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Where to Meet Halfway Between New York and Seoul

The best meeting cities between New York and Seoul, ranked by flying distance from both origins.

New York (JFK) and Seoul (ICN) are 11,089 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 77.69°, -160.84°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 5,544 km flight. In practice the better meeting city is the one whose flights actually arrive together — the list below starts from distance, and the search underneath it checks real schedules for your date.

Best cities to meet between New York and Seoul

  1. 1. Helsinki, Finland (HEL)

    6,607 km / 7,032 km

    A calm Baltic capital, and a convenient northern link between Europe and Asia via polar flight routes.

    Helsinki guideHEL airport

  2. 2. Tallinn, Estonia (TLL)

    6,651 km / 7,088 km

    One of Europe's best-preserved medieval old towns, and a genuinely digital-first Baltic capital.

    Tallinn guideTLL airport

  3. 3. Riga, Latvia (RIX)

    6,746 km / 7,273 km

    The Baltic's Art Nouveau capital, and a central meeting point between the three Baltic states.

    Riga guideRIX airport

  4. 4. Vilnius, Lithuania (VNO)

    6,948 km / 7,336 km

    The greenest and most Baroque of the Baltic capitals, with one of the shortest airport transfers anywhere.

    Vilnius guideVNO airport

  5. 5. Stockholm, Sweden (ARN)

    6,292 km / 7,403 km

    A Nordic capital spread across fourteen islands, and a natural gateway to Scandinavia.

    Stockholm guideARN airport

  6. 6. Bucharest, Romania (OTP)

    7,632 km / 7,896 km

    A once-called 'Little Paris' capital, with wide Belle Époque boulevards and a direct airport express train.

    Bucharest guideOTP airport

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Compare live schedules from JFK and ICN for your date and see which flight pair lands closest together.

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Questions

Where is the halfway point between New York and Seoul?

The geographic midpoint of the 11,089 km great-circle route between New York (JFK) and Seoul (ICN) lies near 77.69°, -160.84° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 5,544 km.

What is the best city to meet halfway between New York and Seoul?

Helsinki (HEL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 6,607 km from New York and 7,032 km from Seoul. A calm Baltic capital, and a convenient northern link between Europe and Asia via polar flight routes.

How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from New York and Seoul?

Fly2Meet compares real departure schedules from both cities on a date you choose and ranks the flight pairs whose arrival times land closest together, so neither traveler waits long at the airport. It is free and needs no account.

More on both ends of this trip: New York guide · Seoul guide · all meeting-point pages