Postcard Distances

Postcard Travel Distances

Distance are only for official Postcrossing Postcards

***** Last updated 31 May 2015 *****

  

	Distance in miles
Sent Postcard Distance	1,547,519 miles
Received Postcard Distance	1,547,987 miles
Total Sent and Received	3,095,506 miles

Distances*	Miles	Sent Postcards	Received Postcards	Total Postcards
Circumference of Earth	24,901 miles	62.15 trips	62.167 trips	124.31 trips
Distance from Earth to Moon	238,900 miles	6.48 trips	6.48 trips	12.96 trips
Olympic Marathon	26.22 miles	59,020.56 marathons	59,038.41 marathons	118,058.96 marathons
NYC to LA	2,448.29 miles	632.08 flights	632.27 flights	1,264.35 flights
NYC to London	3,465.05 miles	446.60 flights	446.74 flights	893.35 flights
NYC to Tokyo	6,745.59 miles	229.41 flights	229.48 flights	458.89 flights
Singapore Airlines Flight21 †	9,534 miles	162.32 flights	162.36 flights	324.68 flights

 † Former Singapore Airlines Flight #21 was the longest non-stop commercial flight, traveling from Newark, N.J. to Singapore in approximately 18.5 hours of travel time.

* Distances calculations are approximate.