, but may opt for a longer route due to weather, traffic, to utilise a jet stream, or to refuel.Ĭommercial flights are often categorized into long-, medium- or short-haul by commercial airlines based on flight length, although there is no international standard definition. In aviation, the flight length or flight distance refers to the distance of a flight.
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