And I am off to my longest flight ever, on this trip, and beyond, beating my previous 14h record for the Frankfurt-Buenos Aires route in 2011.

I’ll board a United Airlines Boeing 777 today, to fly 15h35 to Hong Kong, on a polar route that will bring me within some 70 miles of the North Pole.

We’ll fly up North, through Canada, and down South again on the other side along Russia, Japan and into China.

I’ll skip another day, as I will not only arrive 16 hours later, but also jump another day, arriving a total of 29h later.

Here are the details:

Flight 30 to Hong Kong

Date: 15/10/2014
Code: UA895 from ORD to HKG
Airline: United Airlines
Plane: Boeing 777-200
Distance flown: 8724 Miles
Duration: 15h00