Cosmic radiation on flights from New York (JFK)

John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, United States. ICAO KJFK, at 40.64°, -73.78°. FlightDose publishes 9 routes from here and 9 to here, each direction on its own page.

Of the 9 published routes from JFK, the flight to Miami (JFK → MIA) receives the least, about 7.32 µSv for a standard flight, and the flight to Hong Kong (JFK → HKG) the most, about 61.1 µSv. A route's dose depends mostly on its hours in the air and how far it runs from the equator (why latitude matters).

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Routes from JFK

Routes to JFK

Standard flight: 35,000 ft, estimated time in the air, solar conditions of August 2026; CARI-7.

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Routes from JFK, shaded by modelled dose rate. Select a route to open its page.

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