New York to Seoul flight

Flights from New York to Seoul start at €800.18 and take 17h 54m at their fastest.

Fares

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A view of Yeouido island in Seoul.

The Flights from New York to Seoul starts at €800.18 and takes 17h 54m door to door, run by 3 operators over 11,384 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 17h 54mDoor to door
  • 14h 44mMoving
  • €978.95 to €2,155.41From
  • 06:09 to 18:49First and last departure
  • 15Per day
  • 3335.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€978.95 to €2,155.41 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €2,068.09Wed23
  2. about €2,155.41Thu24
  3. about €2,013.81Fri25
  4. about €1,735.92Sat26
  5. about €1,685.77Sun27
  6. about €1,328.82Mon28
  7. about €1,358.91Tue29
  8. about €1,157.72Wed30
  9. about €1,326.46Thu1
  10. about €1,226.75Fri2
  11. about €1,251.53Sat3
  12. about €1,153.00Sun4
  13. about €981.90Mon5
  14. about €978.95Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€800.18
  1. Korean Air KA375218:0914h 55m22:04John F. Kennedy International Airport JFKIncheon International Airport ICN

Door to door 18h 5mCO2 3335.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€911.10
  1. Korean Air KA578510:3814h 44m14:22John F. Kennedy International Airport JFKIncheon International Airport ICN

Door to door 17h 54mCO2 3335.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€1,161.85
  1. Endeavor Air EA123807:301h 12m08:42John F. Kennedy International Airport JFKToronto Pearson International Airport YYZ
  2. Air Canada AC509710:2314h 23m13:46Toronto Pearson International Airport YYZIncheon International Airport ICN

Changes at Toronto, with 101 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 20h 26mCO2 3316.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Delta Air Lines€845.0217h 51m
Korean Air€800.1817h 50m
Asiana Airlines€814.3417h 51m
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Korean Air
  • Asiana Airlines

The flight gets you into Seoul. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Seoul for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book New York to Seoul

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €855.0490 days
  2. €853.3960 days
  3. €813.1645 days
  4. €928.8030 days
  5. €800.1821 days
  6. €978.9514 days
  7. €1,358.917 days
  8. €1,973.743 days
  9. €2,068.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €800.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 158 percent. The most expensive point is €2,068.09, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €1,153.00Sun
  2. €981.90Mon
  3. €978.95Tue
  4. €1,157.72Wed
  5. €1,324.74Thu
  6. €1,218.59Fri
  7. €1,251.53Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

New York City

Air
  • JFK
  • EWR
  • LGA
  • ISP
  • TEB

Seoul

Air
  • ICN
  • GMP
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 11,384 km against 11,052 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Washington, Anchorage, Detroit, Toronto. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves New York at 06:09 and the last at 18:49, across 15 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about New York to Seoul

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from New York to Seoul take?

The Flight from New York to Seoul takes 17h 54m door to door, of which 14h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 11,384 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from New York to Seoul cost?

The Flight from New York to Seoul starts at €800.18 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €1,006.09. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from New York to Seoul?

3 operators run the Flight from New York to Seoul: Delta Air Lines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines. Between them they file around 15 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from New York to Seoul use?

The Flight from New York to Seoul leaves from John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK and arrives at Incheon International Airport ICN. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from New York to Seoul?

Fares for the Flight from New York to Seoul bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €800.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 158 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from New York to Seoul produce?

The Flight from New York to Seoul produces about 3335.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 11384 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for New York to Seoul on September 22, 2026: 11384 km of route against 11052 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €800.18, and 17h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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