United Airlines operates a fleet of 53 Boeing 767 aircraft, of which 37 are the 767-300ER variants, with an average age of 29 years. With the type’s maximum operational range of 5,980 nautical miles (6,880 miles), United Airlines primarily operates the type to connect its US east coast and Midwest airports to European cities.
Based on the data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company, this article explores United’s longest Boeing 767-300ER routes this month.
United’s Boeing 767-300ER
Two configurations: 167 seats and 203 seats
United Polaris (business class)
- 30 or 46 Polaris seats based on the Safran Optima platform, arranged as three seat pairs across the cabin.
- Seat width: 20.6" converts into a fully flat 6'-6" long bed
- 16" HD touchscreen display
United Premium Plus
- 24 or 22 Collins Aerospace MiQ seats configured 2-2-2
- Seat width: 18.7"
- Seat pitch: 38"
- Recline: up to 6"
- Adjustable leg rest and foot rest
- 13" HD touchscreen display
United Economy Plus
- 32 or 43 seats configured 2-3-2
- Seat width: 18.5"
- Seat pitch: 34".
- Recline: up to 4"
- 9" HD touchscreen display
United Economy
- 117 or 56 seats configured in 2-3-2
- Seat width: 18.5"
- Seat pitch: 31". 43" at seats 43AB and 44AB
- Recline: up to 4". 9" HD touchscreen display
10 Newark, New Jersey (EWR) <> Zurich (ZRH)
Flight distance: 3,946 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 28
- Number of seats: 9,352
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 37 million
Swiss also operates the route with a daily service onboard its Airbus A330-300 aircraft. United’s codeshare partners, including Lufthansa, Air Canada, and Austrian, market and sell tickets on this route.
9 Chicago O’Hare (ORD) <> London (LHR)
Flight distance: 3,953 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 56
- Number of seats: 18,704
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 74 million
8 Washington Dulles (IAD) <> Geneva (GVA)
Flight distance: 4,091 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 18
- Number of seats: 7,105
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 29 million
United Airlines operates up to five weekly flights between its hub in Washington Dulles (IAD) and Geneva (GVA) in Switzerland using its Boeing 767-300ER fleet. The 4,091-mile flight takes eight hours and 15 minutes to complete.
The flight departs Washington at 17:25 hours and arrives in Geneva the following morning at 07:35 hours. The return flight departs GVA at 11:20 hours and arrives at IAD at 14:55 hours local time. United’s codeshare partners, including Lufthansa, Air Canada, and Swiss, market and sell tickets on this route.
7 Chicago O’Hare (ORD) <> Amsterdam (AMS)
Flight distance: 4,120 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 16
- Number of seats: 5,177
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 21 million
6 Washington Dulles (IAD) <> Zurich (ZRH)
Flight distance: 4,158 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 28
- Number of seats: 9,352
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 39 million
Another Swiss destination from IAD is Zurich (ZRH), with a flight distance of 4,158 miles. The Swiss hub airport receives a daily Boeing 767-300ER flight from United, making it an essential part of United’s long-haul network.
5 Chicago O’Hare (ORD) <> Zurich (ZRH)
Flight distance: 4,443 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 8
- Number of seats: 2,505
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 11 million
United’s Boeing 767-300ER fleet connects Chicago O’Hare to Zurich (ZRH), with eight round trip flights in February, having a flight distance of 4,443 miles. The flight departs O’Hare airport at 16:10 hours and arrives in Zurich the following morning at 07:55 hours, for a duration of eight hours and 45 minutes.
The return flight departs ZRH at 09:40 hours and arrives at ORD at 12:55 hours local time, for a duration of 10 hours and 15 minutes. Swiss also operates the route with a daily flight using its Airbus A330-300 fleet.
4 Houston (IAH) <> Santiago, Chile (SCL)
Flight distance: 4,645 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 28
- Number of seats: 11,368
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 53 million
The return flight departs SCL at 22:45 hours and arrives at IAH the following morning at 05:25 hours local time, for a duration of nine hours and 40 minutes. United’s codeshare partner, All Nippon Airways (ANA), markets the route.
3 Houston (IAH) <> Amsterdam (AMS)
Flight distance: 5,013 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 28
- Number of seats: 11,368
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 57 million
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) is also connected with Houston (IAH) through United’s Boeing 767-300ER fleet, having a flight distance of 5,013 miles. The daily flight departs ORD at 15:55 hours local time and arrives in Amsterdam at 08:35 hours the following morning, for a duration of nine hours and 40 minutes.
The return flight departs AMS at 10:20 hours and arrives in Chicago at 14:40, lasting 11 hours and 20 minutes. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines also operates the routes using its Airbus A330-300 fleet.
2 Houston (IAH) <> Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GIG)
Flight distance: 5,016 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 28
- Number of seats: 11,368
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 57 million
The return flight departs SCL at 21:55 hours and arrives at IAH the following morning at 05:35 hours local time, for a duration of 10 hours and 40 minutes. United’s codeshare partner, All Nippon Airways (ANA), markets the route.
1 Houston (IAH) <> Munich (MUC)
Flight distance: 5,417 miles
- Number of round-trip flights in February: 7
- Number of seats: 2,639
- Available Seat Miles (ASMs): 14 million
Topping our list of the longest United Airlines Boeing 767-300ER routes is between Houston (IAH) and Munich (MUC) in Germany, with a flight distance of 5,417 miles.
United operates up to two weekly flights on the route, which departs Houston at 16:25 hours and arrives in Munich the following morning at 09:45 hours for a duration of 10 hours and 20 minutes.
The return flight departs MUC at 11:30 hours and arrives in Houston at 16:40 hours, lasting 12 hours and 10 minutes. United’s codeshare partners, including Lufthansa and Air Canada, market and sell tickets on this route.
